民俗学的研究重点是日常生活中的创造力，着眼于创造力行动的世界–从被子制作到嘻哈自由造型–社区充满意义的一切。本科专业邀请学生批判性地探索这些世界，以了解身份如何在表演和事物中发声。该研究生课程提供了民俗学硕士课程，以挑战学生来思考民俗实践如何成为解决当今最紧迫的社会问题的工具。硕士课程使学生都能广泛了解民俗学（包括对â¢Å“traditional—或¢¢â“白话”的研究的复杂历史。在一个有意识的“现代”和“全球”世界范围内的¬ť文化），并在感兴趣的特定领域发展专业知识。我们计划的毕业生将在公共部门工作
The study of Folklore focuses on creativity in everyday life, looking to the worlds of creative actioneverything from quilt-making to hip-hop free-stylingthat communities fill with meaning. The undergraduate major invites students to critically explore these worlds, coming to understand how identity finds voice in performances and things. The graduate programwhich offers an MA in Folklorechallenges students to consider how folklore practice can become a vehicle for addressing the most pressing social issues of our times. The MA program enables students both to gain a broad appreciation of the discipline of Folklore (including the complex history of the study of traditional or vernacular culture in a self-consciously modern and global world) and to develop expertise in a particular area of interest. Graduates of our program take jobs in the public sector, bring their folklorist's eye to work in other professional fields as diverse as museum curatorship and medicine, and go on to further graduate work in Anthropology, Communication Studies, Film Studies, and Information and Library Science as well as in Folklore.