Way ahead of myself, but are there any good graduate programs for cryptography/cryptanalysis?

<p>Hi, everyone! I will be starting undergrad in the fall and my current plan is to major in math, cs, and music. But I really really love cryptography/cryptanalysis and could totally see myself doing something with the field. Are there any graduate programs for this?</p>

<p>I’d just explore it in undergrad for now --it is too early to search for grad schools! But cryptography is usually in the CS department although aspects could be in the math dept or math faculty might also be working on these problems. A couple I happen to know of offhand are in CS depts at UCSD, UCLA, U Maryland-CP and Brown. There are more of course. </p>

<p>You might like this:
<a href=“An Introduction to Mathematical Cryptography”>http://www.math.brown.edu/~jhs/MathCryptoHome.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>You want to triple-major in math, computer science, and music? I think you should find out if that is even possible. While CS and math do have some overlap and would make an excellent double major, they still are quite distinct degrees and will take up a lot of time. Music is also a very demanding major with a particular sequence of courses and many hours practicing, taking private lessons (for performance), and doing recitals. Let’s say that for an overlapping CS/math double major there are 5 shared courses, so about 15 credits. Majors are usually about 40 credits, so 40 + 40 = 80 - 15 = 65 credits. Then the music major is 40 credits (sometimes more, because of the lessons and 1-credit seminar requirements) and won’t overlap, so that’s 105 credits. Since you usually need to take 120 credits to graduate, you will only have 15 leftover credits to finish general education and divisional requirements, and that’s probably impossible.</p>

<p>If you want to study cryptology on the graduate level, a math and CS double-major sounds like an excellent plan. You should probably plan to take a few courses in music, but not be able to triple-major in it.</p>

<p>@juillet thanks for the advice. However, my full-tuition scholarship is dependent on at least a music minor. I was probably going to do comp/theory major; even if I do major in performance, these are all BAs- only one recital. This is a small LAC, so the math, CS, and music degrees aren’t super intensive. I’ve looked at all the classes and they do all fit- I’m coming in taking data structures and linear algebra, and I only have 3 gen eds.</p>

<p>I am aware of what a music degree entails. My brother is getting a BM from a top conservatory; however, I would be getting a BA.</p>

<p>There are 8 math classes, 8 cs classes, and 10 music classes I have to take (plus 3 gen eds). Then I add ensembles (hopefully 4 a semester) and private lessons every semester.</p>