COMP133 - Cryptography: The Art and Science of Secret Writing

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Academic Year 2004/2005

Cryptography: The Art and Science of Secret Writing
COMP 133 FA

The history of codemaking and codebreaking from Caesar's substitution cipher to public key cryptography. Emphasis will be placed on the mathematics behind the various schemes that have been developed to hide information and secure communication.

MAJOR READINGS

To be announced

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

To be announced

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

While there are no prerequisites for the course, mastery of high school mathematics will be expected.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: NSM MATH Grading Mode: Student Option

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Krizanc,Daniel

Times: ..T.R.. 09:00AM-10:20AM; Location: SCIE141;

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 19)

SR. major: X Jr. major: X

SR. non-major: X Jr. non-major: X SO: X FR: 19

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Quantitative Reasoning

FYI: FYI Seminar

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Last Updated on MAR-21-2005