Honours BA in Philosophy
Program Outline - for students registered at Laurier prior to September 2019
The Honours Philosophy program consists of 20.0 credits.
1. No more than 6.0 credits may be at the 100 level.
2. The program must include at least 11.0 but no more than 13.0 credits in Philosophy.
3. A minimum GPA of 5.0 overall and a 7.0 in Philosophy is required to graduate.
4. Prerequisites for 4th year seminars are any two of PP350, PP370 and PP380.
5. The program must include 3.5 credits in Philosophy at the 300 and 400 level, with at least 1.5 credits at each of
those levels
A. CORE COURSES: 3.5 CREDITS (7 CO URSES IN TOTAL)
2.0 credits (all 4 courses are required)
☐PP110 Values and Society
☐PP111 Knowledge and Reality
☐PP204 Formal Logic
☐PP207 Ethical Theories
1.5 credits (complete 3 courses)
☐PP256 Ancient Philosophy I ☐PP259 Ancient Philosophy II
☐PP261 Medieval Philosophy ☐PP262 Modern Philosophy I
☐PP263 Modern Philosophy II ☐PP264 20th-Century Philosophy
☐HP201 Revolution in West. Science
B. AREA COURSES: 3.5 CREDITS (7 COURSES IN TOTAL)
A minimum of 0.5 credit in history (complete at least 1 course)
☐PP350 Special Topics (in History)* ☐PP450 Seminar (in History)*
A minimum of 1.5 credits in values (complete at least 3 courses)
☐PP203 Social and Political Philosophy ☐PP213 Legal Philosophy
☐PP215 Aesthetics ☐PP216 Critical Social Theory
☐PP217 Medical Ethics ☐PP218 Existentialism
☐PP219 Feminist Philosophy ☐PP223 Contemporary Moral Issues
☐PP224 Philosophy and the Environment ☐PP230 Philosophy of War & Peace
☐PP233 Phil. of Sex, Love and Friendship ☐PP240 Special Topics (in Values)*
☐PP247 Business Ethics ☐PP380 Special Topics (in Values)*
☐PP480 Seminar (in Values)*
A minimum of 1.5 credits in metaphysics and epistemology (complete at least 3 courses)
☐PP209 Philosophy of Religion ☐PP214 Philosophy of Mind
☐PP220 Indian Philosophy ☐PP225 Theories of Knowledge
☐PP226 Philosophy of Science ☐PP229 Theories of Reality
☐PP240 Special Topics (in Met. and Epist.)* ☐PP249 Philosophy and Gender
☐PP270 Freedom, Determinism & Responsibility☐PP370 Special Topics (in Met. and Epist.)*
☐PP470 Seminar (in Met. and Epist.)*
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*Special Topics and Seminar courses may be taken more than once at the same level; if course code has a different letter
following it, it counts as a different course
