Learner Reviews & Feedback for Cryptography by University of Maryland, College Park
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EB
Nov 18, 2016
Very interesting course. I would like programming assignments to be mandatory, not optional. Or at least there should be a way to get some information that the assignment is passed on Coursera page.
LY
Nov 3, 2016
Wonderful and well organized course, it is really recommended to take it for those who are interested, which will definitely provide you with really understanding of cryptography!
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By Jimmy C
•Mar 17, 2021
genial
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•Jan 9, 2021
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•Sep 12, 2023
super
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•Oct 19, 2021
good
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•Mar 16, 2021
Great
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•Nov 27, 2020
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•Oct 23, 2024
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•Mar 27, 2023
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•Oct 21, 2021
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•Sep 29, 2021
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•Sep 5, 2021
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•Sep 3, 2021
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•Aug 27, 2021
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•Feb 27, 2021
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•Dec 24, 2020
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•Dec 12, 2020
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•Dec 7, 2020
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•Dec 1, 2020
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•Nov 21, 2020
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•Oct 29, 2020
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By Manal D y
•Aug 9, 2020
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By Patrick M
•Apr 5, 2016
This course was enjoyable and challenging. Early lessons cover historical ciphers, along with some fun programming challenges to attack them.
Later lessons dive into modern cryptography. This is more challenging and you will need to study some number theory if you have not done so previously. I ended up buying Prof Katz' book and also Concrete Mathematics to fully get my head around the subject matter. The treatment is not superficial.
This is where I dropped one star from the review - I thought that the course could have done a better job of covering the theory in this space, or at least pointing to sources to study it, or mentioning it as a pre-requisite.
I also thought that the course could have done a better job of describing how all the pieces come together - the discussion is there, but it is light and somewhat assumed you will get it. The only thorough discussion is specifically for SSL / TLS late in the lecture series.
Overall, a good and challenging course. This is not an easy MOOC - so only take it if you are interested in a challenge and don't mind extra study time.
By Daniel R
•Jul 31, 2022
It is good but I have to do extensive research of what is being thought and I have to study your book like Introduction to Modern Cryptography and attend other Cryptography online courses, only them I am able to understand this course. If more examples and solved problems will be provided then it will be very helpful. Samples programs are very good and able to solve. Thank you.