COURSE: Discrete Mathematics, M325K #58810, Fall 2008
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TEXT: S.S. Epp, "Discrete Mathematics with Applications", third edition
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SYLLABUS: fundamentals of logic and set theory; functions and relations;
-------- integers, and elementary number theory; recursion and induction;
counting techniques and combinatorics; introductory graph theory.
INSTRUCTOR: H. Koch, Office Hours MF 3:00-4:00pm, RLM 12.152
---------- Email: koch@math.utexas.edu, Web: www.ma.utexas.edu/users/koch/
GRADING: Letter grades (A,B,C,D,F) will be given for each | 90 -100 A
------- exam, but number grades (100,99,..,2,1,0) will be | 80 - 89 B
kept for averaging. The course grade will be obtained | 70 - 79 C
by averaging the scores of the four exams, and of the | 60 - 69 D
homework. Each student may replace the grade of any | 0 - 59 F
ONE exam by the grade of one of the following exams.
HOMEWORK will be assigned every Wednesday and collected one week later in
-------- class. Each assignment is graded on a scale from zero to 20. Half
the sum of the ten highest scores contributes 6% to the class grade.
EXAMS: There will be four 50 minute exams, | Homework 6%
----- covering approx 80% new and 20% old | Exam 1 ( We Sep 24 ) 22%
material. Books, calculators, or notes | Exam 2 ( Fr Oct 17 ) 23%
are not allowed. No make-up exams will | Exam 3 ( We Nov 12 ) 24%
be given. Exam 4 is the FINAL -------> | Exam 4 ( We Dec 10 ) 25%