Regional character of the United States, illustrated by a variety of folklore genres from each region, including legends, songs, customs, arts, and crafts.

Literary aspects of folklore relevant to the English major, including oral literature genres (especially the folktale and ballad) and analysis of the uses of folklore in literary works.

European-American, African-American, and Native American traditions of the southeastern United States with concentration on Georgia, illustrated by materials from the Georgia Folklore Archives.

Traditional hand skills of North American folk-culture regions including folk arts, crafts, architecture, food-ways and preindustrial technology, their Old World sources, and display in folk museums.

An international survey of folk pottery from prehistory to today, combining material folklore study, art history, and cultural geography to explore continuity and change in hand-based technologies, societal uses and meanings of traditional clay products and aesthetics and creativity in each group’s tradition. Global Scholars course.

The oral, musical, customary, and material traditions of England, Scotland, and Wales, including their regional variation and reflection of major historical currents.

Traditional culture from the Celts to the present, including saga literature, farmsteads and houses, music, singing, storytelling, and supernatural beliefs.