卡尔顿大学

Carleton’s innovative philosophy programs offer courses ranging over the history of philosophy, ethics and social/political philosophy, philosophy of mind and language, metaphysics and epistemology. Starting in first year, you will have the opportunity to take a seminar class (of 30 students) that challenges you to develop your skills in reading philosophical texts and making philosophical arguments. In second year, you will take two courses that are offered just for philosophy majors, ensuring that you have the skills you need to do your best. In fourth year, you will study in seminar classes where the professors share with you, at your level, the new knowledge that they are helping to create.

As a graduate, you will have gained unique intellectual flexibility and sophistication as well as highly developed writing, research, analytic and oral presentation skills that are applicable in many careers and professions.

The four-year Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Philosophy requires 20.0 credits. If you want to focus on ethics and political philosophy, you can choose our specialization in Philosophy, Ethics and Public Affairs, which also requires that you complete 20.0 credits. The Bachelor of Arts (General) in Philosophy is normally completed after three years of full-time study and requires a total of 15.0 credits. Your Philosophy professors at Carleton have expertise in a wide range of topics within philosophy, which means that you will have an equally wide range of courses from which to choose, within three distinct categories:

• Ethics, society and aesthetics
• Language, mind and world
• History of philosophy

Future opportunities

Philosophical training is an asset for anyone whose work requires clear thinking and the ability to analyze language and organize thoughts. Philosophy is useful for:

• professions such as law, where logical argument is essential;
• policy analysts in government and ethicists in health care and other fields, all of whom require training in ethics and public affairs;
• social policy advocates in non-governmental organizations, who require training in human rights, ethics and political philosophy; or
• prospective high school teachers, who should have training in philosophy, not only for communication skills but also because philosophy is a subject now included in Ontario’s secondary school curriculum.