From The Atlantic:
The Walking Dead is getting academic. AMC, the University of California,t Irvine, and educational technology company Instructure, announced today that they were collaborating on an interdisciplinary massive open online course (MOOC) based on the beloved zombie show.  The course does not really deal with minutiae of the show's plot lines, instructor Sarah Eichhorn told The Atlantic Wire in a phone conversation. Instead, the enrollment website touts that those who complete the course will be able to "describe how infectious diseases – like a zombie epidemic – spread and are managed" and "analyze existing social roles and stereotypes as they exist today and in an emerging world"

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