Folklore Studies Graduate Certificate at George Mason University

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.

Faculty: College of Humanities and Social Sciences  |  Duration: 18 credits  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Fairfax, VA, United States

What you will study

Total 18 credits. Curriculum courses listed include Advanced Introduction to Folklore and Folklife; Folklore and Ethnographic Research Methods; Folklore Theory and History; Topics in Public and Applied Folklore; Topics in Genre and Theory; Topics in Regional Folklore Studies.

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