Dead Man on Campus is a 1998 comedy starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Tom Everett Scott. It centers on the urban legend that a student gets straight As (Academic grading in the United States) if his or her roommate commits suicide (see pass by catastrophe). Two friends attempt to find a depressed (Depression (mood)) roommate in order to push him over the edge and receive As.

To boost ticket sales for this film in the theater, its US release was timed with the start of the new college school year in late August 1998. It is the first film by MTV Films to have an R rating (the first two films had PG-13 ratings). The movie was shot at University of the Pacific (University of the Pacific (United States)) in Stockton, California. The Curve (The Curve (film)), also known as Dead Mans Curve, which came out in the same year, uses a similar plotline.