MAD 2104 - Discrete Math (50453) Summer A 2011 MTWR 17:00-18:15 – CBC 254

Instructor: Tedi Draghici

Office: DM 432B Phone: (305) 348‑2028 E-mail: draghici@fiu.edu

Office Hours: MTWR 11:00-12:15 Web: http://www.fiu.edu/~draghici

Textbook: Discrete Mathematics and its Applications, 6th Edition, by KH Rosen. (McGraw Hill, ISBN 0-07-322972-5) – We’ll cover most of Chapters 1,2,4,5,8-11.

Method of Evaluation: Your final grade in the course is based on:

1. Top 4 scores out of 5 quizzes for a total of 100 points;

2. One midterm exam, Thursday, May 26 100 points;

3. Final Exam – Thursday, June 23 - comprehensive exam – 150 points.

Grade-scale: The following percentages will guarantee the associated grade:

> 90 : A 80-85 : B 65-75 : C < 50 : F

88-90 : A- 78-80 : B- 55-65 : D

85-88 : B+ 75-78 : C+ 50-55 : D-

Your semester grade will be based on your average score - not on improvement, effort, etc. Incompletes will not be given, except in special cases such as last-minute medical emergencies.

NO MAKEUP EXAMS OR QUIZZES WILL BE GIVEN. If you have a documented medical or professional excuse for missing an exam, that percentage of your grade may be made up on the final.

Attendance: Optional, but I hope you will find it useful to be in class. Drop deadline: Wednesday, June 1. Remember, if stop attending classes and don't wish to get an F, you must drop by this date.

Expectations: Suggested homework assignments will be recorded on the website after each class. You have to check the web page often for updates. You are expected to spend approx 20 hours a week outside of class, on homework and reading the corresponding sections of the text. Do NOT fall behind! You will be expected to write fairly simple proofs, with clear sentences and good explanations. I will try to help you learn to do this by giving examples in lectures. You will also need to learn very basic MATLAB (appendix of the book should be enough) to do the two mini-projects.

Tutoring: Tutoring is available in GL 120; MTWR 9:00-20:00, F 9:00-17:00.

The instructor reserves the right to make any changes he considers academically advisable. These eventual changes would be announced in class and you are responsible to be aware of them.