Writing and Information Literacy in a Cryptology First-Year Seminar

The author describes a first-year seminar in cryptology with three major assignments which were planned to help students develop information literacy, oral presentation, and writing skills. Keywords: cryptologymathematics educationwriting Acknowledgments Obtaining a PhD in mathematics did not train me to teach writing and information literacy. I greatly appreciate Noreen Lape's assistance on how to design effective writing assignments and give...