BA/BS in Ethics

The Ethics certificate is offered by the Department of Philosophy in SFU's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. It is designed especially for students outside philosophy, though it is open to any student who meets the requirements. The certificate combines a core set of philosophy courses with a focus in one of five other subject-area streams, giving students a structured introduction to ethical theory alongside applied study in a chosen field. As a certificate rather than a stand-alone degree, it is typically completed alongside a student's primary major at SFU, adding a documented concentration in ethics to that degree. The program's overview page does not list a fixed course sequence; the full certificate description and required courses, including the available streams, are set out in the Simon Fraser University Academic Calendar. Students combine this certificate with a major from any faculty at the university.