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Ethics, Society, and Law program requirements

What the Ethics, Society, and Law Major requires, as the 2026-2027 Arts & Science Calendar states it, and every course it names.

Ethics, Society, and Law Major

  • Arts program
  • 7.0 credits
  • Limited enrolment
  • ASMAJ1618

Enrolment

This is a limited enrolment program. Students must have completed 4.0 credits and meet the requirements listed below to enrol. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.

Completion requirements

(7.0 credits)

1First year: While no specific courses are required in first year, course selection should take into account the program’s admission requirements above, as well as the prerequisites for 200+ level courses students plan to take to complete the program.

2Second year: PHL271H1, TRN203H1, and TRN204H1 are required courses that students are recommended to take in second year (their first year of registration in the program).

3Third year: TRN303H1, TRN312H1

4Fourth year: TRN412H1.

54.0 credits from Groups A-D, including at least a 0.5 credit from each of Groups A-C and at least 1.5 credits at the 300+ level.

Group A (Ethics) ETH201H1, ETH210H1, ETH220H1, ETH230H1, ETH350H1, ETH401H1, PHL273H1, PHL275H1, PHL281H1, PHL295H1, PHL337H1, PHL341H1, PHL373H1, PHL375H1, PHL378H1, PHL380H1, PHL381H1, PHL382H1, PHL383H1, PHL384H1, PHL394H1, PHL407H1, RLG339H1

Group B (Society) AFR351Y1, AFR352H1, AFR453Y1, ANT204H1, CAR225H1, CAR226H1, CAR324H1, CSC300H1, CSE340H1, CSE341H1, ECO313H1, ECO332H1, ECO336H1, ENV221H1, ENV222H1, ENV347H1, GGR416H1, HIS332H1, HPS324H1, INS261H1, INS353H1, INS354H1, INS360Y1, INS407H1, JGE331H1, JPI201H1, LAS200H1, LAS201H1, LAS320H1, LAS350H1, LAS370H1, PHL265H1, PHL365H1, POL200Y1, POL214Y1/ POL214H1, POL315H1, POL320H1, POL321H1, POL412H1, POL432H1; PSY311H1, PSY321H1, SOC208H1, SOC212H1, SOC220H1, SOC265H1, SOC313H1, SOC330H1, SOC360H1, SOC367H1, CRI205H1, CRI210H1, CRI300H1, CRI335H1, CRI340H1, CRI380H1, CRI425H1, WGS373H1

Group C (Law) CLA336H1, CRI225H1, CRI364H1, CRI365H1, CRI422H1, ECO320H1, ENV422H1, MST361H1, NMC385H1, NMC484H1, PHL370H1, PHL416H1, POL337H1, POL340H1, POL341H1, TRN304H1/ TRN304Y1, TRN305Y1/ TRN305H1, TRN425Y1, WGS365H1

Group D (Further Courses) AFR351Y1, INS201Y1, INS205H1, RLG309H1, TRN200Y1, TRN320H1, TRN321H1, TRN406H1/ TRN407Y1, and with permission of the director: TRN300H1, TRN301Y1, TRN302Y1, TRN400H1, TRN404Y1, TRN405Y1, TRN377Y1, TRN477H1, 1.0 credit from TRN160Y1, TRN161Y1, TRN171Y1, TRN172Y1.

N.B. (1) The above CRI courses are available only to students enrolled in the double major program Ethics, Society, and Law/Criminology. (2) Access to courses in the Ethics, Society, and Law program is not guaranteed; students must check prerequisites.

Courses these requirements name

  • PHL271H1Law and Morality
  • TRN203H1Society, its Limits and Possibilities
  • TRN204H1Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning
  • TRN303H1Ethics and Society
  • TRN312H1Sustainability Issues in Ethics, Society, and Law
  • TRN412H1Seminar in Ethics, Society, and Law
  • ETH201H1Contemporary Moral Problems
  • ETH210H1Rationality and Action
  • ETH220H1Moral Psychology
  • ETH230H1Morality in Cross-Cultural Perspective
  • ETH350H1Topics in Value Theory
  • ETH401H1Seminar in Ethics
  • PHL273H1Environmental Ethics
  • PHL275H1Introduction to Ethics
  • PHL281H1Bioethics
  • PHL295H1Business Ethics
  • PHL337H1Classical Chinese Ethics
  • PHL341H1Freedom, Responsibility, and Human Action
  • PHL373H1Issues in Environmental Ethics
  • PHL375H1Ethics
  • PHL378H1War and Morality
  • PHL380H1Global Bioethics
  • PHL381H1Ethics and Medical Research
  • PHL382H1Ethics: Death and Dying
  • PHL383H1Ethics and Mental Health
  • PHL384H1Ethics, Genetics and Reproduction
  • PHL394H1Markets and Morals
  • PHL407H1Seminar in Ethics
  • RLG339H1Religious Ethics: The Jewish Tradition
  • AFR351Y1African Systems of Thought
  • AFR352H1International Organizations, NGOs, Development and Change in Africa
  • AFR453Y1Language and Postcolonial Education in East Africa last in the 2022-2023 Calendar
  • ANT204H1Social Cultural Anthropology and Global Issues
  • CAR225H1Caribbean Societies
  • CAR226H1Caribbean Political Thought
  • CAR324H1Capitalism and Crisis in the Caribbean
  • CSC300H1Computers and Society
  • CSE340H1Abolition in the Global Context: Theorizing Uprisings and Youth Activism against Policing and Prisons
  • CSE341H1Theorizing Settler Colonialism, Capitalism and Race
  • ECO313H1Environmental Economics and Policies
  • ECO332H1Economics of the Family
  • ECO336H1Public Economics
  • ENV221H1Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Environment
  • ENV222H1Pathways to Sustainability: An Interdisciplinary Approach
  • ENV347H1The Power of Economic Ideas
  • GGR416H1Environmental Impact Assessment
  • HIS332H1Crime and Society in England, 1500-1800
  • HPS324H1Natural Science and Social Issues
  • INS261H1Contemporary Challenges Facing Indigenous Communities
  • INS353H1First Nations Politics in Canada last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
  • INS354H1Indigenous Governance and Self-Determination last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
  • INS360Y1Politics and Process of Reconciliation in Canada last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
  • INS407H1Indigenous Environmental Justice
  • JGE331H1Resource and Environmental Theory
  • JPI201H1Indigenous Politics in Canada
  • LAS200H1Inventing Latin America: Foundational Themes
  • LAS201H1Defining Latin America: Current Issues
  • LAS320H1Latin American Thought
  • LAS350H1Indigenous Realities in Latin America
  • LAS370H1Critical Perspectives of Development in Latin American Contexts
  • PHL265H1Introduction to Political Philosophy
  • PHL365H1Political Philosophy
  • POL200Y1Political Theory: Visions of the Just/Good Society
  • POL214Y1
  • POL214H1Canadian Government
  • POL315H1American Civil Liberties
  • POL320H1Modern Political Thought: Freedom and Equality
  • POL321H1Modern Political Thought: Progress Through History
  • POL412H1Human Rights and International Relations
  • POL432H1Feminist Political Thought
  • PSY311H1Social Development
  • PSY321H1Cross-Cultural Psychology
  • SOC208H1Introduction to Social Policy
  • SOC212H1Sociology of Crime & Deviance
  • SOC220H1Social Stratification
  • SOC265H1Gender and Society
  • SOC313H1Social Control
  • SOC330H1Sociology of Atrocities last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
  • SOC360H1Social Movements
  • SOC367H1Race, Class, and Gender
  • CRI205H1Introduction to Criminology
  • CRI210H1Criminal Justice
  • CRI300H1Theories of Criminal Justice
  • CRI335H1Policing
  • CRI340H1Punishment: Theory and Practice
  • CRI380H1Crime, Gender and Sex
  • CRI425H1The Prosecution Process
  • WGS373H1Gender and Violence
  • CLA336H1Law in Ancient Greek and Roman Society
  • CRI225H1Criminal Law
  • CRI364H1Indigenous Peoples & Criminal Justice
  • CRI365H1Crime and Mind
  • CRI422H1Indigenous Law
  • ECO320H1Economic Analysis of Law
  • ENV422H1Environmental Law
  • MST361H1Medieval Law
  • NMC385H1Islamic Law in Historical Perspective and Contemporary Debate last in the 2021-2022 Calendar
  • NMC484H1Gender Issues in Jewish Law
  • PHL370H1Issues in Philosophy of Law
  • PHL416H1Seminar in Philosophy of Law
  • POL337H1The Canadian Constitution
  • POL340H1International Law: Foundations
  • POL341H1International Law: Operation of the International Legal Order
  • TRN304H1Law and Social Issues
  • TRN304Y1Law and Social Issues
  • TRN305Y1Basic Principles of Law
  • TRN305H1Basic Principles of Law
  • TRN425Y1Law Workshops Course
  • WGS365H1Gender Issues in the Law
  • INS201Y1Introduction to Indigenous Studies: Foundations, History and Politics last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
  • INS205H1Indigenous Worldviews, Spiritual and Healing Traditions
  • RLG309H1Religion and Human Rights
  • TRN200Y1Modes of Reasoning
  • TRN320H1Selected Topics in Ethics, Society, and Law
  • TRN321H1Selected Topics in Ethics, Society, and Law
  • TRN406H1Community Research Partnerships in Ethics
  • TRN407Y1Community Research Partnerships in Ethics
  • TRN300H1Trinity Independent Studies
  • TRN301Y1Trinity Independent Studies
  • TRN302Y1Trinity Independent Studies
  • TRN400H1Trinity Independent Studies
  • TRN404Y1Trinity Independent Studies
  • TRN405Y1Trinity Independent Studies
  • TRN377Y1Trinity Comprehensive Paper I
  • TRN477H1Trinity Comprehensive Paper II
  • TRN160Y1Public Policy and the Public Good
  • TRN161Y1Making Public Policy Work
  • TRN171Y1Ethics and the Public Sphere
  • TRN172Y1Ethics and the Law
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