25 College Classes Based on TV Shows

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Yesterday, The O.C. creator Josh Schwartz tweeted a photo of the syllabus for California Here We Come: The O.C. and the Self-Aware Culture of 21st Century America. It's being offered at Duke this semester. We touched on the topic of TV-inspired courses in a sidebar in our last issue, The 25 Most Powerful TV Shows of the Past 25 Years. Here are some non-O.C. classes that have been offered.

1. Oberlin Experimental College: Through the Darkness of Future-Past: An Exploration of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks
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2. University of Minnesota: Television Studies: Six Feet Under
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3. Indiana State University: Philosophy in the Twilight Zone
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4. Brooklyn College: South Park and Political Correctness
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5. Georgetown University: Philosophy and Star Trek
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6. SUNY Oswego: Sociology of Seinfeld
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7. University of Kansas: Beyond the Brady Bunch: Supporting Blended Families
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8. University of Washington in Seattle: Management Lessons from The Apprentice

Lucas Reilly contributed to this story.