Existence and Death Course
This course delves into existence and death via key existentialist thinkers like Heidegger, Camus, Kierkegaard, Sartre, and Beauvoir. Participants gain practical tools for sensitive discussions on mortality, crafting reflective assignments, and relating profound theories of freedom, responsibility, grief, aging, and ethics to everyday real-world scenarios and decisions.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
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What will I learn?
The Existence and Death Course provides an engaging introduction to essential existentialist writings on mortality from Heidegger, Camus, Kierkegaard, Sartre, and Beauvoir, complete with interpretive guides and effective teaching methods. Participants learn to create thoughtful reflective tasks, manage intense classroom dialogues, and relate intricate ideas of death, freedom, and duty to practical life experiences and moral choices.
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Develop skills
- Interpret existentialist texts by applying Heidegger, Camus, and Sartre to mortality themes.
- Design reflective writing tasks with 800–1,000 word prompts on death and self.
- Facilitate challenging conversations using trauma-informed approaches to death discussions.
- Connect philosophical theory to practice by linking finitude, grief, and aging to real cases.
- Build ethical sensitivity in addressing end-of-life responsibilities with rigor and compassion.
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