MATH 316 - Cryptology

3 Credit Hours
The making and breaking of secret ciphers and codes. Classical ciphers: shift, affine, Vigenère, substitution, Hill, one-time pads, and Enigma. A brief introduction to number theory. Modern methods: RSA algorithm, DES, AES: Rijndael, discrete logarithms and elliptic curves.

Prerequisites: Undergraduate level MATH225 Minimum grade of D

Levels: Graduate Undergraduate

College of Arts & Sciences Mathematics