Undergraduates and Special Students may earn a Certificate in Folklore. Undergraduates also may design an individual major with a folklore concentration by consulting with the Program’s advisor.
Graduate students may earn a Ph.D. minor or, if accepted by a willing department, fashion a special committee Ph.D. in Folklore.
The courses below are color coordinated by introductory core, genre, geographic areas, theories and methods:
| No. | Course title | Credits | Crosslisting |
| 100 | Introduction to Folklore | 3 | |
| 102 | Introduction to Comparative Ethnic Studies | 3 | Chicana/o Studies, Latina/o Studies |
| 103 | Introduction to Music Cultures of the World | 3 | Music |
| 210 | The African Storyteller | 3 | African Languages and Literature |
| 211 | Global Language Issues | 3 | Anthropology, International Studies, Linguistics |
| 220 | The Folk Tale | 3 | |
| 230 | Introduction to American Folklore | 3 | |
| 237 | Heroes, Rogues, and Scoundrels in Global Perspective | 3 | |
| 270 | The Hero and Trickster in African Oral Narrative | 3 | African Languages and Literature |
| 279 | Introduction to Turkish Folk Literature | 3 | Languages and Cultures of Asia |
| 320 | Folklore of Wisconsin | 3 | |
| 326 | Introduction to Asian Performance | 3-4 | Theatre and Drama, Dance |
| 329 | Introduction to African-American Performance | 3 | |
| 339 | Studies in Folklore and Ethnic Genres in Performance | 3 | Theatre and Drama, Dance |
| 342 | In Translation: Mythology of Scandinavia | 3-4 | Scandinavian Studies |
| 344 | Anthropological Approaches to Folklore | 3 | Anthropology |
| 345 | In Translation: The Scandinavian Tale & Ballad | 3-4 | Scandinavian Studies |
| 346 | In Translation: The Icelandic Sagas | 3-4 | Scandinavian Studies |
| 347 | In Translation: Kalevala and Finnish Folklore | 3-4 | Scandinavian Studies |
| 352 | Shamanism | 3 | Religious Studies |
| 353 | Javanese Performance | 3 | Theatre and Drama, Dance |
| 359 | Myth | 3 | Religious Studies |
| 370 | Romani (Gypsy) Culture in Russia and East Europe | 3 | Slavic Languages and Literatures |
| 374 | Indian Folklore | 3 | Languages and Cultures of Asia |
| 399 | Directed Studies in Folklore (Undergraduate) | 1-3 | |
| 401 | Musical Cultures of the World: Africa, Middle East, Iran, India | 3 | Music |
| 402 | Musical Cultures of the World: East and South East Asia | 3 | Music |
| 403 | Music Cultures of the World: China, Korea, and Japan | 3 | Music |
| 404 | Music of South East Asia: Tradition, Innovation, Politics, and Religion | 3 | Music |
| 405 | Structures of African Oral Narratives | 3 | African Languages and Literature |
| 410 | Folklore Studies in Historical Perspective | 3 | |
| 411 | African Poetry | 3 | African Languages and Literature |
| 428 | Gender and Expressive Culture | 3 | Anthropology |
| 437 | American Indian Women | 3 | |
| 439 | Foodways | 3 | |
| 431 | American Indian Folklore | 3 | American Indian Studies, Anthropology |
| 436 | Jewish Studies: Holocaust | 3 | |
| 440 | Scandinavian-American Folklore | 3 | Scandinavian Studies |
| 443 | Sami Culture, Yesterday and Today | 4 | Scandinavian Studies |
| 444 | Slavic and East European Folklore | 3 | Slavic Languages and Literatures |
| 445 | Russian Folklore | 3 | Slavic Languages and Literatures |
| 446 | Celtic-Scandinavian Cultural Interrelations | Scandinavian Studies | |
| 450 | The Ballad | 3 | |
| 451 | The Supernatural in the Modern World | 3 | |
| 453 | Javanese Performance Repertory | 3 | Theatre and Drama, Dance |
| 460 | Folk Epics | 3 | |
| 471 | Oral Tradition and the Written Word | 3 | African Languages and Literature |
| 490 | Field Methods and the Public Presentation of Folklore | 3 | Library and Information Science |
| 491 | Practicum in Public Folklore | 1-3 | |
| 510 | Folklore Theory | 3 | |
| 512 | Material Culture Analysis: The Arts and the Consumer Society | 3 | Environment, Textiles and Design |
| 515 | Proseminar in Ethnomusicology | 3 | Music |
| 517 | The Irish Tradition | 3 | English |
| 518 | The Scottish Tradition | 3 | English |
| 520 | Ethnic Representations in Wisconsin | 4 | Anthropology |
| 521 | Introduction to Turkish Folk Literature | 3 | Languages and Cultures of Asia |
| 522 | Digitally Documenting Everyday Communication | Communication Arts | |
| 530 | Topics in Folklore | 3 | |
| 535 | American Folk and Vernacular Music | 3 | Music |
| 539 | The Folklore of Festivals and Celebrations | 3 | Anthropology, Music, Theatre and Drama |
| 540 | Local Culture & Identity in the Upper Midwest | 3 | |
| 560 | Folklore in a Digital Age | 3 | Communication Arts |
| 612 | Prison Narratives of the African Diaspora | 3 | Afro-American Studies |
| 630 | Seminar on American Folklore | 3 | |
| 639 | Field School: Ethnography of Wisconsin Festivals | 6-8 | Anthropology |
| 640 | Topics in Ethnographic Textiles | 3 | Environment, Textiles and Design |
| 655 | Comparative World Dress | variable | Environment, Textiles and Design |
| 699 | Independent Study in Folklore (Graduate) | 1-3 | |
| 716 | Seminar in Musical Instruments of the World | 3 | Music |
| 720 | Bibliography and research Methods: Ethnomusicology | 3 | Music |
| 875 | Topics in Turkish Oral Narrative and Poetry | 3 | Languages and Cultures of Asia |
| 915 | Seminar in Ethnomusicology | 3 | Music |
| 970 | Seminar in Folklore | 3 | |
