民俗学和民族音乐学系在民俗学的许多子领域提供培训，包括口述叙事，歌曲，物质文化，仪式，节日，世界观以及民族音乐学，即音乐作为文化的研究，重点是领域研究，理论以及音乐的演示和保存。该系致力于在综合性学术课程中研究传统，当代，本土和流行的表现形式。学生和教职员工使用民族志，历史，档案和实验室等多种研究方法，在世界范围内进行研究。学生为各种学术和公共场合的职业做准备。该系的研究生集中于公共实践，强调公共教育，保存和展示领域的研究，批判性指导和实践技能。MA要求至少30个研究生学分，其中包括部门内24个学分的课程
The Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology offers training in a number of subfields of folklore, including oral narrative, song, material culture, ritual, festival, worldview, as well as ethnomusicology, the study of music as culture, with emphasis on area studies, theory, and presentation and preservation of music. The department is dedicated to the study of expressive forms traditional, contemporary, vernacular, and popular within an integrative academic program. Students and faculty conduct research in a range of world areas, using diverse research methods: ethnographic, historical, archival, and laboratory. Students prepare for careers in a variety of academic and public settings. The department offers a graduate concentration in public practice that emphasizes research, critical orientations, and practical skills in the areas of public education, preservation, and presentation. MA requires a minimum of 30 graduate credit hours including 24 credit hours of coursework (8 courses) within the department. Reading proficiency in one foreign language is required. An exam, project, or thesis is required.