2014-2015 University Catalog
Folklore Studies Graduate Certificate
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Banner Code: LA-CERG-FLKS
Web: folkloreprograms.gmu.edu
The certificate in folklore studies enables students to explore the processes of tradition that move through multiple expressive forms, such as folktales, folk beliefs, folk medicine, folk art, folksong, and literature. A discipline based on ethnographic fieldwork, folklore studies offers students a chance to work in communities and collect living traditional materials that are critical to human identity and values. Interdisciplinary by nature, folklore thrives on local particularities as well as compelling global connections.
This certificate prepares students for careers in cultural agencies, governmental organizations, and teaching institutions, and advanced study in folklore and in the humanities.
This program of study is offered by the Department of English .
The graduate certificate in folklore studies may be pursued on a part-time or full-time basis. |