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School of Computer & Information Sciences
COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Name: ISOL 535 – Cryptography
Section – 40/41
Summer 2020 – Main – Hybrid Course with Required Residency
Residency Session Date: 5/29/2020 – 5/31/2020
Friday 5pm – 10pm; Saturday 8am – 7:30pm; Sunday 8am-1pm
Residency Session Course Site: Washington, DC (Due to
COVID Concerns, Summer 2020 Residency
Sessions will be hosted virtually)
Professor: Dr. Jason Hutcheson
Contact Information: Office Hours: By appointment
E-mail: [email protected]
Online Support (IT)
and I-Learn Policy:
All members of the University of the Cumberlands’ community
who use the University’s computing,
information or communication resources must act responsibly.
http://www.ucumberlands.edu/it/downloads/terms.pdf
Course Website: Access to the course website is required via
the iLearn portal on the University of the Cumberlands website:
http://www.ucumberlands.edu/ilearn/

Course Description: The course examines methods and
techniques for concealing data for security purposes. Topics
covered will
include: cryptographic techniques, approaches and technologies.
Course
Objectives/Learner
Outcomes:
Course Objectives/Learner Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, the student will:
• Outline and explain the fundamentals of cryptography and
information security.
• Understand the application of number theory to cryptography.
• Describe and Apply symmetric ciphers.
• Compare and Contrast the structure and application of block
and stream ciphers.
• Describe and Apply asymmetric ciphers.
• Explain the function and application of cryptographic hash
functions.
• Define and Describe the characteristics of message
authentication codes.
• Define and Describe the characteristics of digital signatures.
• Summarize the goals and functions of lightweight and post-
quantum cryptography.

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this course.
Books and
Resources:
Required Text
Stallings, Williams. Cryptography and Network Security., 8th
Ed., Pearson, 2020.
Print ISBN: 9780136681779
Other articles and readings may be assigned by course
professor.
Recommended Materials/Resources
Harris, Shon. All in One CISSP Exam Guide, Sixth Edition.
McGraw-Hill, 2013.
Paar, Christof, Pelzl,Jan and Preneel, Bart. Understanding
Cryptography: A Textbook for Students and
Practitioners. Springer Publishing, 2010.
Rhodes-Ousley, Mark. The Complete Reference to Information
Security, Second Edition. McGraw-Hill, 2013.
Professional Associations
http://www.ucumberlands.edu/it/downloads/terms.pdf
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• International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) -

This Web site provides opportunity to interact
with a community of privacy professionals and to learn from
their experiences. This Web site also provides
valuable career advice. https://www.privacyassociation.org/
• International Information Systems Security Certification
Consortium, Inc., (ISC)²® - This Web site provides
access to current industry information. It also provides
opportunities in networking and contains valuable
career tools. http://www.isc2.org/
• ISACA - This Web site provides access to original research,
practical education, career-enhancing
certification, industry-leading standards, and best practices. It
also provides a network of likeminded
colleagues and contains professional resources and
technical/managerial publications.
https://www.isaca.org/Pages/default.aspx
Course Expectations
Course Activities and
Experiences:
Students are expected to:
• Review any assigned reading material, complementary
materials, and weekly lectures and prepare
responses to homework assigned.
• Actively participate in activities, assignments, and wikis.
• Evaluate and react to each other’s work in a supportive,
constructive manner.
• Complete specific assignments and exams when specified and
in a professional manner.
• Utilize learned technologies for class assignments.
• Connect content knowledge from core courses to practical
training placement and activities.

Academic Integrity: At a Christian liberal arts university
committed to the pursuit of truth and understanding, any act of
academic
dishonesty is especially distressing and cannot be tolerated. In
general, academic dishonesty involves the
abuse and misuse of information or people to gain an
undeserved academic advantage or evaluation. The
common forms of academic dishonesty include:
• Cheating – using deception in the taking of tests or the
preparation of written work, using unauthorized
materials, copying another person’s work with or without
consent, or assisting another in such activities.
• Lying – falsifying, fabricating, or forging information in
either written, spoken, or video presentations.
• Plagiarism—using the published writings, data,
interpretations, or ideas of another without proper
documentation
Plagiarism includes copying and pasting material from the
internet into assignments without properly
citing the source of the material.
Episodes of academic dishonesty are reported to the Vice
President for Academic Affairs. The potential
penalty for academic dishonesty includes a failing grade on a
particular assignment, a failing grade for the
entire course, or charges against the student with the
appropriate disciplinary body.
Attendance Policy: When any student has exceeded 20% of the
time prescribed for any class, that student will be automatically

dropped from that particular class with the grade of “F.” This
grade is placed on the official transcript of the
student and is treated as a failing grade in calculating the grade
point average. The definition of a class
absence is a student’s failure to attend class for any reason.
Instructors may count three times tardy or
leaving early to be equal to one class absence. There are no
excused absences, regardless of the reason for
the class having been missed. However, faculty will make
reasonable provisions to allow students to make up
work if the absence is due to a university-sponsored function or
a medical or family emergency that is
documented in a timely manner. Allowance for students to make
up work for other reasons is at each
instructor’s discretion. A class absence does not excuse the
student from being responsible for course work
missed; the student is responsible for contacting the faculty
member in order to make up class assignments.
The Vice President for Academic Affairs is the authorized agent
to consider any exceptions to the above
regulations. (Undergraduate Catalog)
Residency Attendance: Each student must be in attendance for
the entire duration of the required residency
weekend. Late arrivals and/or early departures are not
permitted. Punctuality is important as each student
is required to have the documented in-seat time per USCIS
regulations. If a student is not in attendance for
the full session, he/she will be counted absent for the entire
session, and receive an automatic “F” and will
be required to pay the $300.00 make-up fee and attend a
residency make-up session.
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Disability
Accommodations:
Students who may have a disability meriting an academic
accommodation should contact Mr. Jacob Ratcliff,
the Disabilities Services Coordinator, in the Student Services
Office. For accommodations to be awarded, a
student must complete an Accommodations Application and
provide documentation of the disability to the
Disability Services Coordinator. Any accommodations for
disabilities must be re-certified each semester by
the Academic Affairs Office before course adjustments are
made by individual instructors.
Student
Responsibilities:
• The only authorized electronic means of academic,
administrative, and co-curricular communication
between University of the Cumberlands and its students is
through the UCumberlands email system (i.e.
Webmail). Each student is responsible for monitoring his/her
University email account frequently. This
is the primary email account used to correspond with you
directly by the University; imperative program
information is sent to this email account specifically from
campus and program office.
• Students should check for e-mail and class announcements
using iLearn (primary) and University of the
Cumberlands webmail (secondary).
• Students are expected to find out class assignments for missed
classes and make up missed work.

• Students are expected to find out if any changes have been
made in the class or assignment schedule.
• Written work must be presented in a professional manner.
Work that is not
submitted in a professional manner will not be evaluated and
will be returned as unacceptable.
o There is a craft to writing. Spelling, grammar, punctuation
and diction (word usage) are all
tools of that craft. Writing at the collegiate level will show
careful attention to these
elements of craft. Work that does not exhibit care with regard
to these elements will be
considered as inadequate for college writing and graded
accordingly.
• Students are expected to take the examinations on the
designated dates. If you are unable to take the
exam on the scheduled date and know in advance, you are to
make arrangements with your professor
before the designated date. If you miss the exam, you must
have a legitimate reason as determined by
your professor.
Deadlines and Dues
Dates:
Recognizing that a large part of professional life is meeting
deadlines, it is necessary to develop time
management and organizational skills. Failure to meet the
course deadlines may result in penalties. Keep in
mind that all deadlines are set using Eastern Standard Time
(EST). Late assignments will NOT be accepted
without prior approval from the professor.

Writing Expectations: Learning outcomes for candidates’
writing competencies include clarity of thought, discernment in
planning
and organization, and integration of evidence and criteria.
• The instructor expects that students will have knowledge of
appropriate forms of documentation
and use it where appropriate. APA format is required and style
of notation to credit all sources
that are not your own.
• There is a craft to writing. Spelling, grammar, punctuation
and diction (word usage) are all tools
of that craft. Writing at the collegiate level will show careful
attention to these elements of craft.
Work that does not exhibit care with regard to these elements
will be considered as inadequate
for college writing and graded accordingly.
• All assignments, unless otherwise instructed, should be
submitted in APA format.
Participation Policy: Study after study has linked successful
academic performance with good class participation. Those
who
assume positions of responsibility must “show up” in order to
be effective. Therefore, students are expected
to actively participate in intelligent discussion of assigned
topics in all areas (Discussion Board Activities,
Synchronous Sessions, Forums, Shared Papers, etc.) to help
process course material and/or to demonstrate
understanding of course content. Point adjustments will be
taken for non-participation.
Academic Appeals: Both undergraduate and graduate students
have the right to challenge a grade. If discussions with the

course
instructor and department chair do not lead to a satisfactory
conclusion, students may file a formal written
appeal with the Vice President for Academic Affairs, who will
forward the appeal to the chair of the
Academic Appeals Committee. This formal written appeal must
be filed by the end of the 4th week of classes
in the next regular term following the term in which the course
in question was taken. The Academic Appeals
Committee then gathers information from the student, the
instructor, and any other relevant parties. The
Committee will deliver its recommendation on the complaint to
the Vice President for Academic Affairs.
After reviewing this recommendation and concurring or
amending it, the Vice President for Academic Affairs
will inform the student and instructor of the disposition of the
complaint no later than the last day of classes
of the term in which the complaint was filed. Records of all
actions regarding academic grade appeals,
including their final disposition, are maintained by the Vice
President for Academic Affairs and the Academic
Appeals Committee. (Undergraduate Catalog/Graduate Catalog)
Links to Support: Orientation to I-Learn: Student training
course on I-Learn,
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Book Store:
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Library: http://www.ucumberlands.edu/library/
Course Assignments and Evaluation
Evaluation Method: Graded work will receive a numeric score
reflecting the quality of performance. Relative weights assigned
to
graded work are as follows:
Course Evaluation
Students will be evaluated on:
1. Syllabus Quiz - There is a mandatory quiz, in Week 1,
addressing your understanding of the contents of
the syllabus. This is an easy 5% of your total grade, and it sets
the foundation to ensure that we are all
on the same page regarding the expectations for this course.
2. Discussions – There are three (3) graded discussions
throughout this course. Each of these are worth 5%
of your total grade. For each discussion, you are expected to
post an initial response to the discussion
prompt, and then you need to respond to the posts of at least
two (2) of your classmates. Your
responses are expected to be substantive (adding to the overall
conversation), scholarly, and well-
written.
• Substantive responses are those that extend the overall
conversation. This can be
accomplished by bringing up additional insights that you have
found in your own research,

by expressing how research that you have found confirms or
contradicts what has already
been presented, or even by reflecting on personal or
professional experiences that relate
to the overall discussion. Substantive responses do not simply
state things like “I agree” or
“well said,” nor do they simply pose questions without
providing any further considerations
or insights to add to the conversation.
• Citations – Discussion responses (both initial and peer) are
expected to maintain scholarly
tone and to cite sources for information. It is acceptable to use
some first-person language
in these responses when relating personal/professional
experience. However, this should
be kept to a minimum, and never used to inject opinions. The
bulk of the information
formed in your discussion responses should be derived from
your research and must be
cited.
3. Exercises – Cryptography is heavily reliant upon the concepts
of number theory. Consequently,
understanding the operations and application of various ciphers
and algorithms requires hands-on
exercises. Most weeks, in this course, you will be engaging
exercises to reinforce and practice the
material that is being covered that week. These are graded
assignments designed to provide a more
comprehensive understanding of the material. Exercises very is
size and structure but will each result in
the submission of a completed answer sheet for grading. There
are ten graded exercises throughout the
course that will collectively form 20% of the total grade for this
course.

4. Residency Assignments – As outlined in the course
expectations table below, this course does have a
residency component. This residency and the associated
assignments will constitute 60% of your total
grade from this course. Additionally, these assignments are
designed to build upon your overall
understanding of the course material and establish a practical
connection. Two of the assignments will
be group assignments that students will work on together during
the residency session. These
assignments are weighted as follows:
• Practical Connection Assignment – 30%
• Group Cryptography Exercises – 10%
• Group Presentation – 20%
Total 60%
Grading Scale: Graded work will receive a numeric score
reflecting the quality of performance as given above in
evaluation
methods. The overall course grade will be determined
according to the following scale:
A = 90% - 100%
B = 80% - 89.9%
C = 70% - 79.9%
F < (Below) 69.9%
Syllabus Disclaimer:
This syllabus is intended as a set of guidelines for this course
and the professor reserves the right to make modifications in
content, schedule, and
requirements as necessary to promote the best education

possible within conditions affecting this course. Any changes
to the syllabus will be
discussed with the students.
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Tentative Course Expectations
Late assignments will NOT be accepted without prior approval
from the professor.
Week Topic Assignments
1
5/4/20 – 5/10/20
Information and Network Security
Concepts
• Welcome Discussion - Introductions
• Syllabus Quiz (Due 5/10)
• Read Chapter 1
*Failing to Participate in Week 1 may result in being
dropped from the course.

2
5/11/20 – 5/17/20
Introduction to Number Theory • Read Chapter 2
• Exercise Set – Ch.2 (Due 5/17)
3
5/18/20 – 5/24/20
Classical Encryption Techniques • Read Chapter 3
4
5/25/20 – 5/31/20
--ONLINE RESIDENCY WEEKEND--
• Practical Connection Assignment (Due 5/30)
• Group Cryptography Exercises (Due 5/31)
• Group Presentation (Due 5/31)
5
6/1/20 – 6/7/20
Block Ciphers and the Data
Encryption Standard
• Read Chapter 4
• Discussion – Feistel Cipher (Due 6/7)
6
6/8/20 – 6/14/20

Finite Fields • Read Chapter 5
7
6/15/20 – 6/21/20
Advanced Encryption Standard • Read Chapter 6
• Discussion – AES vs DES (Due 6/21)
8
6/22/20 – 6/28/20
Block Cipher Operation • Read Chapter 7
9
6/29/20 – 7/5/20
Random Bit Generation and Stream
Ciphers
• Read Chapter 8
10
7/6/20 – 7/12/20
Public-Key Cryptography and RSA • Read Chapter 9

11
7/13/20 – 7/19/20
Other Public-Key Cryptosystems • Read Chapter 10
12
7/20/20 – 7/26/20
Cryptographic Hash Functions • Read Chapter 11
13
7/27/20 – 8/2/20
Message Authentication Codes • Read Chapter 12
14
8/3/20 – 8/9/20
Digital Signatures • Read Chapter 13
15
8/10/20 – 8/16/20
Lightweight Cryptography and Post-
Quantum Cryptography
• Read Chapter 14

• Discussion – Post-Quantum Cryptography (Due 8/16)
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8/17/20 – 8/20/20
*SHORT WEEK*
*SHORT WEEK*

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