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Folklore and Public Culture

Courses

Majors in the Folklore and Public Culture Program learn to evaluate how academic and public folklore contributes to understanding contemporary issues requiring decision making and policy development. To support this outcome, the program’s core faculty and affiliated professors also offer several approved courses covering a variety of topics such as English, anthropology, history of architecture, women’s and gender history, romance languages, political science, and religious studies.

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The University of Oregon course catalog offers degree plans and a complete list of courses in the Folklore and Public Culture Program.

Individualized Study 

This form is used by undergraduate and graduate students to request instructor and departmental approval to register for an individualized (independent) study course.Students must develop the study plan in consultation with a faculty member:

  • Undergraduate students should work with the faculty member who will supervise the independent study.
  • Graduate students should work with their primary advisor or supervising faculty member.

If you are interested in registering for an individualized study, please complete the following steps:

  • Meet with your supervising instructor or primary advisor to discuss the individualized study and receive approval to move forward.
  • Submit this form to request permission to register. The form will be routed for instructor and departmental approval 
  • Once your request is approved, you will receive an email with next steps for registration.

Please do not submit this form until you have met with your instructor or advisor.

Individualized Study Request Form 

Featured Courses

Collection of old time classic cars from around the world The Helm of Awe or Helm of Terror.

FLR 320 Car Cultures 

In this course, curriculum examines car customizing and tuning as forms of vernacular art; studies the environmental impacts of automobiles, the history of the industry, and the peculiarities of drivers' behavior. Offered alternate years.

bright multicolored embroidery pattern of flowers and lines

FLR 250 Intro to Folklore 

In this course, students will learn about the process and genres of traditional, i.e., folk, patterning; the relations between these forms of expression and other arts, especially English and American literature.

torso and arms of an African American man playing drums with other drums around him

FLR 225 Voices of Africa 

In this course, novels, music, dance, dress, paintings, films, and cartoons serve as primary sources from which to learn about the diversity and vivacity of contemporary African peoples.