Southeast Asian and Celtic musics, language and music, urbanization, popular music. A small, liberal arts college which has as its emphasis interdisciplinary studies and team teaching. The institution is geared toward undergraduate education, and faculty spend an average of 20 hours a week in direct contact with students. Evergreen has one ethnomusicologist and a folklorist, and several other music, dance and theater faculty with at least some training in ethnomusicology. Students interested in ethnomusicology could regard Evergreen as an appropriate place to prepare for graduate school through the development of an interdisciplinary approach to music and culture and the strong focus on graduate-type seminars.
Courses are newly-created each year to reflect current interests and shifts in team personnel.