Quiz 1: January xx
Quiz 2: January xx
Quiz 3: February xx
Quiz 4: February xx
Quiz 5: March xx
Quiz 6: March xx
Assignment 1, due January 14
Assignment 2, due February xx
Assignment 3, due March 15
January 05:
Lecture Time: MWF 11:00am to 11:50am
Lecture Location: Pepper Canyon Hall Room 106
Textbook: An Introduction to Cryptography, by Shishir Agrawal. Available online via this link.
Discussion Section:
Section A01: M 5:00pm-5:50pm at HSS 2321
Section A02: M 6:00pm-6:50pm at HSS 2321
Section A03: M 5:00pm-5:50pm at CENTR 203
Section A04: M 6:00pm-6:50pm at CENTR 203
Section A05: M 7:00pm-7:50pm at CENTR 203
Section A06: M 8:00pm-8:50pm at CENTR 203
Course Personnel:
Instructor: Karthik Ganapathy Venkitachalam
Teaching Assistant for Sections A01 and A02:
Teaching Assistant for Sections A03 and A04:
Teaching Assistant for Sections A05 and A06:
Note: To contact us, please use Piazza. The system is highly catered to getting you help fast and efficiently from classmates, the TA, and myself. Rather than emailing questions to the teaching staff, I encourage you to post your questions on Piazza.
Office Hours:
Karthik Ganapathy:
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Quizzes:
There will be six quizzes in class on the following dates: January , January, January, February, February, March . Each quiz is cumulative but the emphasis will be what was covered the previous three or four lectures leading up to it.
Reading Assignments:
You will be assigned sections of the textbook to read for every class, and you are expected to read and fill a form affirming that you have read the assigned sections. You can miss upto two reading assignments.
Reflection Assignments:
There will be three reflection assignments which will be posted on Canvas. They will be due on January, February, March.
Final Exam:
It is on March 16 from 11:30am to 2:30pm in PCYNH 106. Cheat sheet policy is TBA. No makeup exams will be given in this course.
Note: It is standard Math Department practice to utilize different versions of exams, both within each lecture's exam, and between lectures whose exams are at different times.
Regrades: Regrade requests will be made using the built-in regrade request feature in Gradescope. There will be a limited window of time after the exams are made available during which the regrade request feature will be active. This time window will be announced when the exam scores are released. Only the regrade requests sent within the time window will be considered.
Grading Policy:
To ensure fairness and recognize different paths to success, your final grade will be calculated using the highest score from three grading rubrics:
4% Reading Assignments; 6% Reflection Assignments; 40% Final; 50% Quizzes (lowest quiz score dropped)
4% Reading Assignments; 6% Reflection Assignments; 24% Final; 66% Quizzes (all quizzes counted)
0% Reading Assignments; 4% Reflection Assignments; 60% Final; 36% Quizzes (all quizzes counted).
The first rewards students who stay consistent with quizzes and assignments, the second protects against having a single off day during finals, and the third provides an opportunity to demonstrate mastery on the final exam even if earlier work was weaker.
Attendance Policy: You are expected to attend every session of the lectures and discussion section you are enrolled in. Students who do not attend class rarely succeed in this course. If you must miss class for any reason, it is your responsibility to catch up on the material. You are also responsible for the information given in any announcements made during class. To help you with this, I will record every lectures in the event you are unable to attend. Lecture recordings can be found at UCSD Podcast.
Academic Integrity: Academic dishonesty is considered a serious offense at UCSD. Students caught cheating will face an administrative sanction which may include suspension or expulsion from the university. It is in your best interest to take pride in your work maintain your academic integrity.
Accommodations: Students requesting accommodations for this course due to a disability must provide a current Authorization for Accommodation (AFA) letter issued by the Office for Students with Disabilities (https://osd.ucsd.edu/.) Students are required to discuss accommodation arrangements with instructors and OSD liaisons in the department in advance of any exams or assignments.
January 05: First day of classes
January 16: Deadline to join the class
January 30: Deadline to drop the class without a W
February 13: Deadline to drop the class with a W
March 13: Final day of classes
March xx: Final exam