SYLLABUS

MATH 200 Discrete Mathematics Spring 2016

Instructor: Ivan Sterling, 177SH, cell 240-431-8185, isterling@smcm.edu

Office Hours: TBA & by appt

Book: Discrete Mathematics with Ducks, Belcastro

Course Outline: Selected Sections from Chapters 1-13

Tests, Paper, Project and Grades: There will be four exams (worth 60% of your course grade, 15% each). One of the four exams will be the non-comprehensive final. The exam problems will be the same or similar to those in the homework and the examples worked in class. Homework will be part of your grade (worth 20%). The homework will be collected at the beginning of class on the day it's due. Late homework will not be accepted. After it is collected some of the homework problems will be selected for the TA to grade. There will a paper (worth 10%) and a group project (worth 10%).

Dates-Times for the exams:

Tuesdays 2/9 3/8 4/5

Final: M 5/9 2-4:15pm;

Grading (roughly): 90-100% A,A-; 80-90% B+,B,B-; 70-80% C+,C,C; 60-70% D+,D,D-; 0-60% F;

Teaching Assistant: TBA , email TBA, phone TBA, OH TBA.