Why do schools offer classes like this?

<p>My partner and I both took this course the first year it was offered: <a href=“http://zombie.msu.edu/”>http://zombie.msu.edu/&lt;/a&gt; Surviving the Coming Zombie Apocalypse. </p>

<p>It was a course that looked at how humans react to disasters. It was a wonderful blend of anthropology, sociology, psychology, social work, etc. </p>

<p>Even my top Public Health masters program offers things like this: <a href=“http://sph.umich.edu/zombie/”>http://sph.umich.edu/zombie/&lt;/a&gt; People refer to the course as “the Zombie course” and it wouldn’t surprise me that becomes the official name in the next few years. </p>