Folk Studies courses offered
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSIC 3 credits
A survey of selected musical styles created and developed by African Americans from the 17th to the 20th century: spirituals, blues, popular music forms (e.g. soul, reggae, rap music). Emphasis will be placed on the historical factors and socio-cultural trends that influenced the development of African-American music.
RESTORATION OF HIST INTERIORS 3 credits
Design and other aspects of interior historic restoration of both academic and vernacular structures. Attention focused on aesthetic issues of designing domestic and commercial historic interiors for restoration. Cross-listed with Consumer and Family Sciences 446G.
HIST ARCHITECTURE INTERIORS 3 credits
Analysis of styles in architectures and interiors from ca. 1900 to present time. Emphasis on interiors and furnishings of both academic and vernacular structures and the forces which affected their development. Cross-listed with Consumer and Family Sciences 447G.
FOLKLORE AND MEDICINE 3 credits
Examines the role of traditional culture in shaping attitudes and behavior related to sickness, health, and healing. Institutional, alternative, and informal medical settings are discussed. Cross-listed with Public Health 462G.
VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE 3 credits
The forms, functions, and styles of buildings constructed according to custom from local materials to meet individual and cultural preferences.
MUSEUM PROC/PRESERVATION TECH 3 credits
Essential aspects of museums and of preservation, i.e., collecting, preserving, researching, exhibiting, and interpreting material culture.
FOLKLORE and LITERATURE 3 credits
Readings in world literature from the Bible to the modern novel and examination of the degree to which oral literature has affected origins and development of written literature.
WOMEN'S FOLKLIFE 3 credits
The various images and roles of women in the U.S. and selected world cultures as reflected in folklife materials such as narratives, beliefs, ballads, rhymes, games, customs, and folk arts.
CULTURAL CONSERVATION 3 credits
Survey of the history, organization, development, and major issues of cultural conservation, specifically as they relate to folklife and the built environment.
FOLK ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY 3 credits
Examination of the study of material folk culture from various methodological and theoretical perspectives, including artifactual analysis, design theory and ethnoaesthetics.
ORAL HISTORY 3 credits
Methods and theories of oral history, legal and ethical considerations, uses and planning of local oral history projects.
FOLKLORE GENRES 3 credits
An examination of the oral, customary, and material culture genres of folklore, and the theories and methods of genre studies.
APPALACHIAN FOLKLORE/LIFE 3 credits
Folklife and culture of southern Appalachia, with emphasis on verbal, customary, and material traditions.
FOLK NARRATIVE 3 credits
A survey of narrative genres of folklore and relevant scholarship.
PUBLIC FOLKLORE 3 credits
History, methods, and issues of public folklore.
URBAN FOLKLORE 3 credits
Folkloric aspects of urban America, with special emphasis on legends, customs, beliefs, and other lore of today's regional, occupational, and ethnic groups.
FOLK BELIEF 3 credits
An examination of vernacular belief systems and practices, including folk religion, alternative and folk healing, divination, ritual, legend, and myth. Current historical, philosophical, anthropological, and folkloristic theories will be covered.
AM TRADITIONAL MUSIC 3 credits
An examination of diverse forms of traditional American musical expression.
FOLKLORE THEORY 3 credits
Folklore scholarship, its historical development, and its principal bibliographical materials.
FOLKLORE FIELDWORK 3 credits
Examination of methodological issues and techniques in folklore fieldwork.
INDEPENDENT STUDY FOLKLORE 3 credits
Supervised individual study under the direction of a member of the folklore graduate faculty. (course pass required)
FOLKLORE CONVER/COMM 3 credits
Forms of folklore which occur within a conversational stream. Expressive culture as a particular culture-specific mode of communication.
TOPICS IN FOLKLORE 3 credits
Topics of current interest in the field. Content varies according to the instructor and needs of the students. May be repeated once.
INTERNSHIP 3 credits
Supervised work situation with cooperating business, industry, social or governmental agency, emphasizing application of advanced knowledge and skills in folk studies. (course pass required)
THESIS RESEARCH WRITING 1 credits
MAINTAIN MATRICULATION 1 credits
AMERICAN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 3 credits
Description: An interdisciplinary survey of American architectural history, including trends and styles, architect designed and manufactured structures and elements, and the social history of American architecture.
