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Weeks 1 - 7
Weeks 1 - 7
| Week 1 - 2 (2/6 - 2/17) | Introduction: cryptography, cryptanalysis and cryptology; Classic monoalphabetic ciphers Sinkov: 1-2 Spillman: 1-2 |
| Week 3 (2/20 - 2/24) | Vigenere cipher Sinkov: 3.1 - 3.4 Spillman: 3.1 |
| Weeks 4 - 5 (2/27 - 3/10) | Autokey cipher; polyalphabetic sequences Feb 27: Ancient ciphers/Mary Queen of Scots cipher Sinkov: 3.5 - 3.9 Spillman: 3.2 No classes on 3/1 and 3/3 |
| Week 6 (3/11 - 3/17) | Transposition ciphers Mar 8: The Rosetta Stone Mar 15: Babbage and Mechanical Calculators Sinkov: 6 Spillman: 5 |
| Week 7 (3/20 - 3/24) | Review; Midterm Mar 20: Steganography |
Midterm Exam: Week 7 (3/20 - 3/24, online)
SPRING BREAK (March 25 -- April 2) 
rms@cs.oberlin.edu
