I’m excited to teach “Cryptography: The History and Mathematics of Codes and Ciphers” again this fall. It’s my favorite course to teach, and I hope you find it interesting, too.
Here’s a copy of the Fall 2017 syllabus. Please read this before class on Friday, when we’ll talk about various aspects of the course and I’ll take your questions on the syllabus.
On the Contact page, you’ll find directions to my office, which you’ll need for the “get to know you meetings” you signed up for over the next week. Be sure to give yourself a few extra minutes to find my office the first time, and feel free to call the Center for Teaching (where I work) if you get lost: 615-322-7290.
I thought I would share a couple of links related to Edward Snowden and the NSA. During class, I shared this graphic from ProPublica summarizing the various NSA programs that we’ve learned about from Snowden’s leak. I also recommend listening to this interview with one of the reporters who put together the chart, which aired on ProPublica’s podcast.
I’ll also remind you that you should read the first chapter in our textbook, The Code Book by Simon Singh, before class on Monday. We’ll talk about other upcoming assignments during class on Friday.
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