Tests (3)

60%

Course Project

20%

Homework/Lab Assignments

20%

94 - 100

A

90 - 93

A-

87 - 89

B+

84 - 86

B

80 - 83

B-

77 - 79

C+

70 - 76

C

60 - 69

D

below 60

F

All of the tests will be "take home." Students will post test answers in an ANGEL drop box.

Test questions will be taken from textbook reading assignments, class lectures/notes/activities, and homework/lab assignments. Test questions will consist primarily of short answer/completion and essay questions.

See course content for test due dates.

Assignments are individual or pair activities. Assignments must clearly display your name, homework/lab number, homework/lab due date, your email address and your mailbox number on a cover sheet.

Unless there are extenuating circumstances, late homework/lab assignments will not be accepted.

On October 15 we will be taking a field trip to the National Cryptologic Museum. Please note the following:

• Participation in the field trip is a course requirement.
• The field trip will encompass a full day of activity (approximately 8am - 3pm)
• Everyone is required to ride the bus that we will rent for the field trip.
• We will stop for lunch at a fast food restaurant. Everyone will be responsible for paying for his/her lunch.

All students will be required to complete a course project and oral presentation (approximately 20 minutes in length) either as an individual or in a small group. Students will choose their own project topic with advice and assistance from the course instructors. Project proposals must be submitted by September 30. Oral presentations will be given and papers/project documentation will be due at the final exam. Additional details regarding the course project and oral presentation will be discussed in class.

All students are expected to act with civility and personal integrity; respect other students' dignity, rights and property; and help create and maintain an environment in which all students can succeed through the fruits of their own efforts. An environment of academic integrity is requisite to respect for self and others and to maintaining a civil community.

Academic integrity includes a commitment to not engage in or tolerate acts of falsification, misrepresentation or deception. Such acts of dishonesty include cheating or copying, plagiarizing, submitting another person's work as one's own, using Internet sources without citation, fabricating field data or citations, "ghosting" (taking or having another student take an exam), stealing examinations, tampering with the academic work of another student, facilitating other students' acts of academic dishonesty, etc.

Academic dishonesty violates the fundamental ethical principles of the University community and compromises the worth of work completed by others. A student should avoid academic dishonesty when preparing work for any class. If charged with academic dishonesty, students will receive written or oral notice of the charge by the instructor. Students who contest the charge should first seek resolution through discussion with the faculty member or the campus Director of Academic Affairs. If the matter is not resolved, the student may request a hearing with the Commonwealth College Committee on Academic Integrity at the campus.

Sanctions for breaches of academic integrity may range (depending on the severity of the offense) from receiving an "F" for the assignment to receiving an "F" for the course. In severe cases of academic dishonesty, including, but not limited to, stealing exams or "ghosting" an exam, students may receive a grade of "XF", a formal University disciplinary sanction that indicates on the student's transcript that failure in the course was due to a serious act of academic dishonesty. The University's statement on Academic Integrity from which the above statement was drawn is available at: http://www.psu.edu/dept/oue/aappm/G-9.html

Students are expected to abide by the Penn State Policy AD20 Computer and Network Security. Violations of this policy can result in termination of privileges, academic probation, expulsion from Penn State or criminal prosecution.

Penn State York does not discriminate against qualified students with documented disabilities. If you have a disability related need for modifications in this course, please contact one of the instructors during the first week of class. You may also choose to contact the Learning Center for assistance with testing accommodations that extend beyond the scope of the instructor.

Dates

Topics

Corresponding Text Material

Introduction
Basic Definitions

Chapter 1 (B)
Chapter 1 (S)

Monoalphabetic Ciphers
Frequency analysis

Chapter 1 (B)
Chapter 1 (S)

Polyalphabetic Ciphers - Vigenère Square
Cryptanalysis (Kasiski & Friedman Tests)
Index of Coincidence

• Homework #1

Chapter 2 (B)
Chapter 2 (S)

The Mechanization of Secrecy

• Homework #2

Chapter 3 (S)
Chapter 3: Sections 3.1 - 3.3 (B)
Chapter 3: Section 3.4 for the technically inclined (B)

Enigma
Alan Turing (Bombe)
Ultra
Bletchley Park

• Course Project Proposal due 09/30
• Test #1 - take home - due 10/05 (posted on ANGEL)
• Class cancelled 10/12 (compensation for National Cryptological Museum field trip)
• National Cryptological Museum field trip (10/15)
• Homework #3

Chapter 3 (S)
Chapter 4 (S)

Lorenz
Colossus

• Test #2 - take home - due 10/28 (posted on ANGEL)

Instructor's Notes

Friedman
Purple
Pacific War
Early NSA

Chapters 4 & 5 (S)

Introduction to Public Key Cryptography

Chapter 6 (S)
Chapter 5 (B)

International Field Trip to London, Bletchley Park and Imperial War Museum at Duxford

Authentication

• Homework #4

Introduction to PGP (Pretty Good Privacy)

• PGP installation/communication as an optional homework assignment #5
• Test #3 - take home - due 12/09 (posted on ANGEL)

Chapter 7 (S)
Chapter 5 (B)

Final Exam Week
Course Project Papers and Presentations