Program Related Skills
Academic courses in this program provide opportunities to develop the following types of skills. Check out our My Career Centre webpage to learn how to articulate skills you’ve developed in your program to employers and/or academic admissions committees in our Skills from your Academics module (under our ‘Assess Yourself’ section). Make a career counselling or an employment strategy appointment to discuss how you can demonstrate these skills to employers.
- Critical Thinking: Analyze complex ideas and arguments with logic, clarity and precision.
- Ethics & Values: Reflect on personal values, identify & evaluate alternative value systems & points of views; exploring how ethical principles shape decision-making.
- Oral / Written Communication: Develop ability to convey ideas effectively in both written and verbal forms, adapting to various audiences and contexts.
- Problem Solving: Approach abstract and real-world challenges by identifying assumptions, weighing perspectives and proposing solutions in diverse settings.
- Research: Investigate philosophical questions by interpreting historical & contemporary texts, synthesizing sources and building evidence-based arguments.
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Updated June 2025