Sample Minor Programs
What can you do with Folklore?
Here are some examples of how a folklore minor can be shaped to complement a major program. Your minor advisor will help you to think creatively about your own interests.A Film major, interested in martial arts epics and anime, looks for background on East Asian storytelling and performance:
English 270 Intro to Folklore
East Asian 357 East Asian Folklore
Chinese 600 Chinese Performance Traditions
Japanese 600 Japanese Performance Traditions
NELC 648 Orality and Literacy
A Sociology major, interested in immigration to the US, explores how cultural identities are reshaped by the process:
English 270 Intro to Folklore
Arabic 367 The Arab American Family Immigration Saga
Anthropology 421.06 Latin American Cultures and Migration in Global Perspective
English 577.01 Studies in Folklore: Ethnicity and Migration
Comp St 693 Independent Study: work towards an honors thesis comparing Somali and Mexican migrant experiences in Columbus
A Marketing major learns fieldwork and ethnographic writing skills:
English 270 Intro to Folklore
English 367.05 Folklore and the American Experience: Memory and Place in the University District
Comp St 475 Studies in Ethnography: Theory and Practice in Ethnographic Fieldwork
English 571 Studies in the English Language: Discourse Analysis
Comp St 677.02 Material Culture: Cultures of Waste and Recycling (writes a term paper on conspicuous consumption among college students)
An International Studies major explores different cultural strategies for negotiating political conflict:
English 270 Intro to Folklore
International Studies 501 Living Jerusalem: Ethnography and Bridge Blogging in Disputed Territory
Scandinavian 513 The Icelandic Saga
English 577.01 Irish Folklore
Comp St 597.02 Global Culture
A Women's Studies major looks at how norms of female behavior are imposed and contested within different cultural traditions:
English 270 Intro to Folklore
NELC 360 Sheherazade and Company: Sex, Gender and Power in Middle Eastern Storytelling
English 577.02 Folklore Genres: The Legend (writes a term paper about food-contamination legends and changes in family meal patterns)
Comp St 677.04 Comparative Folk Groups: Folklore and Gender Politics
Comp St 597.02 Global Culture (writes a term paper on debates over religious veiling)
A Communications major looks at intercultural encounters in shared social space:
English 270 Intro to Folklore
English 367.05 Folklore and the American Experience: Memory and Place in the University District
International Studies 501 Music in Disputed Territories: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization
English 597.02 American Regional Cultures in Transition
Comp St 677.02 Tourists, Travelers, and Tricksters
