'Evil' is a powerful term that has been applied to everything from windstorms to serial killers to the unreflective actions of bureaucratic systems. In this course, students will explore challenging content and themes including some of the theories, psychology, and key historical instances of evil to better understand the sources and responses to the idea of evil. We draw on TED talks, stories, reports, articles, future challenges, and students' discussions to build a greater understanding of this diverse and challenging concept. Students will follow nuanced logical arguments, explore both complex psychological cases and convoluted organizational structures, write several short evaluative reflections on the course themes, and give a comparative analysis group presentation. By the end of the course, students have traced key definitions of, and approaches to 'evil'.
Session One
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Grade(s)
9-11
at the time of application
Scheduled Class Time*
08:00 AM - 11:00 AM (PDT)
*The course will meet for two hours daily (Monday–Friday) for a live online class during this window of time. The third hour is used for online office hours. Students will be admitted to and attend just one course section and time. The exact course time and office hour schedule will be set closer to the start of the program. In addition to the live meeting times, students complete out-of-class learning assignments such as assigned readings, group work, pre-recorded online lectures, and more.