LOTR Related College Courses - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Linaeve · 01-05-2004, 03:07 PM

Well, seeing as all my applications are in and I have nothing left to do but think about colleges, here's my question: Do(or did) any of you take courses in college related to LOTR? I know one college offers a year long course covering all Middle Earth languages- I believe it's University of Austin, Texas, but I'm not sure.

Alatariel · 01-05-2004, 05:04 PM

I took an anthropology course at Towson University in Maryland where we read the Silmarillion and discussed the mythology Tolkien created. It was not nearly as in-depth as I would have liked, as it was only about a week and a half of discussion out of the entire semester, but it was still pretty cool to have philosophical discussions about ME. I tried to talk the professor into offering a full-semester course on Tolkien, but he wouldn't bite. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

01-05-2004, 03:07 PM	#1
Linaeve Animated Skeleton Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 37	LOTR Related College Courses Well, seeing as all my applications are in and I have nothing left to do but think about colleges, here's my question: Do(or did) any of you take courses in college related to LOTR? I know one college offers a year long course covering all Middle Earth languages- I believe it's University of Austin, Texas, but I'm not sure. __________________ I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my Squishy. -Dory, from Finding Nemo

01-05-2004, 05:04 PM	#2
Alatariel Wight Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Cliffs of Insanity Posts: 178	I took an anthropology course at Towson University in Maryland where we read the Silmarillion and discussed the mythology Tolkien created. It was not nearly as in-depth as I would have liked, as it was only about a week and a half of discussion out of the entire semester, but it was still pretty cool to have philosophical discussions about ME. I tried to talk the professor into offering a full-semester course on Tolkien, but he wouldn't bite. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] __________________ You mean you'll put down your rock and I'll put down my sword and we'll try to kill each other like civilized people?