SYLLABUS

MATH 200 Discrete Mathematics Spring 2017

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 for the exams: F 2/10; F 3/10 ; F 4/7; Final: R 5/4 9-11:15;

Grading (roughly):

90-100% A,A-; 80-90% B+,B,B-; 70-80% C+,C,C; 60-70% D+,D,D-; 0-60% F;

TA: Perry Gordon, ptgordon@smcm.edu, TBA phone, Office Hours, Review Sessions.

For Business Use Only:

• At the completion of MATH200, students will be able to compose a bibliography in the appropriate citation format for Mathematics as demonstrated by writing a paper with proper citations about a topic relevant to the course.

• At the completion of MATH200, students will be able to implement various proof techniques including induction as demonstrated by writing several proofs about counting techniques and elementary logic.

• At the completion of MATH200, students will be able to illustrate set theoretical concepts as demonstrated by solving several .

• At the completion of MATH200, students will be able to model graphs and trees as demonstrated by creating graphs using various manipulables.

• At the completion of MATH200, students will be able to use functions and relations as demonstrated by demonstrating an understanding of the differences between functions in computer code and those in pure mathematics.