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	York Philosophy (BA - Co-op available) OUAC YRK Remove	Ottawa Ethics and Political Philosophy (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) OUAC OAC Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	73–77%“Mid-70s”	70%
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U	No course codes parsed — see prerequisites
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	one of ENG4U, FRA4U
Prerequisitesas published	Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) ENG4U Five additional 4U or 4M courses Alternative Offers If you are inadmissible to the original degree program you have applied to, you may be +3 more on the program page	ENG4U or FRA4U
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	Available	No
Degree	Bachelor of Arts, BA, International Bachelor of Arts, iBA	—
First-year intakewhere published	20	—
What you study	Philosophy	Interdisciplinary Studies Philosophy Politics
What it is	A Philosophy BA means you study fundamental questions about knowledge, reality, ethics, and how to think clearly. You learn to analyze arguments, examine assumptions, and develop your own reasoned positions on big ideas. The co-op option lets you apply these skills in workplace settings — workplaces value clear thinking and analysis — while the international version includes time abroad and global perspectives.	You study how people should live together, focusing on moral reasoning and political systems. Ethics examines what is right and wrong; political philosophy explores how governments should be organized and what justice means. This program suits you if you want to think critically about values, laws, and society rather than train for a specific profession, and if you're comfortable with reading, writing, and debating complex ideas.
The door tomajors you reach through it	philosophy	Applied to directly
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	29 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	22 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 75%See them
Source	York University on OUInfo	University of Ottawa on OUInfo

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