Courses on offer

Note that, for Philosophy programs, the list of courses that fulfills each group is an open list.  Other PHIL courses may be able to be used to fulfill each group. Topics courses, Major Philosophers, and Seminars (600-level) can often count for different groups, from year to year, depending on course content. Consult a Philosophy advisor if you want to count such courses towards specific groups in your program (they will need to document the course on an audit sheet for you, but note that courses cannot double-count).

Please note that many courses offered by the Department of Philosophy have limited enrolment.

For courses cross-listed with other departments, see the menu item "Cross-listed Courses".

You can access the class schedule for 2023-24 now on Minerva.

Please note:

Due to recent changes to course numbering in the Department of Philosophy, former 500 level courses are now being offered as 600 level courses. These courses will fulfill the 500-level credit requirements. Please note the following policy regarding enrolment of undergraduate students in 600-level courses (Graduate courses).

Policy: An undergraduate student will be permitted to take 600-level courses subject to the following conditions:

  • The student has a minimum CGPA of 3.3.
  • The student is in U3 or higher.
  • The professor of the course and the program adviser or the director of the undergraduate program provide written approval supporting the request.
  • A maximum of 6 credits of 600-level courses are allowed toward the degree.
  • The actual course number appears on the transcript.
  • The course evaluation methods and grading standards are the same for all students, whether graduate or undergraduate.
  • The regulations and practices of the Faculty of Arts are also applied to such a course.

See full policy for enrolment of undergraduate students in 600-level courses. 

A copy of the application form is available at the Arts OASIS counter.

Summer 2023

PHIL 210 Intro to Deductive Logic 1 3 Credits
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PHIL 237 Contemporary Moral Issues 3 Credits
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PDF icon phil_237-summer_2023.pdf

PHIL 375 Existentialism 3 Credits
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PDF icon PHIL 375 Summer 2023 Course Syllabus

 

Fall 2023

PHIL 202 The Good Life 3 Credits
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PHIL 210 Intro to Deductive Logic 1 3 Credits
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PDF icon PHIL 210 course description

PHIL 230 Intro to Moral Philosophy 1 3 Credits
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PHIL 242 Intro to Feminist Theory 3 Credits
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PHIL 301 Philosophical Fundamentals 3 Credits
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PHIL 306 Philosophy of Mind 3 Credits
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PDF icon PHIL 306 Course outline Fall 2023

PHIL 327 Philosophy of Race 3 Credits
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PHIL 336 Aesthetics 3 Credits
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PDF icon PHIL 336 Aesthetics I Fall 2023 course outline

PHIL 341 Philosophy of Science 1 3 Credits
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PDF icon PHIL 341 Course Syllabus Fall 2023

PHIL 343 Biomedical Ethics 3 Credits
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PHIL 348 Philosophy of Law 1 3 Credits
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PHIL 350 Hist & Phil of Ancient Sci 3 Credits
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PHIL 353 The Presocratic Philosophers 3 Credits
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PHIL 354 Plato 3 Credits
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PDF icon PHIL 354 Course outline

PHIL 360 17th Century Philosophy 3 Credits
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PHIL 375 Existentialism 3 Credits
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PHIL 397 Tutorial 01 3 Credits
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PHIL 398 Tutorial 02 3 Credits
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PHIL 411 Topics in Phil of Logic & Math 3 Credits
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PDF icon PHIL 411 course description

PHIL 434 Metaethics 3 Credits
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PHIL 442 Topics in Feminist Theory 3 Credits
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PHIL 475 Topics in Contem European Phil 3 Credits
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PHIL 480 Topics in the History of Phil 3 Credits
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PDF icon PHIL 480 Fall 2023 course outline

PHIL 497 Tutorial 04 3 Credits
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PHIL 498 Tutorial 05 3 Credits
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PHIL 499D1 Tutorial 06 3 Credits
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PHIL 499N2 Tutorial 06 3 Credits
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PHIL 607 Pro-Seminar 1 6 Credits
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PHIL 619 Seminar:Epistemology 3 Credits
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- Metaphysics and epistemology

PHIL 634 Seminar:Ethics 3 Credits
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- Ethics and value theory

PHIL 670 Sem:Contemporary Analytic Phil 3 Credits
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- Metaphysics and epistemology

PHIL 675 Sem:Contempory European Phil 3 Credits
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- Metaphysics and epistemology OR ethics and value theory

PHIL 680 Sem: Problems of Phil 1 3 Credits
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PHIL 682 Pro-Seminar 3 6 Credits
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PHIL 703 Teaching Reflection & Practice 1 Credits
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Winter 2024

PHIL 201 Intro to Philosophy 2 3 Credits
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File PHIL 201 course description

PHIL 221 Intro to Hist & Phil of Sci 2 3 Credits
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PDF icon PHIL 221 course outline

PHIL 237 Contemporary Moral Issues 3 Credits
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PHIL 240 Political Philosophy 1 3 Credits
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PDF icon PHIL 240 course outline

PHIL 310 Intermediate Logic 3 Credits
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PDF icon PHIL 310 course outline

PHIL 334 Ethical Theory 3 Credits
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PHIL 344 Medieval&Renaissance Pol Theo 3 Credits
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PHIL 355 Aristotle 3 Credits
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PDF icon PHIL 355 course description

PHIL 361 18th Century Philosophy 3 Credits
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PDF icon Course syllabus PHIL 361

PHIL 367 19th Century Philosophy 3 Credits
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Microsoft Office document icon Course syllabus PHIL 367

PHIL 397 Tutorial 01 3 Credits
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PHIL 398 Tutorial 02 3 Credits
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PHIL 415 Philosophy of Language 3 Credits
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PDF icon PHIL 415 course syllabus

PHIL 419 Epistemology 3 Credits
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PDF icon PHIL 419 course syllabus

PHIL 421 Metaphysics 3 Credits
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PHIL 427 Topics: Critical Phil of Race 3 Credits
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PHIL 436 Aesthetics 2 3 Credits
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Microsoft Office document icon PHIL 436 course syllabus

PHIL 441 Philosophy of Science 2 3 Credits
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PDF icon PHIL 441 course syllabus

PHIL 444 Early Modern Political Theory 3 Credits
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PHIL 445 19th Century Political Theory 3 Credits
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PDF icon PHIL 445 course outline

PHIL 446 Current Issues in Pol. Phil. 3 Credits
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File PHIL 446 course description

PHIL 450 Major Philosophers 1 3 Credits
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PDF icon PHIL 450 course description

PHIL 454 Ancient Moral Theory 3 Credits
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PDF icon PHIL 454 coruse syllabus

PHIL 470 Topics in Contem Analytic Phil 3 Credits
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PDF icon PHIL 470 course syllabus

PHIL 474 Phenomenology 3 Credits
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PHIL 481 Topics in Philosophy 3 Credits
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File Course syllabus PHIL 481

PHIL 497 Tutorial 04 3 Credits
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PHIL 498 Tutorial 05 3 Credits
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PHIL 499D2 Tutorial 06 3 Credits
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PHIL 499N1 Tutorial 06 3 Credits
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PHIL 611 Sem: Phil of Logic & Math 3 Credits
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- Metaphysics and epistemology

PDF icon PHIL 611 course outline

PHIL 621 Seminar: Metaphysics 3 Credits
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- Metaphysics and epistemology

Microsoft Office document icon PHIL 621 course syllabus

PHIL 627 Seminar: Critical Phil of Race 3 Credits
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- Ethics or value theory

PHIL 641 Seminar: Philosophy of Science 3 Credits
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- Metaphysics and epistemology

PDF icon PHIL 641 course outline

PHIL 689 Sem:Spec Topics in Philosophy 3 Credits
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ARTE 700 Seminar: Teaching Humanities 3 Credits
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