UW-Madison deep dive (classes)

  PhD in Cultural Anthropology:

1. University of Wisconsin - Madison
1. Professors to possible have as mentors
1. Focus on folklore:
1. Katherine Bowie (Combining archival research with oral histories, interviews and participant-observation.... she focuses on Asia but still.) 
2. Maria Lepowsky (historical anthropology, cultural anthropology, ritual)
3. Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney (Cultural identity.... she focuses on Japan but still...)
2. Focus on religion and Ritual
1. .... none of them.... fuck. 
2. In this schools program a mentor is assigned, in all of the other ones you have to find a mentor. 
2. Intended Minor: Folklore (9 higher level credits 300+)
3. Language requirement: Swedish ("Language requirements are determined on an individual basis with the major professor and will depend on the area concentration within the department.")

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MA - Minimum 30 credits of graduate course work, 15 credits in cultural anthropology, including ANTHRO 860 and ANTHRO 900, and one additional 900-level seminar (not to include ANTHRO 909 if continuing in Ph.D. program).

PhD - 21 additional credits to the master's degree (doesn't say that it needs to be anthro... like specified in MA... soooo folklore????), including at least one graduate seminar above the 900 level in addition in the Department of Anthropology. In addition, students must also take ANTHRO 909, which may be taken as a directed study when

Graduate level anthro classes I need/want to take:

• ANTHRO/​FOLKLORE  520 — ETHNIC REPRESENTATIONS IN WISCONSIN
• ANTHRO 456 — SYMBOLIC ANTHROPOLOGY (can be taken at graduate level)
• ANTHRO/​FOLKLORE/​MUSIC/​THEATRE  539 — THE FOLKLORE OF FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS
• ANTHRO 690 — PROBLEMS IN ANTHROPOLOGY (can be repeated for additional credits!!?)
• ANTHRO/​ART HIST/​DS/​HISTORY/​LAND ARC  764 — DIMENSIONS OF MATERIAL CULTURE
• ANTHRO 860 — HISTORY OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY (mandatory)
• ANTHRO 900 — FUNDAMENTALS OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY (mandatory) 
• ANTHRO 909 — RESEARCH METHODS AND RESEARCH DESIGN IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (mandatory)
• ANTHRO 940 — SEMINAR-PROBLEMS IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY ( i have to take 2 900+ seminars... might have to take this one twice)
• ANTHRO 917 — GLOBALIZATION AND TRANSNATIONAL CULTURES
• ANTHRO/​GEN&WS  920 — ANTHROPOLOGY OF GENDER
• ANTHRO 990 — RESEARCH AND THESIS (this is when i'm working on phd thesis)

Folklore minor that can be done with 9 advanced credits

Advanced options for minor that contribute to grad degree:

*** the "but can count?" ones can contribute to my degree so long as 50% are graduate classes i think.... if i did my math right i can take 8 non graduate classes

• FOLKLORE/​SCAND ST  440 — SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN FOLKLORE (not grad class but can count?)
• FOLKLORE/​MEDIEVAL/​SCAND ST  446 — CELTIC-SCANDINAVIAN CULTURAL INTERRELATIONS (not grad class but can count?)
• FOLKLORE/​AMER IND/​ANTHRO  431 — AMERICAN INDIAN FOLKLORE (Grad class)
• FOLKLORE/​AMER IND/​ANTHRO/​GEN&WS  437 — AMERICAN INDIAN WOMEN (not grad class but could count?)
• FOLKLORE/​AFRICAN  471 — ORAL TRADITIONS AND THE WRITTEN WORD (Grad class)
• FOLKLORE/​L I S  490 — FIELD METHODS AND THE PUBLIC PRESENTATION OF FOLKLORE (not a grad class but can count?)
• FOLKLORE 970 — SEMINAR IN FOLKLORE (Ayyyyyy another seminar!) (graduate)

non graduate level that i just really want to take if i can: (all of the folklore ones can count towards the minor)

ANTHRO 545 — PSYCHOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

FOLKLORE 451 — THE SUPERNATURAL IN THE MODERN WORLD

FOLKLORE/​GEN&WS  467 — WOMEN AND POLITICS IN POPULAR CULTURE AND FOLKLORE

FOLKLORE 510 — FOLKLORE THEORY

FOLKLORE 517 — THE IRISH TRADITION

FOLKLORE 518 — THE SCOTTISH TRADITION