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Course Selection
Spring 2026: January 23rd - February 3rd
Add/ Drop Appointments
Spring 2026: March 23rd - 24th
Open Enrollment
Spring 2026: March 25th - May 25th
Drop deadline
Spring 2026: June 1st
Winter 2026 course offerings
September 19th - 29th
Add / Drop Appointments
November 17th - 18th
For all returning students
Open Enrolment Period
November 19th - January 16th
Add/Drop Deadline
Add deadline: January 16th
Drop Deadline: January 23rd
Tip: We strongly encourage you to participate in the Course Selection process if you want to obtain a seat in online courses or other popular courses.
Featured Courses
PHIL 257: Philosophy of Math
PHIL 328 / LS 352: Human Rights
What are human rights, exactly? Which do we have, and why? What are the practical implications of human rights, for both individuals and institutions? This course will feature a comprehensive discussion of theory and history, of law and morality, and of national and international applications. We have three large lenses with which to view human rights in this course: 1) conceptually or philosophically; 2) historically, especially in terms of legal- and institutional developments; and 3) in terms of concrete contemporary case studies and problems. This course will employ these lenses to examine seven core principles and values of contemporary human rights practice: universality; equality; security; freedom; subsistence; social recognition; and democracy. Practical cases may include: technology and rights; health care and rights; economic inequality; free speech and censorship; women’s rights; and post-war reconstruction.
PHIL 302: Feminisms for Social Justice
Students will investigate how feminists conceptualize social justice in the struggle to create a better world by examining feminist theory as it engages with categories such as race, class, sexuality, and disability. Through this examination, students will explore the relationship between feminist theory and feminist practice. Students will also develop an understanding of a range of views about the nature of oppression and inequity as well as strategies for resisting oppression and inequity.
PHIL 258 / SCI 267: Intro to Philosophy of Science
The sciences are widely considered to be one of our best sources of knowledge about the world. In this course, we will investigate the nature and status of scientific knowledge. Topics will include scientific methodology, the roles of values and social factors in scientific knowledge production, scientific revolutions, scientific explanation, and the scientific realism debate. We will study several different accounts of the methods used by scientists, including accounts proposed by Carnap, Popper, and Kuhn. We will also ask whether science describes reality. Does the real world actually contain electrons or genes, for example, or is a literal interpretation of our scientific theories unwarranted? This question is at the heart of the debate about scientific realism. Through readings and class discussions, students will learn how to apply and evaluate a range of accounts of how scientific knowledge is produced. In-class activities and assessments will develop students’ reading comprehension and oral and written communication skills.
Intro to Philosophy of Science
PHIL 260 / CLAS 260 / SCI 266: Ancient Science
The ancient Greeks developed scientific theories that were influential for over a thousand years. Their worldview was different from ours, but they sought to explain some of the same phenomena that we grapple with today. In this course, we’ll study ancient Greek theories and methodologies in physics, astronomy, mathematics, meteorology, cosmology, and geography.
Complete course list
| course code | course title | course location |
|---|---|---|
| PHIL 101 | Challenging Ideas: Intro to PHIL | on-campus |
| PHIL 110A |
Knowledge and Reality |
online |
| PHIL 121 | Moral Issues | on-campus |
| Critical Thinking |
on-campus online |
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|
Philosophy of Sex and Love |
online |
|
| PHIL 202 | Gender Issues | on-campus |
| PHIL 206 | Philosophy of Sport | on-campus |
| PHIL 215 | Business Ethics |
on-campus |
|
Ethics |
online |
|
| PHIL 226 | Biomedical Ethics | on-campus |
| PHIL 240 | Intro to Formal Logic |
online |
| PHIL 251 | Metaphysics and Epistemology |
on-campus |
| PHIL 257 | Philosophy of Mathematics | on-campus |
|
Philosophy of Science |
on-campus |
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| Ancient Science |
on-campus |
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|
Great Works: Ancient and Medieval |
on-campus | |
| PHIL 302 | Feminisms for Social Justice | on-campus |
| PHIL 327 | Philosophy of Law |
online |
| PHIL 328 | Human Rights | on-campus |
| PHIL 471- 001 | Equity, Sufficiency, and Limit | on-campus |
| PHIL 471- 002 |
Fairness and Anti-discrimination in AI |
on-campus |
For the official calendar descriptions, see the Undergraduate Calendar
Spring 2026 course offerings list
Projected future course offering 2026-2028 (in-person only)
Course offerings vary slightly from term to term. For the official calendar descriptions, see the Undergraduate Calendar
St. Jerome's University also offers Philosophy courses. The St Jerome's Philosophy course offerings are indicated in the Schedule of Classes with the suffix "J" under the course location.
Additional pages with course information
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- Quest (instructors and campus locations)
- Course Selection Information
- Undergraduate calendar (descriptions and pre-requisites)
- Enrolment problems and course override