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RELIG ST 326

THE SUPERNATURAL IN THE MODERN WORLD

3 credits.

Explores evidence of belief in the supernatural in the modern world as it appears in the context of folk religion, folk medicine, legends, folk drama, ritual and custom, and media accounts and presentations. Surveys scholarly approaches to the topic. Course not available to students with credits for Folklore 415 before Fall 2023.

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Requisites: Satisfied Communications A or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize and explore different types of supernatural narratives, practices, and beliefs from around the world and throughout history. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Analyze the roles that supernatural narratives, practices, and beliefs play in human societies, and in the lives of individuals. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze “the supernatural” in relationship to historical memories, cultural anxieties, folk traditions, spiritual beliefs, physiological sensations, political conflicts, environmental disasters, and existential imperatives. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Engage with the course themes via analytical and creative written responses, experiential learning experiments, and the active documentation of folklore. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize and explore different types of supernatural narratives, practices, and beliefs from around the world and throughout history. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Analyze the roles that supernatural narratives, practices, and beliefs play in human societies, and in the lives of individuals. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze “the supernatural” in relationship to historical memories, cultural anxieties, folk traditions, spiritual beliefs, physiological sensations, political conflicts, environmental disasters, and existential imperatives. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Engage with the course themes via analytical and creative written responses, experiential learning experiments, and the active documentation of folklore. Audience: Undergraduate

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