The purpose of the course is for students to learn the basic features of the superhero comics genre and to utilize those features to aid their understanding of the relationship between society and morality as understood across multiple disciplines. As this is a one-credit course for first year students, features, themes, and disciplines are introduced at a very general level.

The course aims to familiarize students with major theories related to individuals’ development of moral understanding over time. Although the class focuses on developmental approaches, students also learn about influential non-developmental approaches.