Undergraduate Programs

Why Study Folklore and Public Culture?

Courses in folklore and public culture cover an extensive range of interdisciplinary topics including cultural heritage, ethnicity, subcultures, popular culture, performance, gender, film, religion, public folklore, and issues of diversity and globalization. Graduates bring their cultural knowledge and experience into professional positions such as archivists, editors, arts and humanities consultants, museum curators, festival planners, and into public and private agencies as educators.


Major in Folklore and Public Culture

The Folklore and Public Culture Program offers a bachelor of arts and an undergraduate minor.


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Get Real-World Experience

Students in the Folklore and Public Culture Program can expand their skills through study abroad programs and other experiential learning opportunities. Learn more about alumni careers and find resources to help you take the next steps.


Advising and Academic Support

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Departmental Advising and Support

Scholarships and Awards

Learn about ways to apply for funding through the Folklore and Public Culture Program.

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Events

Career Tour - Tech + Design Edition

Oct

16

Career Tour - Tech + Design Edition

Oct 16 Ford Alumni Center
Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies: Welcome Event

Oct

16

Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies: Welcome Event

Oct 16 McKenzie Hall
Job Shadow Day Info Session

Oct

19

Job Shadow Day Info Session

Oct 19 Willie and Donald Tykeson Hall
Cinema Studies Fall Term Coffee Hours

Oct

20

Cinema Studies Fall Term Coffee Hours

Oct 20 Villard Hall
Your Future in Sustainability (Career Panel + Networking)

Oct

20

Your Future in Sustainability (Career Panel + Networking)

Oct 20 Willie and Donald Tykeson Hall
Anthropology Department Presents: “Geophysical Surveys of Southern Pacific Northwest Coast Plankhouses"

Oct

21

Anthropology Department Presents: “Geophysical Surveys of Southern Pacific Northwest Coast Plankhouses"

Oct 21 Condon Hall
How to: Interviewing (Workshop)

Oct

21

How to: Interviewing (Workshop)

Oct 21 Willie and Donald Tykeson Hall
Iran Beyond the Headlines: Revolutionary Politics, Foreign Relations, and Prospects for Peace/Day 1

Oct

22

Iran Beyond the Headlines: Revolutionary Politics, Foreign Relations, and Prospects for Peace/Day 1

Oct 22 Gerlinger Hall
HSI Symposium: Building a Latinx-Thriving University

Oct

22

HSI Symposium: Building a Latinx-Thriving University

Oct 22 Ford Alumni Center
History Department Fall Term Coffee Hour

Oct

22

History Department Fall Term Coffee Hour

Oct 22 McKenzie Hall