Thread: Undead 101

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This is an interesting little "Halloween-ish" Article I came across today in the paper. It was a bit difficult to enjoy completely beings it seems to be a "waste of time" as far as college courses go .. but if I had some free time (and money) to kill then I would be the first in line to sign up.

Perhaps you could caulk it up to a "Creative Writing and Pop Culture" Class.


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The Baltimore Sun, http://www.baltimoresun.com
Tue Sep 7, 10:59 am ET
Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100907/...zombie_class_1

BALTIMORE- Call it Zombies 101.The University of Baltimore is offering a new class on the undead.

The course is being taught by Arnold Blumberg, the author of a book on zombie movies, "Zombiemania," and the curator of Geppi's Entertainment Museum, which focuses on American pop culture.

Students taking English 333 will watch 16 classic zombie films and read zombie comics. As an alternative to a final research paper they may write scripts or draw storyboards for their ideal zombie flicks.

The university isn't the first to have a class on the undead. Columbia College in Chicago has offered a course on Zombies in popular media for years, and at Simpson College in Iowa students spent the spring semester writing a book on "The History of the Great Zombie War."
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I am slightly jealous they are not offering this course at my Uni, would have given me those extra credits I needed this semester instead of a blah journalism 101 class.

Sounds like great fun...and useful, too.