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Folklife Sourcebook: A Directory of Folklife Resources in the United
States
Higher Education Programs in Folklore and Folklife
The professional study of folklore in the United States began in earnest
in 1888 with the formation of the American Folklore Society, comprised
of scholars representing a broad range of university departments, including
literature, anthropology, music, languages, sociology, and others. Specialized
doctoral and masters degree programs have been administered by universities
for several decades. The graduate programs listed below include
both folklore degrees offered by folklore and folklife departmeants and
university programs offering degrees in other fields with formal recognition
of concentrations or minors in folklore or folklife studies. Not cited
here are the numerous other universities offering coursework in folklore.
GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS
Appalachian State University
Address:
Boone, NC 28608 U.S.A.
Phone:
Email:
Comments:
B.A., M.A. in Appalachian studies
Keywords:
graduate undergraduate school college program BA MA
Department of Popular Culture
Address:
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403 U.S.A.
Phone:
Email:
Comments:
M.A. in popular culture with a concentration in folklore
Keywords:
graduate school college program
MA George Mason University
Address:
Fairfax, VA 22030
U.S.A.
Phone:
Email:
Comments:
M.A. in Interdiciplinary Studies with a concentration in folklore, B.A. in American studies with a concentration in folklore. See web page: Folklore at GMU
Keywords:
graduate undergraduate school college program
BA MA American Studies Program
Address:
George Washington University
Washington DC 20052 U.S.A.
Phone:
202-994-6070
Email:
Comments:
M.A. and Ph.D. programs with concentration in folklore
Keywords:
graduate school college program
MA PhD Heritage Preservation
Address:
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA 30303 U.S.A.
Phone:
Email:
Comments:
B.A. in English with a concentration in folklore; B.A. minor in folklore in the
Department of English; M.A. in Heritage Preservation with a concentration in
folklore
Keywords:
undergraduate graduate school college program
BA MA
Folklore Institute
Address:
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405 U.S.A.
Phone:
812-855-1027
Email:
Comments:
B.A., M.A., Ph.D. in folklore
Keywords:
undergraduate graduate school college program
BA MA PhD
Department of Folklore
Address:
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, NL A1C 5S7
P.O. Box 4200 CANADA
Phone:
709-737-8000
Email:
Comments:
Undergraduate major or minor, M.A., and Ph.D in Folklore
Keywords:
undergraduate graduate school college program
BA MA PhD
Center for Folklore Studies
Address:
Ohio State University
308 Dulles
Hall
230 W. 17th Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210-1340 U.S.A.
Phone:
614-688-3639
Email:
Comments:
M.A.
and Ph.D through the Departmant of English or the Department of
Comparative Studies, undergraduate minor through the Department
of Comparative Studies
Keywords:
undergraduate graduate school college program
BA MA PhD
Department of Anthropology
Address:
University of Alaska
Fairbanks, AK 99701 U.S.A.
Phone:
Email:
Comments:
M.A. and Ph.D. in cultural anthropology with a concentration in folklore
Keywords:
graduate school college program
MA PhD
Peter and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore
Address:
University of Alberta
200 Arts Building
University of Alberta Campus
Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6G 2E6
Phone:
780-492-6906
Email:
ukrfolk@ualberta.ca
Comments:
B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. in Ukranian Folklore
Keywords:
undergraduate graduate school college program
BA MA PhD
ukraine
Folkore Program
Address:
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA U.S.A.
Phone:
Email:
Comments:
M.A. in folklore, Ph.D. may be completed in conjunction with a Ph.D.
program in any school in humanities and social science. See web
site for further information.
Keywords:
graduate school college program
MA PhD
Culture and Performance (World
Arts and Cultures Department)
Address:
University of California at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90024 U.S.A.
Phone:
Email:
Comments:
M.A. and Ph.D. programs in Culture and Performance
Keywords:
graduate school college program
MA PhD
Department of English and Modern Languges
Address:
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, LA 70504 U.S.A.
Phone:
337-482-5493
Email:
Comments:
M.A.
or Ph.D in Folklife or with a minor concentration in Folklife See
web site for additional contact information
Keywords:
graduate school college program
MA PhD
Folklore, Oral Tradition and Culture
Studies
Address:
Department of English
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211 U.S.A.
Phone:
Email:
Comments:
M.A. and Ph.D. in folklore, undergraduate concentration in folklore
Keywords:
graduate school college program
MA PhD
Curriculum in Folklore
Address:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3520 U.S.A.
Phone:
919-962-4065
Email:
Comments:
B.A. (interdisciplinary degree), M.A. in folklore, Ph.D. in a related field
with a minor in folklore.
Keywords:
graduate school college program
MA PhD
Folklore and Ethnic Studies
Address:
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403 U.S.A.
Phone:
541-346-3911
Email:
Comments:
Interdisciplinary M.A. in folklore; B.A., Ph.D. in anthropology or English
with a concentration in folklore
Keywords:
undergraduate graduate school college program
BA MA PhD
Center for Folklife and
Ethnography
Address:
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104 U.S.A.
Phone:
215-898-7352
Email:
Comments:
B.A. and graduate courses in folklore and folklife. Admissions to the graduate program are currently suspended. See web site for more information (12/2008).
Keywords:
undergraduate graduate school college program
BA MA PhD
Américo
Paredes Center for Cultural Studies
Address:
University of Texas at Austin
Department of Anthropology
E.P. Schoch Building 1.130E
One University Station C3200
Austin, TX 78712-0303 U.S.A.
Phone:
(512) 471-5689
Email:
Comments:
M.A. and Ph.D concentration in folklore, Ph.D. in Cultural Studies through
the Department of Anthropology
Keywords:
graduate school college program
MA PhD anthropology
Folklore Program
Address:
University of Wisconsin-Madison
305 Ingraham Hall
1155 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706 U.S.A.
Phone:
Email:
Comments:
Ph.D minor in folklore, or a major concentration in folklore if a department in a related field is willing to fashion a special degree
program. BA concentration. See the web site for futher information.
Keywords:
undergraduate graduate school college program
BA MA PhD
Folklore Program Department of English
Address:
Utah State University
Logan, UT 84322-3200 U.S.A.
Phone:
801-750-2728
Email:
Comments:
B.A., M.A. in American Studies with a concentration in folklore
Keywords:
undergraduate graduate school college program
BA MA
Programs in Folk
Studies Department of Modern Languages and Inter-cultural Studies
Address:
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY 42101 U.S.A.
Phone:
502-745-5387
Email:
Comments:
B.A. minor in folk studies, M.A. in folk studies
Keywords:
undergraduate graduate school college program
BA MA folklore
PROGRAMS OFFERING UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS, MINORS, AND CONCENTRATIONS
The academic institutions listed above with graduate programs generally
include undergraduate programs or concentrations in folklore, or an individual
course of study for undergraduates can be arranged. Below are some institutions
that do not offer graduate degrees in folklore and folklife but do offer
programs or concentrations in folklore for undergraduates.
Center for Cape Breton Studies
Address:
Cape Breton University
P.O.Box 5300
1250 Grand Lake Road
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Canada B1P 6L2
Phone:
Email:
Comments:
B.A. in folklore, minor or certificate in ethnomusicology. Opportunities to study in the UK and Ireland.
Keywords:
undergraduate school college program
BA folklore ethnomusicology
Department of Anthropology
Address:
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, CO 80903 U.S.A.
Phone:
Email:
Comments:
B.A. in anthropology, English, or English with concentration in folklore and
ethnomusicology. Special focus, collections, and research opportunities in
the cultures of the Southwestern United States.
Keywords:
undergraduate school college program
BA folklore
Hulbert Center for Southwestern Studies
Address:
Colorado College
14 East Cache la Poudre
Colorado Springs, CO 80903 USA
Phone: 719-389-6647
Comments: B.A. in Southwestern Studies
Keywords: colorado archive western region rocky mountains southwest BA ethnography oral history
Concord University
Address:
Athens, WV 24712 U.S.A.
Phone:
Email:
Comments:
Folklore is part of the undergraduate minor in Appalachian studies in the Division
of Social Sciences.
Keywords:
undergraduate school college program
minor BA B.A. folklore
Tamburitzans
Address:
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA 15219 U.S.A.
School of Music
Phone:
412-434-5185
Email:
Comments: ukranian music and dance
Keywords:
undergraduate school college program
minor folklore dance music audio sound recordings ukraine
Committee on Degrees
in Folklore and Mythology
Address:
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138 U.S.A.
Phone:
617-495-4788
Email:
Comments:
B.A. in folklore and mythology
Keywords:
undergraduate school college program
minor BA folklore
Folklore Program
Address:
Idaho State University
921 South 8th Avenue
Pocatello, Idaho, USA 83209 U.S.A.
Phone:
Email:
Comments:
Departments of English and Philosphy and the Deprtment of Anthropology
offer a BA minor
Keywords:
undergraduate school college program
minor BA folklore anthropology
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