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HONOURS B.A. IN ETHICS AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL ISSUES
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ADMISSION APPLICATIONS TO THIS PROGRAM WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
FOR 2024-2025 ACADEMIC YEAR
The Program at a Glance
In this program, you’ll explore emerging social challenges and determine the
best course of action from a practical and moral point of view.
This includes
* Identifying and understanding social issues and their ethical aspects
* Evaluating a range of responses to those issues
* Designing political and policy interventions guided by moral arguments
* Making decisions that lead to more ethical outcomes
The program incorporates aspects of ethics, political science and policy studies
to create a well-rounded and practical foundation for future leaders and
decision-makers.
The knowledge and skills gained in this program can be applied to a number of
current issues. For example, encouraging ethical media practices, guiding
ethical principles in emerging technologies, and developing policies that
benefit people and the environment.
Who Should Apply?
This program welcomes all individuals who are kept up at night by the daily news
but who hold out hope that the world can be improved through practical
reasoning.
Internships and Research Opportunities
As a student, you will gain real-world experience with two internships in the
public service and/or non-governmental organizations.
In partnership with the school’s Research Centre in Public Ethics and
Governance, this program also offers you the unique opportunity to work with
professors and contribute to ongoing research projects.
Career Opportunities
This program will prepare you by providing you with the knowledge, critical
thinking and analysis skills you need to excel in a number of work settings,
including: health care, law, policy research and development, as well as social
justice.
Graduates of this program have gone on to the following career paths:
* Ethics advisor in the public sector, NGOs and hospitals
* Law
* Policy analyst
* Humanitarian worker
* Graduate school in a number of humanitarian fields
Admission Details
* Registration: Full-time and part-time
* Program length: 8 trimesters or 4 years (full-time)
* Program delivery method: Some courses are also available online.
* Language: This program is also available in French.
* For more detailed information, please click here.
A student enrolled in the Public Ethics (Honours Bachelor of Arts) program may
add a complementary minor, according to the student’s particular interests and
requirements.
Scholarship Opportunities
Students enrolled in this program may be eligible for a number of scholarships.
For more information, please click here.
This diploma is jointly offered with uOttawa.
* BEAUVAIS Chantal, Rector
* CHANDRA SHUKLA Rajesh, Associate Professor
* CLOUTIER Sophie, Associate Professor
* FEIST Richard, Associate professor
* LANOIX Monique, Associate professor
* MCLENNAN Matthew, Associate Professor
* PERRON Louis, Associate Professor
Applications: A step-by-step guide
STEP 1: Choose a program of study
STEP 2: Learn about admission requirements
STEP 3: Submit your application
STEP 4: Gather the documents needed for the assessment of your application
STEP 5: Assessment of your application
STEP 6: Accept your offer of admission
STEP 7: Choose your courses
STEP 1: CHOOSE A PROGRAM OF STUDY
Undergraduate programs:
* Certificates
* Bachelors
* Ecclesiastical Programs
* Other Programs
* College Credit Transfer
STEP 2: LEARN ABOUT ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
* Ontario applicants
* Quebec applicants
* Applicants from the Atlantic and Western provinces
* International applicants
* Applicants from other universities
* Mature applicants
Ontario applicants
From secondary school
Have an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) with at least six 4U or 4M level
courses, including one 4U level course in English or français.
From Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology (CAAT)
* After one year of studies
You are eligible if you have completed one year of a college program and have
obtained the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) with one language course
(English or français) at the college or 4U level.
* After a two- or three-year program
If you have completed a two- or three-year college program, you can obtain up
to 30 units of advanced standing (transfer units).
Our transfer agreements
Saint Paul University has developed a number of transfer agreements with
colleges, allowing applicants to receive upwards of 30 units in equivalencies.
Find out more by consulting our articulation agreements page.
Quebec applicants
From secondary school
Have a Secondary School Diploma with an average of 84%, including one course in
English or français at the Secondary V level.
From Cégep
Have completed 12 courses of general studies (not including physical education
and refresher courses), including English (603) or français (601). Applicants
who have successfully completed 12 courses of general studies may obtain up to
15 units of advanced standing, and those who have successfully completed more
than 12 courses of general studies may obtain up to 30 units of advanced
standing.
Applicants from the Atlantic and Western provinces
Have a Secondary School Diploma, including one course in English or français at
the Grade 12 level.
Applicants from other universities
Applications from other Canadian or international universities will be assessed
based on the applicant’s previous secondary and post-secondary studies.
University equivalency units may be granted depending on the studies completed
and the program into which the person is admitted.
International applicants
Have a diploma attesting to 12 years of education equivalent to the Ontario
Secondary School Diploma (OSSD). Persons who have completed a secondary diploma
attesting to 13 years of education, such as the Baccalauréat de l’enseignement
secondaire français, can receive up to 30 units of advanced standing.
Mature applicants
When the applicant’s academic record does not meet normal conditions for
admission, it is possible to apply as a mature applicant, provided that the
person has not been enrolled in full-time studies for at least two consecutive
years. In order to be considered for admission, applicants must have experience
that can be considered sufficient preparation for pursuing undergraduate
studies.
STEP 3: SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
You have two options
OPTION 1
If you are applying for admission to an undergraduate program at more than one
Ontario university, including Saint Paul University:
* Complete the application form available at the Ontario Universities’
Application Centre (OUAC).
IMPORTANT NOTE: Because Saint Paul University is federated with the University
of Ottawa, you will find programs offered by Saint Paul University listed under
the University of Ottawa.
OPTION 2
If you are applying for an undergraduate program at Saint Paul University only,
or if you are applying for a master’s or doctoral program:
* Complete the following form.
STEP 4: GATHER THE DOCUMENTS NEEDED FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF YOUR APPLICATION
In order for us to assess your application, you must submit official transcripts
for all of your previous studies (secondary, college and university). These
transcripts must be sent directly from your academic institution to the
following address:
Saint Paul University
Office of Admissions and Student Services
223 Main Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1S 1C4
CANADA
However, to expedite the assessment process for your application, you can scan
your documents and e-mail them to the Office of Admissions at
admission@ustpaul.ca and then send your official documents through the mail.
STEP 5: ASSESSMENT OF YOUR APPLICATION
Once the Office of Admissions receives all the required documents, it will begin
to assess your application. One of the following decisions will be sent to you
at the email address you gave us, as well as to your postal address.
Possible decisions
* Offer of admission
The Office of Admissions will send you an offer of admission (unconditional).
* Conditional offer of admission
The Office of Admissions will make you a conditional offer of admission, with
specific conditions that you must meet by a certain deadline. You can still
proceed to registration (course selection).
* Deferred decision
The Office of Admissions can inform you that some information is missing and
therefore the University is unable to make a decision regarding your
eligibility. If applicable, the Office will tell you which documents to send
and by what date.
* Refusal
The Office of Admissions will inform you of the reasons for the refusal.
STEP 6: ACCEPT YOUR OFFER OF ADMISSION
To accept an offer of admission and a scholarship offer, if applicable, you must
sign the form entitled Admission acceptance form that accompanies your offer of
admission and send it to Saint Paul University by email, before the deadline, to
the following address admission@ustpaul.ca or mail it to:
Saint Paul University
Office of Admissions and Student Services
223 Main Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1S 1C4
CANADA
STEP 7: CHOOSE YOUR COURSES
With your offer of admission, you will receive all the information you will need
to choose your courses. You will also receive the contact information for our
academic advisors; you can meet with them one on one or during information
sessions for guidance and to help you finalize your course selection.
Foundational Courses (12 units)
Compulsory Courses: 12 units
HTP1102 Approaches in the Humanities: Interpreting the Human Experience
HTP1103 People, Social Justice and Ecology
HTP1105 Critical Analysis, Reading and Writing Academic Works
HTP1106 The First Peoples in Canada
Discipline Specific Courses (60 units)
Compulsory Courses: 42 units
PHI1105 Introduction to Critical Thinking
PHI2141 Fundamentals of Democracy and Governance
PHI2142 Utilitarian Ethics
PHI2143 Deontological Ethics
PHI2144 Virtue Ethics
PHI2146 Social Justice
PHI2181 Human Knowledge
PHI2182 Philosophical Anthropology
PHI3133 Feminist Ethics
PHI3307 Ethics, Multiculturalism and Immigration
PHI3308 Ethics and Public Service
PHI3901 Internship I / Stage I
PHI4121 Applied Ethics in Organizational Contexts
PHI4181 Research Project
Optional Courses: 18 units
9 units from:
ISC2306 Media and Ethics
PHI2111 History of Western Ethics
PHI2121 Ethics and New Biotechnologies
PHI2185 Ethics and Education
PHI3134 Environmental and Animal Ethics
PHI3383 Conservatism and Libertarianism
PHI3385 Marx and Marxian Traditions
9 units from:
PHI3129 Ethics, AI and Big Data
PHI3309 Ethics and Religion
PHI4119 Ethics, War and Terrorism
PHI4155 Selected Topics in Ethics and Politics
PHI4313 Ethics and Disability
PHI4901 Internship II / Stage II
Elective Courses (48 units)
Students choose 48 units or a minor (30 units) and 18 units.
12 units must be at the 3000 or 4000 level.
HTP 1102 - APPROACHES IN THE HUMANITIES: INTERPRETING THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE
Introduction to theoretical approaches in the Humanities and to the methods that
are applied to interpret the multiple expressions of human experience,
particularly those expressed in important works of art and literature.
HTP 1103 - PEOPLE, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ECOLOGY
Social and ecological challenges facing humanity today, and related issues of
social justice. These questions will be examined from a perspective of community
building and efforts towards ecological and social transformations for a hopeful
future.
HTP 1105 - CRITICAL ANALYSIS, READING AND WRITING ACADEMIC WORKS
Development of abilities to read critically and understand academic works. Focus
on formal writing skills: techniques of clear expression and construction of
texts, argument development and organization. This course also includes a
library laboratory component with focus on research skills, citations, and
academic integrity.
HTP 1106 - THE FIRST PEOPLES IN CANADA
Indigenous and non-Indigenous perspectives on the First Peoples in Canada,
cultural diversity, traditional practices and beliefs, relationship with the
environment, changing roles and structures influenced by colonization.
Contemporary issues faced by First Nations, Métis and Inuit, including cultural
genocide and trauma.
ISC 2306 - MEDIA AND ETHICS
Constitutive elements of ethical behavior. Basic ethical criteria in media
communication. Rights in communication situations. Deontology codes in use in
several institutions. Case analysis in media praxis: persuasion communication
and fiction.
PHI 1105 - INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL THINKING
Explores the various sides of Critical Thinking: the nature of arguments, common
errors in reasoning as well as evaluating evidence and information. Enables
students to acquire and develop research and writing skills.
PHI 2111 - HISTORY OF WESTERN ETHICS
When offered, this course would take one of the following three forms: I.
Ancient and Medieval Ethics: Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman Ethics. Selection
from Plato’s Dialogues, and Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. Selection from the
Epicureans, Stoics, Neoplatonists, and Aquinas. II. Early Modern Ethics:
Renaissance Humanists, Hobbes, Descartes, Spinoza, Locke, and Hume. III.
Post-Kantian Ethics. Selections from Hegel, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, J.S. Mill,
T.H. Green. Selections from Moore, the positivists and post-modernists. Western
ethics may be compared and contrasted to selected non-Western traditions.
PHI 2121 - ETHICS AND NEW BIOTECHNOLOGIES
Impact of robotics and new technologies on the patient-healthcare practitioner
relationship, medical interventions, the manner in which we perceive our own
bodies, and transhumanism.
PHI 2141 - FUNDAMENTALS OF DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE
Study of the fundamentals of democracy and governance, and of its principal
thinkers and critics, starting from Plato. Distinction between ancient and
modern forms of democracy. Overview of the principles of political liberalism
underpinning contemporary democracies. Comparison between democracy and other
forms of government. Study of different models of governance and of the
implications of a managerial conception of politics.
PHI 2142 - UTILITARIAN ETHICS
General history of utilitarianism, with readings from main thinkers in the
tradition from its beginnings up to the present day (Bentham, Mill, Sidgwick,
Singer, Lazari-Radek). Study of applied dimensions of this approach, as well as
of its limitations.
PHI 2143 - DEONTOLOGICAL ETHICS
General history of deontology, with readings from main thinkers in this
tradition from its beginnings up to the present day (Kant, Ross, O’Neill). Study
of applied dimensions of this approach, as well as of its limitations.
PHI 2144 - VIRTUE ETHICS
General history of virtue ethics, with readings from main thinkers in this
tradition from its beginnings to the present day (Aristotle, MacIntyre,
Nussbaum, non-western perspectives). Study of applied dimensions of this
approach, as well as of its limitations.
PHI 2146 - SOCIAL JUSTICE
Explores, from the perspective of social justice theories, issues such as social
inequalities, poverty, refugees, war, and environmental degradation. Examines
criticisms of this perspective.
PHI 2181 - HUMAN KNOWLEDGE
Study of the traditional, universalist, approach to knowledge as well as
contemporary standpoint approaches, such as feminist and postmodernist.
PHI 2182 - PHILOSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Study of different philosophical conceptions of the human being.
PHI 2185 - ETHICS AND EDUCATION
Examination of the philosophical and psychological research on the formation of
ethical judgments. Relationships between judgment, feeling, and moral action.
Examination of how various learning theories can be incorporated into teaching
ethics to children, how ethics may be taught to children both inside and outside
a religious context. Education as a pillar of democratic citizenship.
PHI 3129 - ETHICS, AI AND BIG DATA
Study of emerging ethical issues and dilemmas prompted by the Internet and
related technologies. Range of topics that could include privacy,
cyber-bullying, algorithms governance, control society, accessibility issues,
and the monetization of data. Foundations of artificial intelligence, and
ethical and public policy issues linked to emerging and possible artificial
intelligence technologies.
PHI 3133 - FEMINIST ETHICS
Examination of the development of critical theories and new ethical models in
different feminist currents. How these ethics take into consideration the
marginalized voices of oppressed groups.
PHI 3134 - ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMAL ETHICS
Explores ethical issues concerning non-human animals and the environment, such
as harvesting non-human animals for food production and the social problems
arising from global warming.
PHI 3307 - ETHICS, MULTICULTURALISM AND IMMIGRATION
This course examines the relation of ethics, multiculturalism, and immigration,
studies the questions regarding the possibility of a multicultural ethics, and
addresses the issues and debates arising from cultural relativism and identity
politics in the functioning of modern societies.
PHI 3308 - ETHICS AND PUBLIC SERVICE
Ethical issues relating to the public sector. Definitions of the common good and
of public service. Study of the role of public policy in the functioning of
various states and governments, and the implications of their coherence or
conflict in the social, political and economic realms.
PHI 3309 - ETHICS AND RELIGION
This course examines the philosophical foundations of various ethical and
religious traditions and addresses the possibility of their convergence in
modern liberal societies.
PHI 3383 - CONSERVATISM AND LIBERTARIANISM
Explores the various kinds of conservative and libertarian philosophies with an
emphasis on their differing views on the nature of truth and reason.
Investigates conservative and libertarian critiques of social justice.
PHI 3385 - MARX AND MARXIAN TRADITIONS
Analysis of Marxist theories as well as non-western and recent post-marxist
interpretations and their mobilization in thinking through oppression and power
relationships.
PHI 3901 - INTERNSHIP I
A minimum of 130 hours professionally supervised in an environment that includes
a component of public ethics or analysis of public policies. The internship
incorporates a cumulative reflective practice component in order to encourage
the critical integration of theory and practice. The internship culminates in
the writing of a detailed practicum report. Prerequisite: 24 PHI credits with a
cumulative grade point average of 8.0. Graded S/NS.
PHI 4119 - ETHICS, WAR AND TERRORISM
Analysis of ethical, political, and public policy dimensions of armed conflict
in a global era: just war theory, humanitarian intervention, war and diplomacy,
emerging military technologies, torture, detainment, state of exception, and
human rights.
PHI 4121 - APPLIED ETHICS IN ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXTS
Analysis of ethical issues emerging in organizational contexts. Case studies to
demonstrate how ethical decisions are made on the ground.
PHI 4155 - SELECTED TOPICS IN ETHICS AND POLITICS
Study of a particular topic, thinker or tradition. Critical analysis of the link
between ethics and politics.
PHI 4181 - RESEARCH PROJECT
Writing of a major research project. Application of what the student has learned
over the course of the B.A. to a topic of his or her own interest.
PHI 4313 - ETHICS AND DISABILITY
Analyzes models of disability from medical to social and political models.
Critically investigates the implications of these models for the social
construction of individuals as disabled.
PHI 4901 - INTERNSHIP II
A minimum of 130 hours under professional supervision in a work environment
related to ethics. The student develops a clearly defined research project
integrating his or her theoretical knowledge. The internship culminates in the
writing of a practicum report detailing the outcomes of the project while
integrating a critical reflection on theory and practice. Prerequisite: PHI3901
Internship I. Graded S/NS.
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