A class to die for: Zombies 101 at University of Baltimore
Zombies 101 at University of Baltimore
Posted: 09/07/2010
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - Call it Zombies 101.
The University of Baltimore is offering a new class on the undead.
The course -- really English 333 -- 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 the class will watch 16 classic zombie films and read zombie comics. As an alternative to a final research paper they'll be allowed to 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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