CSC 333 — CRYPTOLOGY (CUR-527)
Summary 🟢 ✓
- Resource type: course
- Owner Unit: Computer Science
- College/School: Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media
- Curriculum section: Engineering / Computer Science / CDM
- Catalog: CSC 333
- Last Verified: 2026-07-01
Course access
- Level: green (
Open Enrollment) - Rationale: No formal prerequisites listed in catalog description; open to any student meeting university registration rules.
- Prerequisites: None listed in catalog description
Verification
- Status: verified_catalog_course (
✓) - Rationale: Captured from official DePaul course catalog (2026-06-30 discovery pass).
- Source URL: catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/csc
- Last verified: 2026-07-01
Catalog description
Introduction to the methods of cryptography and cryptanalysis. Topics include classical cryptography (codes, substitution ciphers, transposition ciphers), block and stream ciphers (Feistel networks, DES), and public key cryptography (RSA, Key agreement, signature schemes). Optional topics include zero-knowledge protocols, quantum cryptography, and history. ( CSC 300 or IT 313 ) and MAT 140 are prerequisites for this class.
Hardware relevance
Quantum mechanics, quantum chemistry, or quantum information content in the official DePaul course catalog (thematic quantum audit, 2026-06-30).
Notes
Catalog course key: CSC 333.
Provenance (promotion record)
- Promotion date: 2026-07-01
- Promotion batch:
catalog-course-promotion-2026-06-30 - Extraction status: pending_refactor
- Evidence packets:
2026-06-30-thematic-fab-optics-quantum-id-evidence2026-06-30-engineering-catalog-evidence2026-06-30-resource-map-catalog-related-courses- Discovery themes: quantum
- Notes: Quantum-themed catalog course; restored/protected after off-scope CSC/PHY demotion review.