Programs of Study
Undergraduate Folklore Curriculum
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English 270 Introduction to Folklore. 5 hours. Required for all folklore concentrations.
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Courses emphasizing ethnographic methods and writing. Strongly recommended for all folklore concentrations.
Arabic 367 The Arab American Family Immigration Saga
English 367.05 Folklore and the American Experience
Comparative Studies 475 Studies in Ethnography: Theory and Practice in Ethnographic Fieldwork
English 571 Studies in the English Language: Discourse Analysis
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Variable-topic folklore courses, repeatable for credit with permission.
English 577 Studies in Folklore (Variable Topic):
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English 577.01 Folk Groups and Communities
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English 577.02 Folklore Genres: Form, Meaning and Use
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English 577.03 Issues and Methods in the Study of Folklore
Comp Studies 677 Studies in World Folklore (Variable Topic):
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Comp St 677.01 Genres of Folk Literature
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Comp St 677.02 Themes in World Folklore
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Comp St 677.03 Folk Custom, Art, and Material Culture
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Comp St 677.04 Comparative Folk Groups
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Other folklore courses
Scan 222 Nordic Mythology
Greek 268 Folklore of Contemporary Greece
East Asian Languages and Literatures 357 East Asian Folklore
NELC 360 Sheherazade and Company: Sex, Gender and Power in Middle Eastern Storytelling
Persian 370 Persian Mythology and Folklore
Comparative Studies 377 Contemporary Folklore in the Arab World
Comparative Studies 470 Folklore of the Americas
Comparative Studies 597.02 Global Culture
English 597.02 American Regional Cultures in Global Transition: Appalachia, Louisiana, and the Texas Border Country
Chinese 600 Chinese Performance Traditions
Korean 600 Korean Performance Traditions
Russian 644 Russian Folklore
NELC 648 Orality and Literacy
NELC 672 Arab Folk Narrative in Translation
The list above consists of courses specifically dedicated to folklore, taught by instructors trained in the methods
and theories of folklore studies. Several of them fulfill GEC requirements.
Other courses across the university, however, are relevant to a folklore concentration. Some variable-topic courses occasionally offer folklore topics (see the full list of folklore courses offered in a given quarter). Other courses in related fields such as cultural anthropology, ethnomusicology, performance studies, mythology, ethnic literatures, rural sociology, narrative theory, international studies, cultural studies, gender and sexuality studies, and so on may help a student to develop a particular research interest. Finally, a student may wish to incorporate independent study hours in order to work on an honors thesis.
