Take CSCE 477/877 Cryptography and Computer Security this summer from June 6 - July 8 via distance learning. Prereqs for the class are CSCE 310 or 311 and MATH 314/814.
Introductory course on cryptography and computer security. Topics: classical cryptography (substitution, Vigenere, Hill and permutation ciphers, and the one-time pad); Block ciphers and stream ciphers; The Data Encryption Standard; Public-key cryptography, including RSA and El-Gamal systems; Signature schemes, including the Digital Signature Standard; Key exchange, key management and identification protocols.