FOLK 10100 - Introduction To Folklore

A view of the main forms and varieties of folklore and folk expression in tales, ballads, myths, legends, beliefs, games, proverbs, riddles, and traditional arts. The role of folklore in the life of mankind.

Preparation for Course
P: Placement at or above ENGL 13100 (or Equivalent).

Cr. 3.
Student Learning Outcomes
1. Recognize and describe humanistic, historical, or artistic works or problems and patterns of the human experience.
2. Apply disciplinary methodologies, epistemologies, and traditions of the humanities and the arts, including the ability to distinguish primary and secondary sources.
3. Analyze and evaluate texts, objects, events, or ideas in their cultural, intellectual or historical contexts.
4. Analyze the concepts and principles of various types of humanistic or artistic expression.
5. Create, interpret, or reinterpret artistic and/or humanistic works through performance or criticism.
6. Develop arguments about forms of human agency or expression grounded in rational analysis and in an understanding of and respect for spatial, temporal, and cultural contexts.