| Date | Topics | Notes/Resources | Assigned Reading | Individual Assignments | Group Assignments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 January 25--January 31st | |||||
| 1/26 | Sets Relations and Functions, Intro to Sage and Latex. | Section 1.1 | Homework 0 PDF | ||
| 1/28 | |||||
| Week 2 February 1st--7th | |||||
| 2/2 | Caesar Ciphers, Linear Ciphers | Discussion Questions | |||
| 2/4 | Combinatorics, Probability, Encryption Schemes | Sections 1.2-1.4, 2.1 | Project 1 | ||
| Week 3 February 8th--14th | |||||
| 2/9 | Random Numbers, Perfect Secrecy, Computational Security, Eavsdropping Attacks | Sections 1.5, 2-2-2.5 | |||
| 2/11 | Homework 1 | ||||
| Week 4 February 15th--21st | |||||
| 2/16 | Random Generators, The integers | Sections 2.8, 3.1 | |||
| 2/18 | Project 1 | ||||
| Week 5 February 22nd--February 28th | |||||
| 2/23 | Congruences, Exponentiation, Groups | Sections 3.2, 3.3, first half of 4.1 | Homework 2 | ||
| 2/25 | |||||
| Week 6 March 1st--7th | |||||
| 3/2 | |||||
| 3/4 | |||||
| Week 7 March 8th--14th | |||||
| 3/9 | |||||
| 3/11 | |||||
| Spring Break | |||||
| March 15th--21st | |||||
| Week 8 March 22nd--28th | |||||
| 3/23 | |||||
| 3/25 | |||||
| Week 9 March 29th- April 4th | |||||
| 3/30 | |||||
| 4/1 | |||||
| Week 10 April 5th--11th | |||||
| 4/6 | |||||
| 4/8 | Midterm | ||||
| Week 11 April 12th--April 18th | |||||
| 4/13 | |||||
| 4/15 | |||||
| Week 12 April 19th--April 25th | |||||
| 4/20 | |||||
| 4/22 | |||||
| Week 13 April 26th--May 2nd | |||||
| 4/27 | |||||
| 4/29 | |||||
| Week 14 May 3rd--May 9th | |||||
| 5/4 | |||||
| 5/6 | |||||
| Week 15 May 10th--16th | |||||
| 5/11 | |||||
| Beginning of Finals Period | |||||
| Week 16 | |||||
| 5/13 | Final Exam (Section 101) | ||||
| 5/18 | Final Exam (Section 002) | ||||