Oct 17, 2026  
2026-2027 University Catalog 
    
2026-2027 University Catalog

CS 35500 - Introduction To Cryptography


Credit Hours: 3.00.  An introduction to cryptography basics: Classic historical ciphers including Caesar, Vigenere, and Vernam ciphers; modern ciphers including DES, AES, Pohlig-Hellman, and RSA; signatures and digests; key exchange; simple protocols; block and stream ciphers; network-centric protocols.
Learning Outcomes
1.  Understand the basic concepts and proof techniques in cryptography.
2.  Develop skills to define and evaluate the security of existing schemes.
3.  Construct provably secure schemes for common cryptographic tasks.
Credit Hours: 3.00