Connections 20038 - Top Secret

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Wheaton College - Massachusetts

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What are secrets and why do we need to keep them hidden Once we have secrets, how do we keep other people, companies, organizations, and countries from uncovering them Your computer log-in password and your credit card number are two secrets you want to keep hidden from strangers. Microsoft's source-code is a secret, and the formula that produces Coca-Cola is coded, locked in a vault, and kept under tight security. Al Qaeda has secrets that the U.S. government wants to know. The U.S. government has military secrets, diplomatic secrets and policy secrets it doesn't want anyone, even allies, to know. This two-course connection enables students to relate the "hows" of encoding secret information inthe math course to the "whats" and the "whys" doing so in the domains of government and business in the political science and economics courses. Students will learn what information policymakers and planners believe is necessary to keep secret and how to construct unbreakable codes to keep these secrets secure. Connections: Math 202 Cryptography with Pols 229 United States Foreign Policy or Pols 379 National Security Policy or Econ 361 Industrial Organization and Public Policy

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2.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wheatoncollege.edu

Phone Number:

(508) 285-7722

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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