CSC 329 - Cryptology

The study of making and breaking secret codes, including classical ciphers and their cryptanalysis, modern symmetric ciphers, and public-key systems, and their application in cryptographic protocols for secrecy, key exchange, information assurance, and authentication. Analysis of the security of cryptosystems using tools from mathematics and computer science.

Satisfies as an elective requirement  in the Computer Science major and minor.
Counts towards the Mathematics major and minor.
Counts as an elective in the Social Science track of the Applied Mathemetics interdisciplinary minor.

Prerequisites & Notes
MAT 150, and one of CSC/MAT220 or MAT 230