Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology

Minor in Folklore and Ethnomusicology

Students on Summer 2021, Fall 2021, or Spring 2022 requirements FOLKMIN

The Minor in Folklore and Ethnomusicology provides students with a nuanced understanding of expressive culture's role in everyday life. Students will be able to apply a diverse yet comprehensive knowledge of oral narrative, verbal art, music, and material culture to understand the worldviews and diverse experiences of people in the United States and from around the globe.

Requirements

The minor requires at least 15 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.

Methods and Theories. One (1) course:
- FOLK-F 401 Methods and Theories
FOLK-F 401 Methods and Theories
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Introduces students to the main methods and theories in the two fields composing Folklore and Ethnomusicology. Explores both the common ground linking these fields and some key areas of difference, delving into basic aspects of method and theory as practiced by folklorists and ethnomusicologists.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE SHcourse
Electives.
- 300–399 Level Electives. One (1) course:
  - FOLK-E 302 Music in African Life
  - FOLK-E 303 Zimbabwean Mbira Performance Ensemble
  - FOLK-E 345 Hip Hop Music and Culture
  - FOLK-E 388 Motown
  - FOLK-E 394 Survey of African American Music
  - FOLK-F 301 African Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 305 Asian Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 307 Middle Eastern Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 308 Middle Eastern and Arab Mythology
  - FOLK-F 312 European Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 314 Irish Folklore
  - FOLK-F 315 Latin American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 316 Caribbean Arts and Cultures
  - FOLK-F 320 Pacific Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 330 Folk Culture and Related Fields
  - FOLK-F 351 North American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 352 Native American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 353 Native American Film and Video
  - FOLK-F 354 African American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 356 Chicano Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 357 American Jewish Popular Music
  - FOLK-F 358 Jewish Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 359 Exploring Jewish Identity Today
  - FOLK-F 360 Indiana Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 361 Traditional Arts Indiana: Documenting Indiana Traditions
  - FOLK-F 363 Women's Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 364 Children's Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 365 American Regional Cultures
  - FOLK-F 367 Folklore of the South
  - FOLK-F 368 Folklore and Science of Childhood
  - FOLK-F 369 Aliens, Psychics, and Ghosts
  - FOLK-F 370 Memory, Art, and Aging: Life Stories and the Expressive Lives of Elders
  - FOLK-F 377 Popular Culture and Politics in the Middle East
  - FOLK-F 399 Readings for Honors
  FOLK-E 302 Music in African Life
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Study of how Africans create, perform, think about, and use music in their lives. Topics include traditional and popular musical styles in relationship to social and historical contexts, as well as translocal, transnational, and global cultural and musical exchanges in which Africans participate.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-E 303 Zimbabwean Mbira Performance Ensemble
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Introduction to Zimbabwean music through a combination of applied music making and lecture/discussions. Students learn to play the Zimbabwean Mbira and various percussion instruments.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-E 345 Hip Hop Music and Culture
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  Junior or senior standing
  Description
  Examines rap music as artistic and sociological phenomena with emphasis on its historical and political contexts.
  Repeatability
  Credit given for only one of AAAD-A 345, AAAD-A 489, FOLK-E 345, or FOLK-F 389.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE DUScourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE DUScourse
  FOLK-E 388 Motown
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  A survey of the development of Motown Record Corporation, Detroit Era (1959-1972). Through lecture, discussion, guided listening, and visual experiences, the course studies the musical works, creative processes, business practices, historical events, media, technology, and sociocultural factors that contributed to Motown\'s identity as a unique artistic and cultural phenomenon.
  Repeatability
  Credit given for only one of AAAD-A 388, AAAD-A 389 or FOLK-E 388.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-E 394 Survey of African American Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  A chronological survey of sacred and secular African American musical traditions in North America from the African past to the present. Emphasis placed on context for evolution, musical processes and aesthetics, interrelationships among genres and musical change, issues of gender, and music as resistance.
  Repeatability
  Credit given for only one of AAAD-A 394, FOLK-E 394, or MUS-M 394.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-F 301 African Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Folklore, folklife, or folk music as aspects of African culture. The functions of folklore forms and performances within traditional societies and emergent nations.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-F 305 Asian Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Forms and functions of folklore, folklife, or folk music in the traditional and developing societies of Asia. Folklore as a reflection of culture. Relationship between folklore forms and belief systems in Asia.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once with a different topic.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-F 307 Middle Eastern Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Folk traditions of the Arabic, Persian- and Turkish-speaking peoples, including folk festivals, rituals, folk dances, music, theatre, and verbal behaviors; the influence of Islam.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-F 308 Middle Eastern and Arab Mythology
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Examines "mythological" belief systems and related manifestations that exist as quasi-formal religious ideologies in Middle Eastern communities. Emphasis is placed on Arab groups and Islam-based ideologies. (Other groups may be selected for the student's research. Arabic language may be selected on individual basis for reading/research.)
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-F 312 European Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Expressions of regional cultures and emerging nations of Europe. Social functions of folklore and folk music in rural and urban communities.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-F 314 Irish Folklore
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Introduces the popular beliefs, customs, material culture, and especially verbal art and oral traditions of Ireland, north and south. Topics include folk religion, supernatural legend and belief, holiday customs, observances surrounding the life cycle and death, historical legend and collective memory, political murals and parades.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-F 315 Latin American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Cultural and functional analysis of traditional folklore or music genres developed in the cultures of Latin America. Emphasis on origin and the diffusion of folklore, folklife, and folk music as well as the peoples.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-F 316 Caribbean Arts and Cultures
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Explores traditional forms of verbal expression, music, dance, and visual art in Anglophone, Hispanophone, and Francophone countries in the Caribbean. Examines art forms in relation to specific historical and social contexts and broader processes of colonialism, social stratification, creolization, urbanization, nationalism, and decolonization in the region.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE GCCcourse
  FOLK-F 320 Pacific Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Folklore, folklife, music, and dance of Australia, New Zealand, and native Oceanic societies. Topics include the cultures of aboriginal and settler populations, retention and adaptation of aboriginal materials, and the emergence of “native” traditions among the settler and immigrant groups.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-F 330 Folk Culture and Related Fields
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Studies of folk culture in relationship to other fields. Focuses on such interdisciplinary topics as folk culture in relationship to language, literature, psychology, history, religion, sociology, musicology, or anthropology.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
  Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE SHcourse
  FOLK-F 351 North American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Folk and popular traditions of the United States and Canada. Topics include the social base of American folklore, prominent genres of American folklore, folklife, and folk music, national or regional character, and American folk style.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-F 352 Native American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Comparative examination of various verbal, musical, and dance forms of Native American societies. Consideration of cultural systems of Native Americans within the context of general American culture.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-F 353 Native American Film and Video
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Introduction to the study of Native American images and representations. Focuses on ethnographic, documentary, animated, and feature films from 1920 to the present. Surveying the themes of assimilation, contemporary politics, and religiosity, students will watch films, read articles, and respond to both mediums critically.
  Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE SHcourse
  FOLK-F 354 African American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  African American culture in the United States viewed in terms of history and social change. Folklore, folk music, and oral history as means of illuminating black culture and history.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-F 356 Chicano Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  The folk traditions of Mexican Americans as a reflection of the historical experience and cultural identity of this people within the United States. Mexican heritage, Anglo and black influences, and the blending of these elements into a unique cultural entity.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-F 357 American Jewish Popular Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  How does a small minority population create its own "popular music"? This course explores the many ways American Jews have addressed the idea of popular music over the last century by examining how American Jewish communities have adapted popular music styles, built up music stars, and created music labels and production companies.
  Repeatability
  Credit given for only one of FOLK-F 357 or JSTU-J 357.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-F 358 Jewish Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Study of Jewish experience throughout the ages as reflected in the folklore of biblical, talmudic, and midrashic materials and in medieval and contemporary settings, including America. Analysis of folkloric expression in religion, literature, humor, music, folklife, and art.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-F 359 Exploring Jewish Identity Today
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  When people describe what they believe, do, create, or experience as \"Jewish,\" what do they mean? Using multiple perspectives and multiple forms of media, we will explore how different communities--from orthodox Jews to evangelical Christians--incorporate senses of Judaism into their cultural, religious, racial, ethnic, and artistic identities.
  Repeatability
  Credit given for only one of FOLK-F 359 or JSTU-J 359.
  Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE DUScourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE DUScourse
  
  Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE SHcourse
  FOLK-F 360 Indiana Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Survey of folklore, folklife, or folk music of Indiana. Students are encouraged to do fieldwork in the state.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-F 361 Traditional Arts Indiana: Documenting Indiana Traditions
  
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Through hands-on activities, students will explore Indiana\'s cultural diversity and learn cultural documentation and presentation techniques, as they identify, document, and present the traditional arts. Topics vary. Focuses each year on specific folk groups, community, or genre of Indiana folklore.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
  FOLK-F 363 Women's Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Focuses on women\'s folk traditions in terms of life cycle and role and explores the range of women\'s occupations and related traditional knowledge. Looks at women as traditional verbal, visual, or musical artists.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-F 364 Children's Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  The traditional rhymes, riddles, stories, games, folklife, or music associated with "the culture of childhood." The role these forms play in peer-group activity and in the social and cognitive development of the child.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-F 365 American Regional Cultures
  
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Introduces the folklore, music, public celebrations, and foodways of South Louisiana, the Texas-Mexico Border, and Appalachia. Explores how these regions have been represented by insiders and outsiders, how local traditions interact with national and global frameworks, and how America has been defined through comparison/contrast with these regional cultures.
  FOLK-F 367 Folklore of the South
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Surveys folkloric traditions practiced in the southern states, including folk speech, festival celebrations, foodways, folk music, and folk religion. Considered together, the folklore from disparate geographic and cultural spaces of the broadly defined South present a complex picture of Dixie that forces us to question our Southern assumptions.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE DUScourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE DUScourse
  FOLK-F 368 Folklore and Science of Childhood
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  From the games of the playground to the secret, scary play that happens behind closed doors, this course examines the full range of children's folklore alongside relevant scientific descriptions of childhood, including readings on developmental psychology, physiology, and perception.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-F 369 Aliens, Psychics, and Ghosts
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  How do people make sense of their worlds and experiences? The study of folklore provides a unique answer through the study of narrative, symbolic expression, and discourse analysis. This course brings folk beliefs into conversation with scientific method, and examines the different ways in which people come to view or understand the uncanny.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-F 370 Memory, Art, and Aging: Life Stories and the Expressive Lives of Elders
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Explores the ways that elders recall, organize, revise, and share their life stories. From older poets and artists, to senior storytellers and musicians, we study the interplay between memory, life review, and creative practice in order to understand the dynamic systems of remembering and forgetting devised by elders.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-F 377 Popular Culture and Politics in the Middle East
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Through ethnographic case studies, this course examines the dynamics of popular culture and mass media in the Middle East, including the Arabic speaking nations of Israel, Turkey, Iran, and North Africa.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE GCCcourse
  FOLK-F 399 Readings for Honors
  
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  Consent of instructor and honors advisor
  Description
  Independent but guided readings in preparation for the honors thesis in Folklore and Ethnomusicology.
- 300–499 Level Electives. One (1) additional course:
  - FOLK-E 302 Music in African Life
  - FOLK-E 303 Zimbabwean Mbira Performance Ensemble
  - FOLK-E 345 Hip Hop Music and Culture
  - FOLK-E 388 Motown
  - FOLK-E 394 Survey of African American Music
  - FOLK-E 407 Applied Ethnomusicology and Folklore: Media Productions
  - FOLK-E 496 African American Religious Music
  - FOLK-F 301 African Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 305 Asian Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 307 Middle Eastern Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 308 Middle Eastern and Arab Mythology
  - FOLK-F 312 European Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 314 Irish Folklore
  - FOLK-F 315 Latin American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 316 Caribbean Arts and Cultures
  - FOLK-F 320 Pacific Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 330 Folk Culture and Related Fields
  - FOLK-F 351 North American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 352 Native American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 353 Native American Film and Video
  - FOLK-F 354 African American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 356 Chicano Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 357 American Jewish Popular Music
  - FOLK-F 358 Jewish Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 359 Exploring Jewish Identity Today
  - FOLK-F 360 Indiana Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 361 Traditional Arts Indiana: Documenting Indiana Traditions
  - FOLK-F 363 Women's Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 364 Children's Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 365 American Regional Cultures
  - FOLK-F 367 Folklore of the South
  - FOLK-F 368 Folklore and Science of Childhood
  - FOLK-F 369 Aliens, Psychics, and Ghosts
  - FOLK-F 370 Memory, Art, and Aging: Life Stories and the Expressive Lives of Elders
  - FOLK-F 377 Popular Culture and Politics in the Middle East
  - FOLK-F 399 Readings for Honors
  - FOLK-F 404 Topics in Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 405 Studying Ethnomusicology
  - FOLK-F 406 Museum Practice in Folklore Studies
  - FOLK-F 410 Multimedia in Ethnomusicology
  - FOLK-F 420 Forms of Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 430 Folklore and Related Disciplines
  - FOLK-F 440 Folklife and Material Culture Studies
  - FOLK-F 450 Music in Religious Thought and Experience
  - FOLK-F 492 Traditional Musical Instruments
  - FOLK-F 494 Transcription and Analysis of Traditional Music
  - FOLK-F 497 Advanced Seminar
  - FOLK-F 499 Honors Thesis
  - FOLK-X 402 Traditional Arts Indiana
  - FOLK-X 476 Museum Practicum in Folklore
  - FOLK-X 477 Field Experience in Folklore/Ethnomusicology
  - FOLK-X 490 Individual Study in Folklore
  FOLK-E 302 Music in African Life
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Study of how Africans create, perform, think about, and use music in their lives. Topics include traditional and popular musical styles in relationship to social and historical contexts, as well as translocal, transnational, and global cultural and musical exchanges in which Africans participate.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-E 303 Zimbabwean Mbira Performance Ensemble
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Introduction to Zimbabwean music through a combination of applied music making and lecture/discussions. Students learn to play the Zimbabwean Mbira and various percussion instruments.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-E 345 Hip Hop Music and Culture
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  Junior or senior standing
  Description
  Examines rap music as artistic and sociological phenomena with emphasis on its historical and political contexts.
  Repeatability
  Credit given for only one of AAAD-A 345, AAAD-A 489, FOLK-E 345, or FOLK-F 389.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE DUScourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE DUScourse
  FOLK-E 388 Motown
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  A survey of the development of Motown Record Corporation, Detroit Era (1959-1972). Through lecture, discussion, guided listening, and visual experiences, the course studies the musical works, creative processes, business practices, historical events, media, technology, and sociocultural factors that contributed to Motown\'s identity as a unique artistic and cultural phenomenon.
  Repeatability
  Credit given for only one of AAAD-A 388, AAAD-A 389 or FOLK-E 388.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-E 394 Survey of African American Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  A chronological survey of sacred and secular African American musical traditions in North America from the African past to the present. Emphasis placed on context for evolution, musical processes and aesthetics, interrelationships among genres and musical change, issues of gender, and music as resistance.
  Repeatability
  Credit given for only one of AAAD-A 394, FOLK-E 394, or MUS-M 394.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-E 407 Applied Ethnomusicology and Folklore: Media Productions
  
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Examines the application of ethnomusicology and folklore training in media productions for cultural institutions and commercial industries. A focus on the role of humanists as researchers, consultants, music supervisors, and filmmakers for public media institutions (i.e., PBS, BBC, NPR, PRI), multimedia production companies, and commercial film industries.
  FOLK-E 496 African American Religious Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  An in-depth investigation of Negro spirituals and gospel music, with some treatment of the traditions of lining-out and shape note singing. Examination of genres will address and integrate both the musical and the socio-cultural perspectives.
  Repeatability
  Credit given for only one of AAAD-A 496 or FOLK-E 496.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-F 301 African Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Folklore, folklife, or folk music as aspects of African culture. The functions of folklore forms and performances within traditional societies and emergent nations.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-F 305 Asian Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Forms and functions of folklore, folklife, or folk music in the traditional and developing societies of Asia. Folklore as a reflection of culture. Relationship between folklore forms and belief systems in Asia.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once with a different topic.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-F 307 Middle Eastern Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Folk traditions of the Arabic, Persian- and Turkish-speaking peoples, including folk festivals, rituals, folk dances, music, theatre, and verbal behaviors; the influence of Islam.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
  Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
  FOLK-F 308 Middle Eastern and Arab Mythology
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Examines "mythological" belief systems and related manifestations that exist as quasi-formal religious ideologies in Middle Eastern communities. Emphasis is placed on Arab groups and Islam-based ideologies. (Other groups may be selected for the student's research. Arabic language may be selected on individual basis for reading/research.)
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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  FOLK-F 312 European Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Expressions of regional cultures and emerging nations of Europe. Social functions of folklore and folk music in rural and urban communities.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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  FOLK-F 314 Irish Folklore
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Introduces the popular beliefs, customs, material culture, and especially verbal art and oral traditions of Ireland, north and south. Topics include folk religion, supernatural legend and belief, holiday customs, observances surrounding the life cycle and death, historical legend and collective memory, political murals and parades.
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  FOLK-F 315 Latin American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Cultural and functional analysis of traditional folklore or music genres developed in the cultures of Latin America. Emphasis on origin and the diffusion of folklore, folklife, and folk music as well as the peoples.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
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  FOLK-F 316 Caribbean Arts and Cultures
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Explores traditional forms of verbal expression, music, dance, and visual art in Anglophone, Hispanophone, and Francophone countries in the Caribbean. Examines art forms in relation to specific historical and social contexts and broader processes of colonialism, social stratification, creolization, urbanization, nationalism, and decolonization in the region.
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  FOLK-F 320 Pacific Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Folklore, folklife, music, and dance of Australia, New Zealand, and native Oceanic societies. Topics include the cultures of aboriginal and settler populations, retention and adaptation of aboriginal materials, and the emergence of “native” traditions among the settler and immigrant groups.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
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  FOLK-F 330 Folk Culture and Related Fields
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Studies of folk culture in relationship to other fields. Focuses on such interdisciplinary topics as folk culture in relationship to language, literature, psychology, history, religion, sociology, musicology, or anthropology.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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  FOLK-F 351 North American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Folk and popular traditions of the United States and Canada. Topics include the social base of American folklore, prominent genres of American folklore, folklife, and folk music, national or regional character, and American folk style.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
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  FOLK-F 352 Native American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Comparative examination of various verbal, musical, and dance forms of Native American societies. Consideration of cultural systems of Native Americans within the context of general American culture.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
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  FOLK-F 353 Native American Film and Video
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Introduction to the study of Native American images and representations. Focuses on ethnographic, documentary, animated, and feature films from 1920 to the present. Surveying the themes of assimilation, contemporary politics, and religiosity, students will watch films, read articles, and respond to both mediums critically.
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  FOLK-F 354 African American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  African American culture in the United States viewed in terms of history and social change. Folklore, folk music, and oral history as means of illuminating black culture and history.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
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  FOLK-F 356 Chicano Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  The folk traditions of Mexican Americans as a reflection of the historical experience and cultural identity of this people within the United States. Mexican heritage, Anglo and black influences, and the blending of these elements into a unique cultural entity.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
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  FOLK-F 357 American Jewish Popular Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  How does a small minority population create its own "popular music"? This course explores the many ways American Jews have addressed the idea of popular music over the last century by examining how American Jewish communities have adapted popular music styles, built up music stars, and created music labels and production companies.
  Repeatability
  Credit given for only one of FOLK-F 357 or JSTU-J 357.
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  FOLK-F 358 Jewish Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Study of Jewish experience throughout the ages as reflected in the folklore of biblical, talmudic, and midrashic materials and in medieval and contemporary settings, including America. Analysis of folkloric expression in religion, literature, humor, music, folklife, and art.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
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  FOLK-F 359 Exploring Jewish Identity Today
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  When people describe what they believe, do, create, or experience as \"Jewish,\" what do they mean? Using multiple perspectives and multiple forms of media, we will explore how different communities--from orthodox Jews to evangelical Christians--incorporate senses of Judaism into their cultural, religious, racial, ethnic, and artistic identities.
  Repeatability
  Credit given for only one of FOLK-F 359 or JSTU-J 359.
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  FOLK-F 360 Indiana Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Survey of folklore, folklife, or folk music of Indiana. Students are encouraged to do fieldwork in the state.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
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  FOLK-F 361 Traditional Arts Indiana: Documenting Indiana Traditions
  
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Through hands-on activities, students will explore Indiana\'s cultural diversity and learn cultural documentation and presentation techniques, as they identify, document, and present the traditional arts. Topics vary. Focuses each year on specific folk groups, community, or genre of Indiana folklore.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
  FOLK-F 363 Women's Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Focuses on women\'s folk traditions in terms of life cycle and role and explores the range of women\'s occupations and related traditional knowledge. Looks at women as traditional verbal, visual, or musical artists.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
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  FOLK-F 364 Children's Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  The traditional rhymes, riddles, stories, games, folklife, or music associated with "the culture of childhood." The role these forms play in peer-group activity and in the social and cognitive development of the child.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
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  FOLK-F 365 American Regional Cultures
  
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Introduces the folklore, music, public celebrations, and foodways of South Louisiana, the Texas-Mexico Border, and Appalachia. Explores how these regions have been represented by insiders and outsiders, how local traditions interact with national and global frameworks, and how America has been defined through comparison/contrast with these regional cultures.
  FOLK-F 367 Folklore of the South
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Surveys folkloric traditions practiced in the southern states, including folk speech, festival celebrations, foodways, folk music, and folk religion. Considered together, the folklore from disparate geographic and cultural spaces of the broadly defined South present a complex picture of Dixie that forces us to question our Southern assumptions.
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  FOLK-F 368 Folklore and Science of Childhood
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  From the games of the playground to the secret, scary play that happens behind closed doors, this course examines the full range of children's folklore alongside relevant scientific descriptions of childhood, including readings on developmental psychology, physiology, and perception.
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  FOLK-F 369 Aliens, Psychics, and Ghosts
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  How do people make sense of their worlds and experiences? The study of folklore provides a unique answer through the study of narrative, symbolic expression, and discourse analysis. This course brings folk beliefs into conversation with scientific method, and examines the different ways in which people come to view or understand the uncanny.
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  FOLK-F 370 Memory, Art, and Aging: Life Stories and the Expressive Lives of Elders
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Explores the ways that elders recall, organize, revise, and share their life stories. From older poets and artists, to senior storytellers and musicians, we study the interplay between memory, life review, and creative practice in order to understand the dynamic systems of remembering and forgetting devised by elders.
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  FOLK-F 377 Popular Culture and Politics in the Middle East
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Through ethnographic case studies, this course examines the dynamics of popular culture and mass media in the Middle East, including the Arabic speaking nations of Israel, Turkey, Iran, and North Africa.
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  FOLK-F 399 Readings for Honors
  
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  Consent of instructor and honors advisor
  Description
  Independent but guided readings in preparation for the honors thesis in Folklore and Ethnomusicology.
  FOLK-F 404 Topics in Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Explores in depth a particular topic in the study of folklore, folklife, or music. Courses of an unusual, integrative, or experimental nature.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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  FOLK-F 405 Studying Ethnomusicology
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Introduces the field of ethnomusicology through reading, writing, and ethnomusicological research. Emphasizes the study of music in social contexts, and the study of society from a musical perspective. Designed for students interested in the study of music in human life as well as in cross-cultural approaches to the study of music and culture.
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  FOLK-F 406 Museum Practice in Folklore Studies
  
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  An introduction to curatorial practice in museums, with an emphasis on museums of ethnography and cultural history. With campus collections serving as laboratories for course activities, students will work with objects of material culture and engage in a range of activities central to professional practice in museums and other collections.
  Repeatability
  Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 405 or FOLK-F 406.
  FOLK-F 410 Multimedia in Ethnomusicology
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  This course explores the use of multimedia technology in five basic areas of ethnographic activity: field research, laboratory research (transcription and analysis), preservation, presentation, and publication. Knowledge of technological concepts and skill development in the use of various technologies are pursued through a project-based approach which emphasizes learning by doing. Evaluation is based on demonstration of competencies through successful completion of projects. The class is structured to include both lecture and lab components.
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  FOLK-F 420 Forms of Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Examination of selected forms of folklore, folk music, craft, or performance, with attention given to content, form, and function of the selected forms as well as the variety of theories and methodologies employed in their study.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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  FOLK-F 430 Folklore and Related Disciplines
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Advanced studies of folklore and/or ethnomusicology in relationship to other disciplines. Focuses on such interdisciplinary topics as folklore and literature, folklore and psychology, folklore and history, folklore and religion, or folklore, culture, and society.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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  FOLK-F 440 Folklife and Material Culture Studies
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  The perspective of folklife studies. Material culture presented within the context of folklife, with attention to the role of folk museums, folklife research methods, and the history of folklife research.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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  FOLK-F 450 Music in Religious Thought and Experience
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Explores the roles of music in select religious traditions of the world. Comparative analysis of relationships between music and ritual, religious music and popular culture, sacred music and mass media, music and religious identity, and music and trance. Focus on major world religious traditions, local traditions, and combinations thereof.
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  FOLK-F 492 Traditional Musical Instruments
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Classification, distribution, and diffusion of folk and traditional musical instruments. Construction and performance practices. Relation to cultural and physical environment. Demonstration with instruments in the collection of the Mathers Museum.
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  FOLK-F 494 Transcription and Analysis of Traditional Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  Consent of instructor
  Description
  Survey of theories and methods applied in transcription, analysis, and classification of traditional music. Application of methods to selected recordings.
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  FOLK-F 497 Advanced Seminar
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  This is the final integrating course in the department, required of all majors and open to qualified students in other departments, with the instructor’s approval. Topics of individual research will vary.
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  FOLK-F 499 Honors Thesis
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  Consent of program honors committee
  Description
  Guided research culminating in an honors thesis under the direction of a faculty member and reviewed in oral examination by a faculty committee.
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  FOLK-X 402 Traditional Arts Indiana
  
  Credits
  1–3 credit hours
  Prerequisites
  Prior arrangement with TAI director
  Description
  Designed as a practicum for students to work collaboratively in applying the methods and approaches of folklore studies to public needs and public programs. Students will engage in a variety of outreach projects linking the university to the larger community in the areas of public arts and culture and cultural documentation.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 6 credit hours in FOLK-F 402 and FOLK-X 402.
  
  FOLK-X 476 Museum Practicum in Folklore
  
  Credits
  1–3 credit hours
  Prerequisites
  Prior arrangement with the museum professional supervising work
  Description
  Independent, supervised, folklore-oriented practicum at a campus or community museum or systematic research collection relevant to folklore, ethnography, or cultural history. Participatory activities will be supplemented by reading and writing activities.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with consent of the chair for a maximum of 6 credit hours in FOLK-F 408 and FOLK-X 476.
  
  FOLK-X 477 Field Experience in Folklore/Ethnomusicology
  
  Credits
  1–3 credit hours
  Prerequisites
  Prior arrangement with faculty supervisor(s) and department course contract form
  Description
  Supervised work in public programs such as arts agencies, museums, historical commissions, and archives, including those housed at IU. Relevant readings and written report required.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with consent of the chair for up to 6 credit hours in FOLK-F 403 and FOLK-X 477.
  
  FOLK-X 490 Individual Study in Folklore
  
  Credits
  1–3 credit hours
  Prerequisites
  Prior arrangement with faculty supervisor(s) and department course contract form
  Description
  May include fieldwork or library research components.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in FOLK-F 400 and FOLK-X 490.
- Free Electives. Two (2) additional courses:
  - FOLK-E 112 Black Music of Two Worlds
  - FOLK-E 114 Music, Identity and Social Life: Performance and Community Action
  - FOLK-E 151 Global Pop Music
  - FOLK-E 250 Ethnomusicology and the Humanities
  - FOLK-E 251 Ethnomusicology and the Social Sciences
  - FOLK-E 290 Music and Violence
  - FOLK-E 295 Survey of Hip Hop
  - FOLK-E 297 Popular Music of Black America
  - FOLK-E 302 Music in African Life
  - FOLK-E 303 Zimbabwean Mbira Performance Ensemble
  - FOLK-E 345 Hip Hop Music and Culture
  - FOLK-E 388 Motown
  - FOLK-E 394 Survey of African American Music
  - FOLK-E 407 Applied Ethnomusicology and Folklore: Media Productions
  - FOLK-E 496 African American Religious Music
  - FOLK-F 101 Introduction to Folklore
  - FOLK-F 111 World Music and Culture
  - FOLK-F 121 World Arts and Cultures
  - FOLK-F 131 Folklore in the United States
  - FOLK-F 141 Urban Legend
  - FOLK-F 205 Folklore in Video and Film
  - FOLK-F 210 Myth, Legend, and Popular Science
  - FOLK-F 215 Folklore, Health, and Illness
  - FOLK-F 225 Forms of Commemoration
  - FOLK-F 230 Music in Social Movements
  - FOLK-F 235 Personal Narratives: A Course in Folklore and Literature
  - FOLK-F 252 Folklore and the Humanities
  - FOLK-F 253 Folklore and the Social Sciences
  - FOLK-F 256 The Supernatural and Folklore
  - FOLK-F 275 Indigenous Worldviews
  - FOLK-F 290 Myth, Ritual, Symbol
  - FOLK-F 301 African Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 305 Asian Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 307 Middle Eastern Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 308 Middle Eastern and Arab Mythology
  - FOLK-F 312 European Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 314 Irish Folklore
  - FOLK-F 315 Latin American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 316 Caribbean Arts and Cultures
  - FOLK-F 320 Pacific Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 330 Folk Culture and Related Fields
  - FOLK-F 351 North American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 352 Native American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 353 Native American Film and Video
  - FOLK-F 354 African American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 356 Chicano Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 357 American Jewish Popular Music
  - FOLK-F 358 Jewish Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 359 Exploring Jewish Identity Today
  - FOLK-F 360 Indiana Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 361 Traditional Arts Indiana: Documenting Indiana Traditions
  - FOLK-F 363 Women's Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 364 Children's Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 365 American Regional Cultures
  - FOLK-F 367 Folklore of the South
  - FOLK-F 368 Folklore and Science of Childhood
  - FOLK-F 369 Aliens, Psychics, and Ghosts
  - FOLK-F 370 Memory, Art, and Aging: Life Stories and the Expressive Lives of Elders
  - FOLK-F 377 Popular Culture and Politics in the Middle East
  - FOLK-F 399 Readings for Honors
  - FOLK-F 401 Methods and Theories
  - FOLK-F 404 Topics in Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 405 Studying Ethnomusicology
  - FOLK-F 406 Museum Practice in Folklore Studies
  - FOLK-F 410 Multimedia in Ethnomusicology
  - FOLK-F 420 Forms of Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  - FOLK-F 430 Folklore and Related Disciplines
  - FOLK-F 440 Folklife and Material Culture Studies
  - FOLK-F 450 Music in Religious Thought and Experience
  - FOLK-F 492 Traditional Musical Instruments
  - FOLK-F 494 Transcription and Analysis of Traditional Music
  - FOLK-F 497 Advanced Seminar
  - FOLK-F 499 Honors Thesis
  - FOLK-X 402 Traditional Arts Indiana
  - FOLK-X 476 Museum Practicum in Folklore
  - FOLK-X 477 Field Experience in Folklore/Ethnomusicology
  - FOLK-X 490 Individual Study in Folklore
  FOLK-E 112 Black Music of Two Worlds
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  An exploration of the relationships among musics of West and Central African people and their descendants in the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Emphasis placed on the conceptual and aesthetic continuities between musical expression in Old and New World contexts--a uniformity which exists because of shared African cultural ancestry.
  Repeatability
  Credit given for only one of AAAD-A 112, FOLK-E 112, or FOLK-F 112.
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  FOLK-E 114 Music, Identity and Social Life: Performance and Community Action
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Exploration of the dynamics of music and identity, in particular, the role of music and other expressive activities in larger processes of community building, civic responsibility, participatory action, and social sustainability.
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  FOLK-E 151 Global Pop Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Provides a broad survey of pop music from around the world. Structured thematically, will compare and contrast particular popular musics and explore what the study of these musics can reveal about the people who create and use them.
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  FOLK-E 250 Ethnomusicology and the Humanities
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Provides basic theoretical approaches to the study of ethnomusicology, emphasizing its relationship to other humanistic disciplines such as cultural, literary, and religious studies, history and philosophy.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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  FOLK-E 251 Ethnomusicology and the Social Sciences
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Provides basic theoretical approaches to the study of ethnomusicology, emphasizing its relationship to other social science disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, economics, and political science. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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  FOLK-E 290 Music and Violence
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Exploration of the dynamics of music and violence, focusing on the role of music in generating and sustaining societal conflict. Consideration of the various ways in which music has been a tool for transforming conflict and ameliorating trauma.
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  FOLK-E 295 Survey of Hip Hop
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Examines rap music and hip hop culture as artistic and sociocultural phenomena with emphasis on historical, cultural, economic, and political contexts. Topics include the coexistence of various hip hop styles, their appropriation by the music industry, and controversies resulting from the exploitation of hip hop as a commodity for national and global consumption.
  Repeatability
  Credit given for only one of AAAD-A 295, FOLK-E 295, or FOLK-F 295.
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  FOLK-E 297 Popular Music of Black America
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  A chronological survey of Black popular music from 1945-2000: rhythm and blues, soul, funk, disco, hip hop, and their derivative forms. Emphasis placed on the context for evolution and the contributions of African Americans to the development of a multi-billion dollar music industry.
  Repeatability
  Credit given for only one of AAAD-A 297, AAAD-A 397, FOLK-E 297, or FOLK-F 397.
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  FOLK-E 302 Music in African Life
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Study of how Africans create, perform, think about, and use music in their lives. Topics include traditional and popular musical styles in relationship to social and historical contexts, as well as translocal, transnational, and global cultural and musical exchanges in which Africans participate.
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  FOLK-E 303 Zimbabwean Mbira Performance Ensemble
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Introduction to Zimbabwean music through a combination of applied music making and lecture/discussions. Students learn to play the Zimbabwean Mbira and various percussion instruments.
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  FOLK-E 345 Hip Hop Music and Culture
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  Junior or senior standing
  Description
  Examines rap music as artistic and sociological phenomena with emphasis on its historical and political contexts.
  Repeatability
  Credit given for only one of AAAD-A 345, AAAD-A 489, FOLK-E 345, or FOLK-F 389.
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  FOLK-E 388 Motown
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  A survey of the development of Motown Record Corporation, Detroit Era (1959-1972). Through lecture, discussion, guided listening, and visual experiences, the course studies the musical works, creative processes, business practices, historical events, media, technology, and sociocultural factors that contributed to Motown\'s identity as a unique artistic and cultural phenomenon.
  Repeatability
  Credit given for only one of AAAD-A 388, AAAD-A 389 or FOLK-E 388.
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  FOLK-E 394 Survey of African American Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  A chronological survey of sacred and secular African American musical traditions in North America from the African past to the present. Emphasis placed on context for evolution, musical processes and aesthetics, interrelationships among genres and musical change, issues of gender, and music as resistance.
  Repeatability
  Credit given for only one of AAAD-A 394, FOLK-E 394, or MUS-M 394.
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  FOLK-E 407 Applied Ethnomusicology and Folklore: Media Productions
  
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Examines the application of ethnomusicology and folklore training in media productions for cultural institutions and commercial industries. A focus on the role of humanists as researchers, consultants, music supervisors, and filmmakers for public media institutions (i.e., PBS, BBC, NPR, PRI), multimedia production companies, and commercial film industries.
  FOLK-E 496 African American Religious Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  An in-depth investigation of Negro spirituals and gospel music, with some treatment of the traditions of lining-out and shape note singing. Examination of genres will address and integrate both the musical and the socio-cultural perspectives.
  Repeatability
  Credit given for only one of AAAD-A 496 or FOLK-E 496.
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  FOLK-F 101 Introduction to Folklore
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  A view of the main forms and varieties of folklore and folk expression in tales, ballads, gestures, beliefs, games, proverbs, riddles, and traditional arts and crafts. The role of folklore in the life of human beings.
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  FOLK-F 111 World Music and Culture
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Introduction to ethnomusicology and the cross-cultural study of music and culture. Explores music, performance, and ideas from around the world. Analyzes the role music plays in human life, including a variety of social, political, and personal contexts. Music training is not required.
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  FOLK-F 121 World Arts and Cultures
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Surveying the customary arts of the world’s peoples offers a means of comprehending the human condition today. This course explores how culture is made manifest, especially in such media as landscapes, architecture, material culture, and expressive performances. A sampling of world arts, it also provides an introduction to folklife studies.
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  FOLK-F 131 Folklore in the United States
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Folklore and traditional expressive behavior in the United States. Traditional arts, ideas, and practices of folk groups in the United States, including ethnic, occupational, regional, and religious groups.
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  FOLK-F 141 Urban Legend
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Urban legends are modern adaptations of older stories told in daily discourse, depicted in television, film and novels. Explores the defining features of urban legends: their cultural history, themes and role as cultural commentary; their popularity on the internet, in the news, and in popular culture.
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  FOLK-F 205 Folklore in Video and Film
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Acquaints students with a few of the current systems of folk belief diffused, reinforced, and, in some cases, originated by film and video, both in the form of the documentary and the feature-length drama. Aids students in the process of thinking and writing critically about the content, meaning, and social function of these modern forms of information systems.
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  FOLK-F 210 Myth, Legend, and Popular Science
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Compares three genres—myths, legends, and popular science—and asks about the ways in which they converge and diverge, and about the features of each that might lead us to believe their claims.
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  FOLK-F 215 Folklore, Health, and Illness
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Focuses on concepts of health and illness in traditional cultures and societies. Addresses a variety of cross-cultural situations from the East and the West; special emphasis on Middle Eastern Arab traditions (Muslim, Christian, and Jewish). A student may conduct research on a traditional community in any part of the world.
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  FOLK-F 225 Forms of Commemoration
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Examines forms of commemoration in order to define their essential features and to describe how they operate in society. Highlights folk commemoration, those informal modes of remembrance that are a part of community tradition.
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  FOLK-F 230 Music in Social Movements
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Examines music in sociopolitical movements, ranging from political and cultural revolutions to government-sponsored campaigns, environmental, and social activism. Explores concepts about the transformative power of music and of organized groups of people, analyzing the practices of movements aimed at changing perception and behavior.
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  FOLK-F 235 Personal Narratives: A Course in Folklore and Literature
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Examines how writers and oral storytellers use personal experience narratives. Though personal narratives are not traditional, they can be studied using the concepts and methods developed to study both folklore and literature.
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  FOLK-F 252 Folklore and the Humanities
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Basic theoretical approaches to the study of folklore, emphasizing the relationship to other humanistic disciplines such as literary and religious studies and history.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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  FOLK-F 253 Folklore and the Social Sciences
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Basic theoretical approaches to the study of folklore, emphasizing the relationship to other social science disciplines such as semiotics and anthropology.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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  FOLK-F 256 The Supernatural and Folklore
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Examines patterns of belief and the features of supernatural folklore to understand the nature of surviving and declining tradition. Focuses on the phenomenological features of supernatural traditions; explanatory frameworks and their internal logic; means of developing and maintaining belief; functions and structures of belief traditions; and relationships between genres of belief. Emphasis on the ethnography of belief systems.
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  FOLK-F 275 Indigenous Worldviews
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  A survey of some basic aspects of indigenous lifeways, this course introduces comparative cultural analysis, providing a foundational course for those interested in thinking about how others think and how we think about otherness. Students will examine mythology, ritual, health, art, and philosophy within the context of colonialism and globalization.
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  FOLK-F 290 Myth, Ritual, Symbol
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Regardless of culture or religion, the triad of myth, ritual, and symbol encompass the ways all humans come to understand their societies and themselves. This class offers a cross-cultural, humanistic, and interdisciplinary approach to learning how we believe and know through stories, ceremonies, and art.
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  FOLK-F 301 African Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Folklore, folklife, or folk music as aspects of African culture. The functions of folklore forms and performances within traditional societies and emergent nations.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
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  FOLK-F 305 Asian Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Forms and functions of folklore, folklife, or folk music in the traditional and developing societies of Asia. Folklore as a reflection of culture. Relationship between folklore forms and belief systems in Asia.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once with a different topic.
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  FOLK-F 307 Middle Eastern Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Folk traditions of the Arabic, Persian- and Turkish-speaking peoples, including folk festivals, rituals, folk dances, music, theatre, and verbal behaviors; the influence of Islam.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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  FOLK-F 308 Middle Eastern and Arab Mythology
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Examines "mythological" belief systems and related manifestations that exist as quasi-formal religious ideologies in Middle Eastern communities. Emphasis is placed on Arab groups and Islam-based ideologies. (Other groups may be selected for the student's research. Arabic language may be selected on individual basis for reading/research.)
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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  FOLK-F 312 European Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Expressions of regional cultures and emerging nations of Europe. Social functions of folklore and folk music in rural and urban communities.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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  FOLK-F 314 Irish Folklore
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Introduces the popular beliefs, customs, material culture, and especially verbal art and oral traditions of Ireland, north and south. Topics include folk religion, supernatural legend and belief, holiday customs, observances surrounding the life cycle and death, historical legend and collective memory, political murals and parades.
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  FOLK-F 315 Latin American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Cultural and functional analysis of traditional folklore or music genres developed in the cultures of Latin America. Emphasis on origin and the diffusion of folklore, folklife, and folk music as well as the peoples.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
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  FOLK-F 316 Caribbean Arts and Cultures
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Explores traditional forms of verbal expression, music, dance, and visual art in Anglophone, Hispanophone, and Francophone countries in the Caribbean. Examines art forms in relation to specific historical and social contexts and broader processes of colonialism, social stratification, creolization, urbanization, nationalism, and decolonization in the region.
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  FOLK-F 320 Pacific Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Folklore, folklife, music, and dance of Australia, New Zealand, and native Oceanic societies. Topics include the cultures of aboriginal and settler populations, retention and adaptation of aboriginal materials, and the emergence of “native” traditions among the settler and immigrant groups.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
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  FOLK-F 330 Folk Culture and Related Fields
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Studies of folk culture in relationship to other fields. Focuses on such interdisciplinary topics as folk culture in relationship to language, literature, psychology, history, religion, sociology, musicology, or anthropology.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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  FOLK-F 351 North American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Folk and popular traditions of the United States and Canada. Topics include the social base of American folklore, prominent genres of American folklore, folklife, and folk music, national or regional character, and American folk style.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
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  FOLK-F 352 Native American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Comparative examination of various verbal, musical, and dance forms of Native American societies. Consideration of cultural systems of Native Americans within the context of general American culture.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
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  FOLK-F 353 Native American Film and Video
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Introduction to the study of Native American images and representations. Focuses on ethnographic, documentary, animated, and feature films from 1920 to the present. Surveying the themes of assimilation, contemporary politics, and religiosity, students will watch films, read articles, and respond to both mediums critically.
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  FOLK-F 354 African American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  African American culture in the United States viewed in terms of history and social change. Folklore, folk music, and oral history as means of illuminating black culture and history.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
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  FOLK-F 356 Chicano Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  The folk traditions of Mexican Americans as a reflection of the historical experience and cultural identity of this people within the United States. Mexican heritage, Anglo and black influences, and the blending of these elements into a unique cultural entity.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
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  FOLK-F 357 American Jewish Popular Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  How does a small minority population create its own "popular music"? This course explores the many ways American Jews have addressed the idea of popular music over the last century by examining how American Jewish communities have adapted popular music styles, built up music stars, and created music labels and production companies.
  Repeatability
  Credit given for only one of FOLK-F 357 or JSTU-J 357.
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  FOLK-F 358 Jewish Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Study of Jewish experience throughout the ages as reflected in the folklore of biblical, talmudic, and midrashic materials and in medieval and contemporary settings, including America. Analysis of folkloric expression in religion, literature, humor, music, folklife, and art.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
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  FOLK-F 359 Exploring Jewish Identity Today
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  When people describe what they believe, do, create, or experience as \"Jewish,\" what do they mean? Using multiple perspectives and multiple forms of media, we will explore how different communities--from orthodox Jews to evangelical Christians--incorporate senses of Judaism into their cultural, religious, racial, ethnic, and artistic identities.
  Repeatability
  Credit given for only one of FOLK-F 359 or JSTU-J 359.
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  FOLK-F 360 Indiana Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Survey of folklore, folklife, or folk music of Indiana. Students are encouraged to do fieldwork in the state.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
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  FOLK-F 361 Traditional Arts Indiana: Documenting Indiana Traditions
  
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Through hands-on activities, students will explore Indiana\'s cultural diversity and learn cultural documentation and presentation techniques, as they identify, document, and present the traditional arts. Topics vary. Focuses each year on specific folk groups, community, or genre of Indiana folklore.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
  FOLK-F 363 Women's Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Focuses on women\'s folk traditions in terms of life cycle and role and explores the range of women\'s occupations and related traditional knowledge. Looks at women as traditional verbal, visual, or musical artists.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
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  FOLK-F 364 Children's Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  The traditional rhymes, riddles, stories, games, folklife, or music associated with "the culture of childhood." The role these forms play in peer-group activity and in the social and cognitive development of the child.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated once when topics vary.
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  FOLK-F 365 American Regional Cultures
  
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Introduces the folklore, music, public celebrations, and foodways of South Louisiana, the Texas-Mexico Border, and Appalachia. Explores how these regions have been represented by insiders and outsiders, how local traditions interact with national and global frameworks, and how America has been defined through comparison/contrast with these regional cultures.
  FOLK-F 367 Folklore of the South
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Surveys folkloric traditions practiced in the southern states, including folk speech, festival celebrations, foodways, folk music, and folk religion. Considered together, the folklore from disparate geographic and cultural spaces of the broadly defined South present a complex picture of Dixie that forces us to question our Southern assumptions.
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  FOLK-F 368 Folklore and Science of Childhood
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  From the games of the playground to the secret, scary play that happens behind closed doors, this course examines the full range of children's folklore alongside relevant scientific descriptions of childhood, including readings on developmental psychology, physiology, and perception.
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  FOLK-F 369 Aliens, Psychics, and Ghosts
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  How do people make sense of their worlds and experiences? The study of folklore provides a unique answer through the study of narrative, symbolic expression, and discourse analysis. This course brings folk beliefs into conversation with scientific method, and examines the different ways in which people come to view or understand the uncanny.
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  FOLK-F 370 Memory, Art, and Aging: Life Stories and the Expressive Lives of Elders
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Explores the ways that elders recall, organize, revise, and share their life stories. From older poets and artists, to senior storytellers and musicians, we study the interplay between memory, life review, and creative practice in order to understand the dynamic systems of remembering and forgetting devised by elders.
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  FOLK-F 377 Popular Culture and Politics in the Middle East
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Through ethnographic case studies, this course examines the dynamics of popular culture and mass media in the Middle East, including the Arabic speaking nations of Israel, Turkey, Iran, and North Africa.
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  FOLK-F 399 Readings for Honors
  
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  Consent of instructor and honors advisor
  Description
  Independent but guided readings in preparation for the honors thesis in Folklore and Ethnomusicology.
  FOLK-F 401 Methods and Theories
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Introduces students to the main methods and theories in the two fields composing Folklore and Ethnomusicology. Explores both the common ground linking these fields and some key areas of difference, delving into basic aspects of method and theory as practiced by folklorists and ethnomusicologists.
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  FOLK-F 404 Topics in Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Explores in depth a particular topic in the study of folklore, folklife, or music. Courses of an unusual, integrative, or experimental nature.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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  FOLK-F 405 Studying Ethnomusicology
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Introduces the field of ethnomusicology through reading, writing, and ethnomusicological research. Emphasizes the study of music in social contexts, and the study of society from a musical perspective. Designed for students interested in the study of music in human life as well as in cross-cultural approaches to the study of music and culture.
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  FOLK-F 406 Museum Practice in Folklore Studies
  
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  An introduction to curatorial practice in museums, with an emphasis on museums of ethnography and cultural history. With campus collections serving as laboratories for course activities, students will work with objects of material culture and engage in a range of activities central to professional practice in museums and other collections.
  Repeatability
  Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 405 or FOLK-F 406.
  FOLK-F 410 Multimedia in Ethnomusicology
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  This course explores the use of multimedia technology in five basic areas of ethnographic activity: field research, laboratory research (transcription and analysis), preservation, presentation, and publication. Knowledge of technological concepts and skill development in the use of various technologies are pursued through a project-based approach which emphasizes learning by doing. Evaluation is based on demonstration of competencies through successful completion of projects. The class is structured to include both lecture and lab components.
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  FOLK-F 420 Forms of Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Examination of selected forms of folklore, folk music, craft, or performance, with attention given to content, form, and function of the selected forms as well as the variety of theories and methodologies employed in their study.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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  FOLK-F 430 Folklore and Related Disciplines
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Advanced studies of folklore and/or ethnomusicology in relationship to other disciplines. Focuses on such interdisciplinary topics as folklore and literature, folklore and psychology, folklore and history, folklore and religion, or folklore, culture, and society.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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  FOLK-F 440 Folklife and Material Culture Studies
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  The perspective of folklife studies. Material culture presented within the context of folklife, with attention to the role of folk museums, folklife research methods, and the history of folklife research.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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  FOLK-F 450 Music in Religious Thought and Experience
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Explores the roles of music in select religious traditions of the world. Comparative analysis of relationships between music and ritual, religious music and popular culture, sacred music and mass media, music and religious identity, and music and trance. Focus on major world religious traditions, local traditions, and combinations thereof.
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  FOLK-F 492 Traditional Musical Instruments
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  Classification, distribution, and diffusion of folk and traditional musical instruments. Construction and performance practices. Relation to cultural and physical environment. Demonstration with instruments in the collection of the Mathers Museum.
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  FOLK-F 494 Transcription and Analysis of Traditional Music
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  Consent of instructor
  Description
  Survey of theories and methods applied in transcription, analysis, and classification of traditional music. Application of methods to selected recordings.
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  FOLK-F 497 Advanced Seminar
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  None
  Description
  This is the final integrating course in the department, required of all majors and open to qualified students in other departments, with the instructor’s approval. Topics of individual research will vary.
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  FOLK-F 499 Honors Thesis
  Credits
  3
  Prerequisites
  Consent of program honors committee
  Description
  Guided research culminating in an honors thesis under the direction of a faculty member and reviewed in oral examination by a faculty committee.
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  FOLK-X 402 Traditional Arts Indiana
  
  Credits
  1–3 credit hours
  Prerequisites
  Prior arrangement with TAI director
  Description
  Designed as a practicum for students to work collaboratively in applying the methods and approaches of folklore studies to public needs and public programs. Students will engage in a variety of outreach projects linking the university to the larger community in the areas of public arts and culture and cultural documentation.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 6 credit hours in FOLK-F 402 and FOLK-X 402.
  
  FOLK-X 476 Museum Practicum in Folklore
  
  Credits
  1–3 credit hours
  Prerequisites
  Prior arrangement with the museum professional supervising work
  Description
  Independent, supervised, folklore-oriented practicum at a campus or community museum or systematic research collection relevant to folklore, ethnography, or cultural history. Participatory activities will be supplemented by reading and writing activities.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with consent of the chair for a maximum of 6 credit hours in FOLK-F 408 and FOLK-X 476.
  
  FOLK-X 477 Field Experience in Folklore/Ethnomusicology
  
  Credits
  1–3 credit hours
  Prerequisites
  Prior arrangement with faculty supervisor(s) and department course contract form
  Description
  Supervised work in public programs such as arts agencies, museums, historical commissions, and archives, including those housed at IU. Relevant readings and written report required.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated with consent of the chair for up to 6 credit hours in FOLK-F 403 and FOLK-X 477.
  
  FOLK-X 490 Individual Study in Folklore
  
  Credits
  1–3 credit hours
  Prerequisites
  Prior arrangement with faculty supervisor(s) and department course contract form
  Description
  May include fieldwork or library research components.
  Repeatability
  May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in FOLK-F 400 and FOLK-X 490.
Minor GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
1. Minor GPA. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the minor—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
2. Minor Minimum Grade. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the minor.
3. Minor Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed at the 300–499 level.
4. Minor Residency. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.

Minor Area Courses

Unless otherwise noted below, the following courses are considered in the academic program and will count toward academic program requirements as appropriate:

Any course at the 100–499 level with the FOLK subject area prefix—as well as any other subject areas that are deemed functionally equivalent
Any course contained on the course lists for the academic program requirements at the time the course is taken—as well as any other courses that are deemed functionally equivalent—except for those listed only under Addenda Requirements
Any course directed to a non-Addenda requirement through an approved exception

This program of study cannot be combined with the following:

Bachelor of Arts in Folklore and Ethnomusicology (FOLKBA)
[Name unavailable] (FLKCRT-TMP)

Exceptions to and substitutions for minor requirements may be made with the approval of the unit's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.