Have you ever wondered what's happening beneath the surface when you type in google.com into your address bar and hit <Enter>? In this class we'll explore the various "layers" of protocols, infrastructure, and engineering feats that support the great collective endeavor we call "the internet". Along the way we'll pick up interesting facts about the internet's history, its construction, and where it's going in the future.

This class will give a cursory overview of how a computer functions from a theoretical perspective, including (but not limited to) topics such as: - Logic Gates & Boolean Logic - High level overview of CPU and Memory functionality

Cryptology is the study of making and breaking ciphers. In this course, we'll investigate how some basic cryptosystems work and how to attack them. Along the way, we'll use some basic mathematical tools and explore how we can apply them to help break ciphers.