IMPORTANT COURSE DATES & DEADLINES
| GETTING A TASTE | Jan 15 | First day of class: Form communities & choose roles & SPOILER |
| Jan 17 | THE WALKING DEAD, ep. 1 | |
| Jan 22 | Christopher Moreman & Cory Rushton, eds.: ZOMBIES ARE US (ZAU) Craig Derksen & Darren Hick: "Your Zombie and You" (ZAU pp. 11-23) | |
| Jan 24 | Matt Youngmark: ZOMBOCALYPSE NOW or Max Brallier: CAN YOU SURVIVE? HOME OF THE BRAINS blog post due |
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| Jan 29 | Sharon Sutherland & Sarah Swan: "Corporate Zombies" (ZAU pp. 76-84) Heather Albano and Richard Jackson: Choice of Zombies (playable online or on Android or iOS |
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| Jan 31 | NYTimes Amy Wilentz: "A Zombie is a Slave Forever" Margaret Atwood & Naomi Alderwood: "The Happy Zombie Sunrise Home" THE MUIR SURVIVORS blog post due |
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| Feb 5 | WARM BODIES (in theaters) Michael Gilmour: "The Living Word Among the Living Dead" (ZAU pp. 87-99) |
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| Feb 7 | 3 Short Stories: "Delice" by Holly Newstein; "The Wind Cries Mary" by Brian Keene; "Among Us" by Aimee Bender THE DONNER PARTY blog post due |
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| NOT A TEST | Feb 12 | Courtney Summers: THIS IS NOT A TEST |
| Feb 14 | WALLY WORLD WARRIORS blog post due | |
| Feb 19 | THIS IS NOT A TEST pp. 141-end | |
| Feb 21 | Suzanne Lea: "Modern Zombie Makers" (ZAU pp. 62-75) Midterm Exam questions (at least 2) due LAST NAME: AAA-GZZ blog post due |
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| THIS IS A TEST | Feb 26 | Midterm Exam Review |
| Feb 28 | MIDTERM EXAM LAST NAME: HAA-MZZ blog post due |
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| SPRING BREAK | Mar 5-7 | SPRING BREAK |
| THE WORLD AT WAR | Mar 12 | Max Brooks: WORLD WAR Z pp. 1-186 ("Introduction" through "Home Front USA") |
| Mar 14 | Maureen F. McHugh: "The Naturalist" LAST NAME: NAA-SOO blog post due |
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| Mar 19 | Max Brooks: World War Z pp. 187-342 ("Around the World, and Above" through "Good-Byes") | |
| Mar 21 | Greg Pollock: "Undead is the New Green" (ZAU pp. 169-182) Max Brooks: "Closure, Limited" LAST NAME: SOP-ZZZ blog post due |
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| UNMENTIONABLE(s) | Mar 26 | Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith: PRIDE & PREJUDICE & ZOMBIES pp. 1-162 (chapters 1-35) |
| Mar 28 | Final blog post due | |
| Apr 2 | Austen & Grahame-Smith: P&P&Z pp. 162-319 (chapters 36-discussion guide) | |
| Apr 4 | Christopher Moreman: "Dharma of the Living Dead" (ZAU pp. 123-140) Final blog post due |
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| WHAT'S PAST IS P.A.S.D. | Apr 9 | Colson Whitehead: ZONE ONE pp. 1-128 ("Friday") |
| Apr 11 | Final blog post due | |
| Apr 16 | Colson Whitehead: Zone One pp. 129-322 ("Saturday" & "Sunday") | |
| Apr 18 | Sara Sutler-Cohen: "Plans are Pointless" (ZAU pp. 183-193) Final blog post due |
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| THIS IS THE END | Apr 22 | Final Project Presentations |
| Apr 24 | Final Project Presentations | |
| Apr 30 | Final Project Presentations |