Hello and welcome to the web site of the Department of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University! The Department of Popular Culture aspires to be the pre-eminent academic department of popular culture studies in the United States and one of the best in the world. The mission of the Department of Popular Culture is to lead and excel in the field of popular culture studies through scholarship, teaching and service of outstanding quality to the academic community as a whole, the state of Ohio and the society at large. Academic offerings in the department include courses leading to the Bachelor of Arts and  Master of Arts degrees. Our standard curricula each year include courses in theory and methods, folklore, literature, music, television, and film as well as courses developed by faculty in specialized areas such as Asian studies, international popular culture, black popular culture, and youth culture. Our core courses are taught by 10 full-time faculty members who each hold the doctoral degree in such fields as American studies, anthropology, Asian cultures and languages, folklore, and women's studies. The Department also houses the Center for Popular Culture Studies.