For students who wish to study music in a focused and comprehensive way, the Tufts Music Department offers the major in “Music, Sound, and Culture.” This major is open to undergraduates with any and all prior backgrounds in music; it is designed around the interests and needs of individual students. Everyone is welcome!

The Music, Sound, and Culture major consists of 10 or more courses falling within three categories: Foundation (3 courses), Concentration (5 or more courses), and Free Choice (2 courses). The open structure of the Music, Sound, and Culture major enables a rigorous, balanced study in many disciplines of music—such as composition, cultural studies, ethnomusicology, musicology, performance, psychology, technology, and theory—and varieties of music, such as classical, popular, international, film music, and more.

Sample Classes:

• Sound and Structure
• Music Scholarship at Tufts
• Performance
• Composition for Film: Film and Multimedia Composition
• History of Blues