Skyrim inspires a course at Rice University

post from Ubergizmo on 22 October 2012 07:10:43 AM. © Ubergizmo

It seems Bethesda?s Skyrim has proved so popular that Rice University in Houston, Texas, has launched a one-time course based on it. Dubbed the ?Scandanavian Fantasy World: Old Norse Sagas and Skyrim?, this is a one-time course that will run for one semester and is offered by the Department of English with enrollment being limited. We guess given the popularity of Skyrim, we expect that the class should be filled pretty quickly. So what exactly will students learn in this course? According to the course description: (more…)