COM SCI 183 · CS 183Introduction to Cryptography
Computer Science · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Introduction to cryptography, computer security, and basic concepts and techniques. Topics include notions of hardness, one-way functions, hard-core bits, pseudorandom generators, pseudorandom functions and pseudorandom permutations, semantic security, public-key and private-key encryption, key-agreement, homomorphic encryption, private information retrieval and voting protocols, message authentication, digital signatures, interactive proofs, zero-knowledge proofs, collision-resistant hash functions, commitment protocols, and two-party secure computation with static security.
Letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Preparation: knowledge of basic probability theory. Enforced requisite: course 180.
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Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
COM SCI 183
- COM SCI 180Introduction to Algorithms and Complexity
- COM SCI 32Introduction to Computer Science II
- COM SCI 31Introduction to Computer Science I
- MATH 61Introduction to Discrete Structures
- MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
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