Undergraduate Program Requirements

Program Requirements

Students complete 120 units, as specified below.

Lower Division Requirements

Students are required to complete at least 15 credit hours of lower division credit including one of

  • PHIL 100-3 Knowledge and Reality
  • PHIL 120-3 Introduction to Moral Philosophy

and one of

  • PHIL 150-3 History of Philosophy I
  • PHIL 151-3 History of Philosophy II

and all of

  • PHIL 201-3 Epistemology
  • PHIL 203-3 Metaphysics
  • PHIL 210-3 Natural Deductive Logic

 

Upper Division Requirements

Students are required to complete at least 30 credit hours upper division credit including the following courses, and including one course at the 400 division.

At least one of

  • PHIL 320-3 Social and Political Philosophy
  • PHIL 321-3 Moral Issues and Theories
  • PHIL 322-3 History of Ethics*
  • PHIL 421-4 Ethical Theories

and at least one of

  • PHIL 302-3 Topics in Epistemology and Metaphysics
  • PHIL 341-3 Philosophy of Science
  • PHIL 343-3 Philosophy of Mind
  • PHIL 344-3 Philosophy of Language I

and at least two of

  • PHIL 322-3 History of Ethics
  • PHIL 350-3 Ancient Philosophy
  • PHIL 352-3 17th Century Philosophy
  • PHIL 356-3 18th Century Philosophy
  • PHIL 357-3 Topics in the History of Philosophy
  • PHIL 451-4 Advanced Topics in the History of Philosophy

*unless counted as a history stream requirement

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Undergraduate Advisor

Dr. Jill McIntosh
email: jillmc at sfu.ca
office: WMX 5655
phone: 778.782.7088
fax: 778.782.4443

Dr. McIntosh can advise on course selection and help you set up a program that suits your interests.

Undergraduate Advisor

Mr. Dennis Bevington
email: dennis_bevington at sfu.ca
phone: 778.782.4852
fax: 778.782.4443

Mr. Bevington handles program declarations, course registrations and withdrawals, program requirements, course selection etc.