博士学位要求至少90个研究生学分。MA工作最多30个学分时数可计入博士学位。未成年人是必需的。要求具备两种外语阅读能力，一种是深造外语，一种是外语，另一种是经过认可的研究技能。可以在部门内获得民族音乐学专业的副学士学位和/或将民族音乐学专业的课程推向轨道发展。
Our department is a world-renowned center for the integrative study of human expressive culture, at home and abroad, in the past and the present. The only department to combine the disciplines of folklore and ethnomusicology, we offer a unique education in three interrelated areas: humanistic inquiry and analysis, artistic performance and presentation, and public engagement. The Ph.D. requires a minimum of 90 graduate credit hours. A maximum of 30 credit hours of M.A. work may count towards the Ph.D. A minor is required. A language requirement fulfilled by one of the following: reading proficiency in two foreign languages, in-depth knowledge of a single foreign language, or proficiency in one foreign language.