Summer1 2006 Course Syllabus
Course: 0163.011.
Course Title: Discrete Mathematics.
Time: 12:55 PM - 2:25 PM MTWR.
Place: BB 407.
Instructor: Mengesha, Tadele A.
Instructor Office: Wachman Hall 509.
Instructor Email: mengesha@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: 215 204 1655.
Office Hours: MW 10:00AM - 12:00PM or by appointment.
Prerequisites: Math C077.
Textbook: Discrete Mathematics Schaum's Outlines Seymour Lipschutz and Marc Lipson, Second Edition.
Course Goals: to understand basic concepts of discrete mathematics and to develope problem solving skills.
Topics Covered: It covers various topics from discrete mathematics including Set theory, relations and functions, logic and propositional calculus, properties of Integers, and, time permit, graph theory.
Course Grading: Homework quizzes will be given at the beginning of each week. That constitutes 25% of you final grade. There will also be three tests through out the semester, which make up 70%. The remaining 5% is your attendance and class participation.
Exam Dates: The three tests will be given with in two weeks interval.
Attendance Policy: It is very important that you attend class. Missing a class or two in summer sessions means missing a week worth class in the regular session. If I feel that you miss a lot of classes I will report an incomplete grade. So before this happening make sure that you are registering this class because you are coming class every day.
Any student who has a need for accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact me privately to discuss the specific situation as soon as possible. Contact Disability Resources and Services at (215) 204-1280, 100 Ritter Annex, to coordinate reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities.
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Students will be charged for a course unless a withdrawal form is processed by a registration office of the University by the Drop/Add deadline date given below. For this semester, the crucial dates are as follows:
During the first two weeks of the fall or spring semester or summer sessions, students may withdraw from a course with no record of the class appearing on the transcript. In weeks three through nine of the fall or spring semester, or during weeks three and four of summer sessions, the student may withdraw with the advisor's permission. The course will be recorded on the transcript with the instructor's notation of "W," indicating that the student withdrew. After week nine of the fall or spring semester, or week four of summer sessions, students may not withdraw from courses. No student may withdraw from more than five courses during the duration of his/her studies to earn a bachelor's degree. A student may not withdraw from the same course more than once. Students who miss the final exam and do not make alternative arrangements before the grades are turned in will be graded F.
The grade I (an "incomplete") is reserved for extreme circumstances. It is necessary to have completed almost all of the course with a passing average and to file an incomplete contract specifying what is left for you to do. To be eligible for an I grade you need a good reason and you should have missed not more than 25% of the first nine weeks of classes. If approved by the Mathematics Department chair and the CST Dean's office, the incomplete contract must include a default grade that will be used in case the I grade is not resolved within 12 months.