Student Body:
Students in Mathematics, Computer Sciences and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Background and Goals:
Cryptography is the art and science of transmitting digital information in a secure manner. This course will provide an introduction to its technical aspects.
Alternatives:
N/A
Subsequent Courses:
N/A
Course Content:
- Substitution ciphers, affine ciphers, the Vigenere cipher, Feistel ciphers
- DES, AES
- Modern cryptographic systems and underlying mathematics: modular arithmetic, prime number theory, factorization theory, group theory, field theory, public key cryptosystems.
- Cryptographic protocols
- Pseudo-random sequences
credits:
3. (N-A)
semester:
Spring
prereqs:
Math 320 or 340, or consent of instructor.