College is all about trying different things and after seeing the courses that are being offered at other Universities it makes me wish GSU offered these courses or similar classes.
Surviving the Coming Zombie Apocalypse: Catastrophes and Human Behavior- Michigan State University
If you’re a Walking Dead fan or just love zombies in general then this is the class for you. Not only will you learn about why people behavior in situations like zombie apocalypse but you get to actually have to face challenges and task to survive the attacks from the zombies.
Course Description: This course brings together the latest thinking on how and why humans behave as they do during disasters and catastrophes—why some survive and others don’t—and the implications for planning, preparedness, and management. Building on last summer’s version, the course will add the topic of “The Role of Social Media in Disasters” as well as new elements to the Online Catastrophic Simulation event. Students will study the academic and field research related to the course themes while simultaneously being placed in small survival groups.
This class requires a willingness to become part of a small group that faces challenges together, since the ability to survive ultimately rests not with the individual but the group. The event triggering the catastrophe is the arrival of a comet causing a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) that results in the Earth going dark (electrical power is gone, as in the The Lights Have Gone Out).
As if that isn’t daunting enough, the CME will turn some people into “solar zombies.” Thus, students in the survival groups will face multiple challenges and tasks as they attempt to survive the catastrophe, escape death by zombies, and preserve the future of civilization
Stress Management- The College of New Jersey
If you’re a college student this course will definitely help you out in any situation from finals week to relationship problems. You’ll be using the skills you learn in this course for the rest of your life as life just gets stressful with internship, jobs, and personal life.
Course Description: Designed to help individuals relax, energize, and cope through learning strategies for desensitization to stressful situations, enhancement of self-image, and development of scientific relaxation techniques
Monsters, from Folklore to Reality- Alfred University
If your monster obsessed then this course is right for you, you will learn everything about the different monsters and the influence of religion, culture, and science has on it.
Course Description: In this course, we’ll examine the influence of religion, culture, and science on monsters throughout history. We’ll also look at how we respond to the presence of monsters, whether in the form of actual large predators (e.g., sharks) or other frighteningly powerful creatures stemming from folklore or reality. Current controversial monster-related topics such as genetic engineering, artificial intelligence (The Terminator) & invasive species will be analyzed, using movies (Jaws, Outbreak, Frankenstein), television (Bigfoot, River Monsters, The Walking Dead, The Following), and books (“Monster of God”, “Medusa’s Gaze & Vampire’s Bite: The Science of Monsters”). We’ll also focus on the scariest monsters in today’s society—HUMANS”.
The Science of Superheroes- UC Irvine
When you think of superheroes you don’t necessarily think about the science behind it, I mean I definitely don’t think about why didn’t Spider-Man grow more arms or if I got hit with gamma ray would I turn into the Hulk. With this class you can learn about chemistry and decode your favorite superheroes superpowers.
Course Description: Have you ever wondered if Superman could really bend steel bars? Would a “gamma ray” accident turn you into the Hulk? What is a “spidey-sense”? And just who did think of all these superheroes and their powers? In this seminar, we discuss the science (or lack of science) behind many of the most famous superheroes. Even more amazing, we will discuss what kind of superheroes might be imagined using our current scientific understanding.
How to Watch Television- Montclair
With a title like that why wouldn’t you want to take the course considering that watching TV is a favorite pass time. Not only will you probably be watching a lot of TV in this course but you will also learn about the impact it has on your life.
Course Description: This course, open to both broadcasting majors and non-majors, is about analyzing television in the ways and to the extent to which it needs to be understood by its audience. The aim is for students to critically evaluate the role and impact of television in their lives as well as in the life of the culture. The means to achieve this aim is an approach that combines media theory and criticism with media education.