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* [[wikipedia:Bradley University|Bradley Unviersity]] offers a course taught by J.R.R. Tolkien scholar [[Mike Foster]] on ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.
* [[wikipedia:Bradley University|Bradley Unviersity]] offers a course taught by J.R.R. Tolkien scholar [[Mike Foster]] on ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.
* Cardiff Centre for Lifelong Learning offers a course on the literature of Tolkien and how it relates to his understanding of earlier fantasy literature.<ref>[http://www.cf.ac.uk/learn/english/exploring_tolkien.php Exploring Tolkien: There and Back Again]</ref>
* Cardiff Centre for Lifelong Learning offers a course on the literature of Tolkien and how it relates to his understanding of earlier fantasy literature.<ref>[http://www.cf.ac.uk/learn/english/exploring_tolkien.php Exploring Tolkien: There and Back Again]</ref>
* [[wikipedia:Rice University|Rice University]] offers a course on ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' and ''[[The Hobbit]]'' as a mythology for England.<ref>[http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~jchance/tol2002.htm English 318:  J. R. R. Tolkien]</ref>
* [[wikipedia:Rutgers University|Rutgers University]] offers a course on Christian elements found in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.<ref>[http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~wcd/tolkien.htm English 321: Tolkien & Oxford Christianity]</ref>
* [[wikipedia:Rutgers University|Rutgers University]] offers a course on Christian elements found in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.<ref>[http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~wcd/tolkien.htm English 321: Tolkien & Oxford Christianity]</ref>
* [[wikipedia:Victoria University of Wellington|Victoria University of Wellington]] offers a course on ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' and how it relates to medieval literature.<ref>[http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/study/subjects/coursecatalogue.aspx?course=ENGL-227 ENGL 227 – Tolkien and Medieval Literature]</ref>
* [[wikipedia:Victoria University of Wellington|Victoria University of Wellington]] offers a course on ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' and how it relates to medieval literature.<ref>[http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/study/subjects/coursecatalogue.aspx?course=ENGL-227 ENGL 227 – Tolkien and Medieval Literature]</ref>

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For the journal see Tolkien Studies

Tolkien studies is the scholarly research of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien this includes this fictional literature and languages and his philologist research.

History

Fields

Linguistics

Fictional languages

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Philology

Literature

Christianity

Philosophy

Courses

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There are a number of universities and colleges that offer course work in Tolkien stuides. This is a listing of some of the courses devoted sololy to Tolkien studies. There are some institutions that offer Tolkien studies as part of another course.

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