Program: Folklore, Minor - Bowling Green State University

Mar 31, 2025

Fall 2023 Undergraduate Catalog

The Department of Popular Culture studies the forms of creative expression we use in everyday life. Courses in folklore focus on the study of folklore genres, such as folktales and legends, rituals and festivals, or material culture, as well as on the folklore of a region or occupation, or the folklore surrounding a topic or issue (such as folklore of death) (See also Popular Culture, Minor .)

Minor Only

(20 Credits)

Required Courses

CCS 4890 - Internship
POPC 2200 - Introduction to Folklore and Folklife
POPC 3200 - Folktale and Legend
POPC 3210 - Folklife and Material Culture
POPC 3250 - The Folk Group/Folk Region *
POPC 4240 - Topics In Folklore Genres *
POPC 3250 - The Folk Group/Folk Region Contact Hours: 3 *
or
POPC 4240 - Topics In Folklore Genres Contact Hours: 3 *

Note:

* POPC 3250 and POPC 4240 can be repeated if the topic is different, but the same topic (the same 3 credit hours) cannot be counted in more than one category within the minor. Courses other than those specified above may be substituted with the approval of the Popular Culture Undergraduate Advisor.