Advanced Cryptology
Advanced Cryptology is a CTY Lancaster course with a prerequisite of either CTY's Cryptology course or at least a B in Algebra II.
Course Description
- From the CTY course catalog:
In today’s environment, data transmission and data security play an ever critical role in the global marketplace and national security. This course focuses on code making and code breaking. By examining vulnerabilities of encryption systems and writing their own code, students learn the complexity of topics ranging from securely transmitting personal information during online business transactions to decoding secret communiqués that threaten our collective welfare.
Class History
Originally started in Princeton on a trial, Advanced Cryptology has since moved to Lancaster, where Steven "Wizard" Perry and "Sideshow" taught the first true offering of the course at LAN.10.1. One of the few CTY courses with two instructors, the twenty two students who took part formed the first ever COD2 class. Topics ranged from statistics to the M-209 machine, and there was a large Java programming element to the course.