Important dates

Aug 25, 2026

First day of classes

Nov 3, 2026

Midterm

Nov 23-27

Fall Recess

Dec 21, 2026

Course letter grade will be available

The schedule is subject to revision

Week

Date

Topic

Assignments

1

Aug 25, 27

Introduction, Terms

L1, L2

2

Sept 1, 3

Frameworks, Risk

L3, L4

H1 Quick Research, Due 9/9, 9/11

3

Sept 8, 10

Insurance, Probability, Intrusion Detection

L5, L6

4

Sept 15, 17

Class Presentations

L7, L8

H1 reviews Due 9/20

5

Sept 22, 24

Probability, Intrusion Det.

L9, L10

Proj Prop Due 10/8

6

Sept 29, Oct 1

Vulnerabilities

L11, L12

H2a Vul Data Due Oct 15

7

Oct 6, 8

Vulnerability Discovery, Metrics

L13, L14

Semifinal Rep Due Nov 12

8

Oct 13, 15

Metrics, CVSS

L15, L16

HW2b VDM Due Nov 4

9

Oct 20, 22

Testing, Passwords

L17, L18

10

Oct 27, 29

Fuzzing, Pen Testing

L19, L20

Extra Credit Prop

11

Nov 3, 5

Midterm, Breach Cost

L21, L22

12

Nov 10, 12

Security Economics, Vulnerability markets

L23, L24

Semifinal Rep Due

13

Nov 17, 19

Presentations

L25, L26

Peer Eval

Fall Break

Nov 23-27

No Classes

Pres Slides ready 11/28

14

Dec 1, 3

Presentations

L27, L28

Extra Cr report due

15

Dec 8, 10

Presentations, Review

L29, L30

Finals

No Final

Final Report Peer Reviews

Dec 21

Final letter grade available