LIGN 17. Making and Breaking Codes (4 units)
Link to catalog page: https://catalog.ucsd.edu/courses/LING.html#lign17
Description
A rigorous analysis of symbolic systems and their interpretations. Students will learn to encode and decode information using progressively more sophisticated methods; topics covered include ancient and modern phonetic writing systems, hieroglyphics, computer languages, and ciphers (secret codes). Prerequisites: none.
Prerequisite courses
LIGN 17 has no prerequisite courses.
Successor courses
No courses have LIGN 17 as a prerequisite.