There is no formal major in Folklore at the present time,
but undergraduates may apply for an individual major in folklore,
but they are strongly encouragfed to take folklore as a second major.
Undergraduates interested in a B.A. or B. S. Degree in the College of Letters
and Science
with an individual major in folklore should consult the Director of the Folklore
Program
and the appropriate Dean in Academic Affairs.
By the end of the sophomore year or the beginning of the junior year,
students should develop an individual major in folklore in consultation
with a faculty advisor and the College Committee on Individual Majors.
Applications are accepted up to the end of the sixth week of the fall and spring
semesters.
For more information contact:
|
Assistant Dean, Individual Majors |
James P. Leary |
Folklore is a multi-disciplinary field of study concerned with the documentation and analysis of verbal, customary, musical, material, and performance traditions, primarily as they are practiced within cultures, but also as they are revived, modified, even invented by artists, educators, entrepreneurs, activists, and states. The purpose of the certificate is to acquaint students with the nature of folklore, its study, its public presentation, and its relations to a range of human experiences, intellectual currents, and professional endeavours.
The Certificate in Folklore is available to any student working towards a
baccalaureate degree in any of the UW-Madison's schools and colleges and to
Special Students.
Students must select a coherent group of courses in consultation with the
Folklore Program's advisor (currently this is Dr. Margaret Beissinger, Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Folklore, 1432 Van Hise Hall, 263-2253, mhbeissi@facstaff.wisc.edu). Students subsequently must fill out an application form and receive approval from the
Director of the Folklore Program. Students will be awarded the Certificate in Folklore once they have submitted a transcript showing that they have completed the required courses.For information on the Certificate in Folklore, students should contact the
Folklore Program, 305 Ingraham Hall, 265-3514 or folklore@mhub.facstaff.wisc.edu.
Course Requirements:
A Certificate in Folklore requires twenty-one credits, including at least
one course from each of the following four clusters:
1) Introductions to the Field
2) Genres of Folklore
3) Folklore and Cultural Areas
4) Issues, Theories, Methods
At least four courses must be at the 300 level or above.
Directed study (399) may be used to satisfy one cluster requirement only with
the approval
of the certificate advisor and the director of the Folklore Program.
* New course proposal in preparation.
# Cross-listing in preparation
Introductions to the Field:
100 Introduction to Folklore
230 Introduction to American Folklore
Genres of Folklore:
103 Introduction to Music Cultures of the World
220 Introduction to Folk Narrative
237 Heroes, Rogues, and Scoundrels in Global Perspective
339 Studies in Folk and Ethnic Genres in Performance
359 Myth
450 The Ballad
451 The Supernatural in the Modern World
460 Folk Epics
539 The Folklore of Festivals and Celebrations
624 Storytelling and Oral Literature #
655 Comparative World Costume
Folklore and Cultural Areas:
210 The African Storyteller
270 The Hero and Trickster in African Oral Narrative
280 Turkish Oral Literature
320 Folklore of Wisconsin
326 Introduction to Asian Performance
329 Introduction to African American Performance
336 The Ethnography and Folklore of American Jewry
342 In Translation: Mythology of Scandinavia
345 In Translation: The Scandinavian Tale and Ballad
346 In Translation: The Icelandic Sagas
347 In Translation: Kalevala and Finnish Folklore
353 Javanese Performance I
370 Rom (Gypsy) Culture in Russia and East Europe
394 Indian Folklore
401 Musical Cultures of the World: Africa, Middle East, Iran, India
402 Musical Cultures of the World: East and South East Asia
405 Structures of African Oral Narratives
411 African Poetry
431 American Indian Folklore
436 Anthropology of the Holocaust
440 Scandinavian American Folklore
443 Sami Culture: Yesterday and Today
444 Slavic and East European Folklore
445 Russian Folklore
450 In Translation: Native American Oral Literature
453 Javanese Performance and Production II
535 American Folk and Vernacular Music
612 Prison Narratives of the Black Diaspora
630 Seminar on American Folklore
640 Ethnographic Textiles: American Indian Textiles and Related Forms
6?? The Turkish Minstrel Tale Tradition *
Issues, Theories, Methods:
344 Anthropological Approaches to Folklore
410 Folklore Studies in Historical Perspective
428 Gender and Expressive Culture
452 Visual Anthropology: The Still Photograph
471 Oral Traditions and the Written Word
490 Field Methods and the Public Presentation of Folklore
491 Practicum in Public Folklore
510 Folklore Theory
512 Material Culture Analysis: The Arts and Consumer Society
515 Proseminar in Ethnomusicology
520 Ethnic Representations in Wisconsin
530 Topics in Folklore
639 Field School: Ethnography of Wisconsin Festivals
654 Performance, Poetics, and Practice in Anthropological Theory
Independent Study:
399 Directed Study in Folklore for Undergraduates
699 Independent Study in Folklore-Graduate
Graduate Program:
the PhD Minor
A separate graduate degree in folklore is not offered, but graduate students may pursue an Option A Ph.D. minor in folklore or develop an Option B minor with coursework in folklore and at least one other department outside the major. Students choosing an Optional A minor select an advisor from the Program's faculty, in consultation with the Director of the Folklore Program. These options are outlined in the Graduate School Bulletin. Students are expected to achieve a B or better in four folklore courses at the 300 level or above. At least one must be selected from the following courses in the theory, history, and methodology of folklore: 410, 490, 510. Additional courses may be selected from these or others at the 300 level and above.
For more information contact:
|
Director, Folklore Program |
| For a more detailed description, please see the Undergraduate Catalog. |
Folklore 100
Introduction to Folklore
(Olson, Scheub--3 credits)
Folklore 103, also see Music
Introduction to Music Cultures of the World
(Anderson, Sutton--3 credits)
Folklore 210, also see African Languages
and Literature
The African Storyteller
(Scheub--3 credits)
Folklore 220
The Folktale
(Ingwersen, Scheub--3
credits)
Folklore 230
Introduction to American Folklore
(Leary--3 credits)
Folklore 270, also see African Languages
and Literature
The Hero and Trickster in African Oral Narrative
(Scheub--3 credits)
Folklore 320
Folklore in Wisconsin
(Leary--3 credits)
Folklore 326, also see Theatre
and Drama
Introduction to Asian Performance
(Furumoto--3-4 credits)
Folklore 329, also Theatre
and Drama
Introduction to African-American Performance
(Banes--3 credits)
Folklore 336, also see Anthropology,
Jewish Studies
The Ethnography & Folklore of American Jewry
(Staff--3 credits)
Folklore 339
Studies in Folk and Ethnic Genres in Performance
(Anderson, Sutton--3 credits)
Folklore 342 in translation, also see Scandinavian
Studies
Mythology of Scandinavia
(DuBois--3-4 credits)
Folklore 344, also see Anthropology
Anthropological Approaches to Folklore
(Narayan--3 credits)
Folklore 345 in translation, also see Scandinavian
Studies
The Scandinavian
Tale & Ballad
(Ingwersen--3-4
credits)
Folklore 346 in translation, also see Scandinavian
Studies
The Icelandic
Sagas
(Wolf--3-4
credits)
Folklore 347 in translation, also see Scandinavian
Studies
Kalevala
and Finnish Folklore
(DuBois--3-4 credits)
Folklore 360
Myth
(Narayan, Rao--3 credits)
Folklore 394, also see South
Asian Studies
Indian Folklore
(Narayan--3 credits)
Folklore 399
Directed Studies in Folklore (Undergraduate)
(Staff--1-3 credits)
Folklore 401, also see Music
Musical Cultures of the World: Africa, Middle East, Iran, India
(Anderson--3 credits)
Folklore 402, also see Music
Musical Cultures of the World: East and South East Asia
(Sutton--3 credits)
Folklore 405, also see African Languages
and Literature
Structures of African Oral Narratives
(Scheub--3 credits)
Folklore 410
Folklore Studies in Historical Perspective
(Staff--3 credits)
Folklore 411, also see African Languages
and Literature
African Poetry
(Kunene--3 credits)
Folklore 428, also see Anthropology
Gender and Expressive Culture
(Narayan--3 credits)
Folklore 431, also see American
Indian Studies, Anthropology
American Indian Folklore
(Staff--3 credits)
Folklore 436, also see Anthropology,
Jewish Studies
Anthropology of the Holocaust
(Staff--3 credits)
Folklore 440, also see Scandinavian
Studies.
Scandinavian-American Folklore.
(Leary -- 3 credits)
Folklore 443, also see Scandinavian
Studies.
Sami Culture, Yesterday and Today
(DuBois -- 4 credits)
Folklore 444, also see Slavic
Languages
Slavic and East European Folklore
(Beissinger--3 credits)
Folklore 445, also see Slavic
Languages 415
Russian Folklore
(Staff--3 credits)
Folklore 450
The Ballad
(Beissinger, Ingwersen,
Scheub--3 credits)
Folklore 451
The Supernatural in the Modern World
(Olson--3 credits)
Folklore 460
Folklore Epics
(Beissinger, Rao--3 credits)
Folklore 471, also see African Languages
and Literature
Oral Tradition and the Written Word
(Scheub--3 credits)
Folklore 490
Field Methods and the Public Presentation of Folklore
(Leary--3 credits)
Folklore 510
Folklore Theory
(Olson--3 credits)
Folklore 512, also see ETD
Material Culture Analysis: The Arts and
the Consumer Society
(Gordon--3 credits)
Folklore 515, also see Music
Proseminar in Ethnomusicology
(Sutton--3 credits)
Folklore 520, also see Anthropology
Ethnic Representations in Wisconsin
(Staff--4 credits)
Folklore 530
Topics in Folklore
(Staff--3 credits
Folklore 535, also see Music
American Folk and Vernacular Music
(Leary--3 credits)
Folklore 539
The Folklore of Festivals and Celebrations
(Scheub--3 credits)
Folklore 630
Seminar on American Folklore
(Leary--3 credits)
Folklore 635, also see Anthropology
Visual Anthropology
(Staff--variable credits)
Folklore 639, also see Anthropology
Field School: Ethnography of Wisconsin Festivals
(Leary--6-8 credits)
Folklore, also see ETD
640 Topics in Ethnographic Textiles
(Gordon--3 credits)
Folklore 654, also see Anthropology
Performance, Poetics, and Practice in Anthropological Theory
(Staff--3 credits)
Folklore 655
Comparative World Costume
(Staff--variable credits)
Folklore 699
Independent Study in Folklore (Graduate)
(Staff--1-3 credits)
Folklore 716, also see Music
Seminar in Musical Instruments of the World
(Anderson--3 credits)
Folklore 720, also see Music
Bibliography and research Methods: Ethnomusicology
(Anderson--3 credits)
Folklore 902, also see Anthropology
Cultural Productions
(Staff--3 credits)
Folklore 915, also see Music
Seminar in Ethnomusicology
(Anderson, Radano, Sutton--3 credits)
Folklore 970
Seminar in Folklore
(Staff--3 credits)