1. Applicants may be admitted to the graduate program if they have an average of at least grade 'B' in no fewer than 36 credit hours in Folklore or in any other discipline in the Humanities or Social Sciences.

2. There are two different pathways to obtain the M.A. in Folklore:

   a) Courses and Thesis
   
   b) Courses and Co-operative Work Term
   
   The M.A. program normally begins in the Fall semester and takes six consecutive semesters to complete it (e.g., a two-year period).

   1. M.A. With Thesis:

      1. Students choosing to do the M.A. with thesis must normally complete a minimum of 24 credit hours (i.e., 8 courses) plus a thesis. The required courses are:

         • Core/Foundational Courses: 6010, 6020, and 6030, normally taken as an integrated foundation in the Fall semester.

         • At least one from each of the following three categories: Theory and History, Place and Ethnographies, and Genres (courses listed below).

         • 6 additional credit hours (two courses) from any other courses offered by the Department.

      2. Each student must choose a Supervisor by the end of their first semester (Fall). In the second semester (Winter), the student must submit their Thesis Topic Statement, prepared in consultation with the Supervisor, to the Department. The deadline for the Statement is February 15. Upon the approval of the Statement by the Department, the student, in consultation with the Supervisor, should prepare and submit an application for ethics approval to conduct research involving human subjects. The student will normally conduct their thesis fieldwork in their third semester (Summer/Spring). A written Thesis Proposal shall normally be submitted to the Department and presented orally before members of the faculty by the end of the student’s fourth semester (Fall). The written Thesis Proposal should be made available to faculty members at least two weeks prior to the scheduled date of the student's oral presentation of the proposal.

   2. M.A. With Public and Applied Folklore Co-operative Education Work Terms:

      1. Students choosing to do the M.A. with Public and Applied Folklore Co-operative Education option must normally complete a minimum of 24 credit hours plus two co-operative education work terms. The required courses are:

         • 6010, 6020, and 6030, normally taken as an integrated foundation in the Fall semester, and 6740.

         • At least one from each of the following categories: Theory and History, Place and Ethnographies, and Genres.

         • Three additional credit hours (one course) from any other courses offered by the Department.

         • 601W and 602W (Work Terms).

      2. The dates for starting and finishing each work term are shown at www.mun.ca/coop.

      3. The Co-op component of the program is managed by the Academic Staff Members in Co-operative Education for the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (ASMs-CE). It is the student’s responsibility to seek and obtain a work term. Work terms cannot be guaranteed by the University although every effort will be made to assist students in their job searches. Work term jobs may be outside St. John’s and possibly outside Newfoundland and Labrador. Work term jobs identified by students must be confirmed in writing by the employer and approved by the ASM-CE on or before the first day of the work term.

      4. By entering the program, students give permission for ASMs-CE to supply their resumes and transcripts to potential employers.

      5. Work terms are co-evaluated by a faculty member in the department of Folklore and by the ASM-CE.

      6. The work term evaluation shall consist of two components:

         • On-the-job Student Performance as evaluated by ASM-CE with feedback from the student’s on-site supervisor.

         • One or more reports graded by the student’s program supervisor in consultation with the ASM-CE.

      7. Evaluation of the work term will result in the assignment of one of the following final grades:

         • Pass with Distinction: Indicates OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE in both the work report(s) and work performance.

         • Pass: Indicates that PERFORMANCE MEETS EXPECTATIONS in both the work report(s) and work performance.

         • Fail: Indicates FAILING PERFORMANCE in the work report(s) and/or the work performance.

      8. A student is not permitted to drop a work term without prior approval of the Department and the ASMs-CE. A student who drops a work term without permission, or who fails to honour an agreement to work with an employer, will be assigned a grade of FAL (fail) for that work term.

         A student who conducts oneself in such a manner as to cause termination from the job, will normally be assigned a grade of FAL (fail) for that work term.

Courses are structured according to the categories of: Core/Foundational, Theory and History, Place and Ethnographies, Genres, and Special Topics.

Core/Foundational Courses

• 6010 Survey of Folklore Genres and Processes
• 6020 Field and Research Methods
• 6030 Folklore Theories
• 7000 Advanced Folkloristics I (Required PhD)

Theory and History

• 6050 Issues in Folkloristics
• 6060 Foundations of Performance Studies
• 6070 Issues in Folklife
• 6260 Ethnography of Communication
• 6730 Folklore, Gender, and Sexuality
• 6740 Public Sector Folklore
• 6750 Popular Culture: Theory and Debate
• 6780 Ethnicities

Place and Ethnographies

• 6240 Folklore and Nationalism
• 6380 Perspectives on Cultural Tourism
• 6410 Vernacular Architecture
• 6760 Archiving
• 6770 The Global and the Local
• 6790 Museums: Perspectives and Practices
• 6800 Applied Folklore
• 7100 Advanced Folkloristics II: Research and Ethnography

Genres

• 6100 Song and Music
• 6120 Ballad
• 6130 Folklore Music Canons and Documentary Sound Recordings
• 6200 Folktale
• 6210 Legend
• 6220 Personal Narrative
• 6300 Ethnography of Belief
• 6310 Health Systems
• 6350 Custom
• 6370 Ritual, Festival, and Public Display
• 6400 Material Culture
• 6420 Art and Artifact
• 6430 Food and Culture
• 6510 Occupational Folklife
• 6710 Oral Tradition and Oral History
• 6720 Folklore and Literature

Special Topics

• 6511-29 Special Topics in Folklore
• 6550, 6552-69 Special Research in Folklore
• 6570-79 Reading Course in Folklore

Co-operative Education Work Terms

• 601W Work Term I
• 602W Work Term II