Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.91 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).
Spring 2027
Advanced Computer Security and Privacy
Advanced Computer Security and Privacy covers security and privacy issues in software, networks, and hardware, including threat modeling, mitigation strategies, and applied cryptography.
offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Rahul Chatterjee3.4/5
Summary
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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.91 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=32 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Identify contemporary research problems related to the security and privacy of modern computer systems
Implement known security attacks to identify weaknesses that led to those attacks and evaluate defense strategies
Differentiate among the different dimensions involved in protecting users’ security and privacy as they relate to effectiveness, practicality, and usability
Analyze, interpret, and critique research papers from top-tier security conferences by identifying their strengths and weaknesses
Propose original research by defining a problem, outlining a plan, performing the original research, and designing, implementing, and evaluating the proposed solution
Work effectively in teams to complete a research project
Communicate effectively through written reports, oral presentations, and discussion
Source: UW Guide 1· UW Guide 2
Grade history
↗ average GPA
115115 letter grades
A89.6%89.6%
AB10.4%10.4%
B0.0%0.0%
BC0.0%0.0%
C0.0%0.0%
D0.0%0.0%
F0.0%0.0%
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Prerequisites
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- Graduate/professional standing
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- Graduate/professional standing
Professors
Spring 2027Historical instructors & teaching patterns
RAHUL CHATTERJEE is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Spring 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
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Spring 2027Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 30 | 0 |
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 30 | 0 |
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Student experience
the class
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.91 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=32 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).
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Topics
- Security and privacy in software, networks, and hardware systems.
- Privacy in user interaction with devices, online systems, and networks.
- Applied cryptography, security policies, user authentication, and cyber-physical systems.
Skills
- Threat modeling and mitigation strategies for software, networks, and hardware.
- Implementing security attacks and evaluating defense strategies.
- Designing, implementing, and evaluating original security research solutions.
Grades
Latest available · Fall 2025— not enough history to project Spring 2027.
average GPA
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Grade distribution · % of letter grades
A100.0%100.0%
AB0.0%0.0%
B0.0%0.0%
BC0.0%0.0%
C0.0%0.0%
D0.0%0.0%
F0.0%0.0%
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Advanced Computer Security and Privacy
Recorded 2026-10-29Advanced Computer Security and Privacy
Recorded 2026-10-29Raw records
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