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    Spring and Summer 2025 Pre-College Program applications are open!
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    Choose from a range of educational programs designed to prepare high school students for success in higher education.
    Spring and Summer 2025 Pre-College Program applications are open!
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    Academic Preparation

    Experience the academic rigor of challenging topics with college-level coursework and better understand your strengths and areas for improvement.
    #2

    Career Exploration

    Gain insight into your future academic and career goals with opportunities to explore various fields of study and industries through hands-on experience.
    #3

    College Readiness

    Develop essential skills for success in college, including time management, critical thinking, and independent learning to prepare you for campus life.

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    Spend a summer immersed in the college experience

    Summer Intensives

    Choose from a variety of 1-3 week offerings across multiple fields of study

    Gain unique experience in work on research projects with Tufts faculty

    NEW Spring Intensives

    For the first time, this Spring, Tufts Pre-College Programs will offer 1-week intensives during Massachusetts February and April vacation weeks.

    Tufts College Experience

    This is a 6-week, residential offering where high schoolers embark of a preview of college life for an entire semester, including enrolling and earning college credits in traditional Tufts courses, as well as gaining life experience.

    Tufts College Accelerator

    This is a 2-week intensive, offered as either a residential or commuter offering with a chance for students to immerse themselves in the preview of the college experience, allowing these highly motivated students to engage in their own academic experience

     

    Hallmark Courses: Designed for High School Students

    Tufts University
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    Writing Persuasive Prose: Style, Rhetoric, Clarity - B

    UCPC 0094 - B
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    campus Medford/Somerville Campus
    for-credit Tufts Credit Available
    Tufts University
    HHallmark Course
    Not Scheduled

    College Prep 101 - BA

    UCPC 0002 - BA
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    campus Medford/Somerville Campus
    for-credit Not for Credit
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    Tufts University
    HHallmark Course
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    Health Science Honors - B

    UCPC 0090 - B
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    campus Medford/Somerville Campus
    for-credit Tufts Credit Available
    Tufts University
    HHallmark Course
    Not Scheduled

    Law and Ethics - B

    UCPC 0091 - B
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    campus Medford/Somerville Campus
    for-credit Tufts Credit Available

    College Courses Open to High School Students

    Tufts University
    CCourse
    Available

    Etching and Intaglio: Intro - CE

    PRTC 0025 - CE
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    campus Boston Fine Arts Campus
    for-credit Tufts Credit Available
    Tufts University
    CCourse
    Available

    Network Science - 01

    CS 0142 - 01
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    campus Medford/Somerville Campus
    for-credit Tufts Credit Available
    Tufts University
    CCourse
    Available

    Experiments w/Reality Latin Am - A

    SPN 0154 - A
    Calendar
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    campus Medford/Somerville Campus
    for-credit Tufts Credit Available
    Tufts University
    CCourse
    Available

    Roman Imperialism - 01

    CLS 0185 - 01
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    campus Medford/Somerville Campus
    for-credit Tufts Credit Available
    Tufts University
    CCourse
    Available

    Advanced Russian - 01

    RUS 0122 - 01
    Calendar
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    campus Medford/Somerville Campus
    for-credit Tufts Credit Available
    Tufts University
    CCourse
    Available

    Intro to Queer Studies - 01

    WGSS 0073 - 01
    Calendar
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    campus Medford/Somerville Campus
    for-credit Tufts Credit Available
    Tufts University
    CCourse
    Available

    Medical Spanish - A

    SPN 0128 - A
    Calendar
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    campus Medford/Somerville Campus
    for-credit Tufts Credit Available
    Tufts University
    CCourse
    Available

    Medical Spanish - B

    SPN 0128 - B
    Calendar
     to 
    campus Medford/Somerville Campus
    for-credit Tufts Credit Available
    Tufts University
    CCourse
    Available

    Social Movements Global South - 07

    SOC 0094 - 07
    Calendar
     to 
    campus Medford/Somerville Campus
    for-credit Tufts Credit Available
    Tufts University
    CCourse
    Available

    Reproductive Labor, Insts& Pwr - 08

    SOC 0094 - 08
    Calendar
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    campus Medford/Somerville Campus
    for-credit Tufts Credit Available
    Tufts University
    CCourse
    Available

    Sociology of Emotions - 09

    SOC 0094 - 09
    Calendar
     to 
    campus Medford/Somerville Campus
    for-credit Tufts Credit Available
    Tufts University
    CCourse
    Available

    Lat American Women Songwriters - A

    SPN 0192 - A
    Calendar
     to 
    campus Medford/Somerville Campus
    for-credit Tufts Credit Available
    Tufts University
    CCourse
    Available

    Going Mad in Latin American Li - B

    SPN 0192 - B
    Calendar
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    campus Medford/Somerville Campus
    for-credit Tufts Credit Available
    Tufts University
    CCourse
    Available

    Medical Interpretation in POR - A

    POR 0127 - A
    Calendar
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    campus Medford/Somerville Campus
    for-credit Tufts Credit Available
    Tufts University
    CCourse
    Available

    Modern Israel: Politics & Soc - 03

    PS 0138 - 03
    Calendar
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    campus Medford/Somerville Campus
    for-credit Tufts Credit Available
    Tufts University
    CCourse
    Available

    Social Mobilization in Israel - 04

    PS 0138 - 04
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     to 
    campus Medford/Somerville Campus
    for-credit Tufts Credit Available
    Tufts University
    CCourse
    Available

    Advanced Typography - CE

    GRAC 0066 - CE
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    campus Boston Fine Arts Campus
    for-credit Tufts Credit Available
    display Hybrid
    Tufts University
    CCourse
    Available

    Dante's Purgatorio & Paradiso - A

    ITAL 0052 - A
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    for-credit Tufts Credit Available
    display Online
    Tufts University
    CCourse
    Available

    Europe Since 1815 - 01

    HIST 0054 - 01
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    campus Medford/Somerville Campus
    for-credit Tufts Credit Available
    display Hybrid
    Tufts University
    CCourse
    Available

    Jazz Improv Ens. - N3

    MUS 0071 - N3
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    for-credit Not for Credit
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