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MTAT.07.003 Cryptology II

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Requirements

Prerequisites to Cryptology II course are

If the formal requirements of the ÕIS do not permit registration then write me an email or talk with me. After that we decide whether to enrol you or not. Secondly, active participation in the course is absolute necessity. You must participate in most lectures or otherwise you are not allowed to take the exam. Special arrangements are possible but not advised.

The course grade is determined by three components:

In a nutshell, first two components give a base level grade and the exam can increase or decrease the base level grade by one grade point.

Formal grading system

  1. Participation. Student gets grade F if he or she misses 3 or more lectures. Student gets grade F if he or she misses 3 or more exercise sessions.
    In reasonable circumstances, it is possible to compensate missed lectures or exercise sessions by extra work. Details are determined by individual agreements with the lecturer.
  2. Active participation. Students are entitled to get from 0 to 40 points from exercise sessions. Points are given by aggregating points of individual exercise sessions and home assignments. Home assignments give 30 points and exercise sessions 10 points.
  3. Final report. Each student gets a research topic and must write a 6-10 page report. The report can give up 50 points.
  4. Extra points. Students can get extra points from additional exercises.
  5. Final grading and exam. All points specified above are summarised before the exam. The exam might change this sum up to 10 points in both directions. Next, the grade is determined by the standard university scale: 0-50 (F), 51-60 (E), 61-70 (D), 71-80 (C), 81-90 (B), 91-100 (A). A Gentleman's agreement: the exam result cannot decrease grade from E to grade F.

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