Smart zombies call for smarter survivors so the University of Baltimore is offering a course on the prolific monsters, taught by Arnold Blumberg, author of Zombiemania. Course objectives include: “get you ready for a zombie apocalypse.” Rather than write research papers, students get to create their own zombie story.

Zombie academic.

Students at the University of Baltimore aren’t the only ones with zombies on the brain. Columbia College in Chicago and Simpson College in Iowa already offer similar courses.