About The Minor
The Folk Studies Undergraduate Minor at WKU
Advisor: Dr. Christopher Antonsen
Undergraduate students in their junior or senior years may declare a Folk Studies Minor in order to receive academic recognition for completing a structured program of study consisting of 21 credit hours (seven three-hour courses) from required and restricted-elective lists (see below).
Course Requirements
All FS Minors must complete the following two courses (6 hours):
FLK 276 Introduction to Folk Studies
FLK 399 Folklore Fieldwork
FS Minors must choose at least five of the following courses (15 hours), at least one course (3 hours) of which must be at the 400-level (excluding 479 and 489):
FLK 277 Introduction to World Folk Music
FLK 280 Cultural Diversity in the U.S.
FLK 281 Roots of Southern Culture
FLK 340 Peoples and Cultures of Latin America
FLK 345 Native Americans
FLK 350 Peoples and Cultures of Africa
FLK 371 Urban Folklore
FLK 373 Folklore and the Media
FLK 375 Supernatural Folklore
FLK 377 African American Folklife
FLK 378 Southern Appalachian Folklife
FLK 379 Topics in Folklore
FLK 380 European Folklife
FLK 410 African American Music
FLK 462 Folk Medicine
FLK 464 Vernacular Architecture
FLK 470 Museum Procedures and Preservation Techniques
FLK 478 Folklore and Literature
FLK 479 Directed Independent Research in Folklore
FLK 480 Women's Folklife
FLK 489 Internship in Folklife
Students must earn a grade of C or better in all courses applied to the folklore minor
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