From ROMEU%SCORVA@WEB.CORTLAND.EDU Wed Nov 26 12:29:32 1997
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 12:29:11 EDT 
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                      Course Outline - Syllabus.

I. MAT 224. Discrete Mathematics.
 
II. Instructor: Jorge Luis Romeu
                Office Room: 125 Moffet Center
                Phone 753-2968/EMAIL: ROMEU
                WEB Page: http://WEB.cortland.edu/romeu/
                Meetings: M/W/F: 2 to 2:50 pm.
                Office Hours: See my Web Page or Office Door
                College Policy on attendance, exams, dishonesty,
                etc. is in effect. Don't Cut Classes or Cheat!
 
III. Course Description/Overview:
     MAT224 is designed to prepare students for mathematics. 
     There are no Departmental prerequisites. However, maturity
     and at least one semester of calculus are recommended. We
     will cover some Probability, Symbolic Logic (logical connec-
     tives and arguments, truth tables, algebra of propositions,
     quantifiers, proofs and applications), Set Theory (sets and
     operations, algebra of sets, relations and functions) and
     Axiomatic Systems (methods, algebraic systems and groups).
     This translates into selected sections of Chapters 1, 2, 3, 
     4, 5, 7 and 16 of our textbook. However, the above material
     may be abriged or extended, according to time and student
     learning of it.
      
IV.  Course Objectives:
     This course will acquaint the students with the reasoning
     and thinking in mathematics. The use of cooperative learning
     is mandatory. Therefore, homeworks may be done in groups. The
     evaluation is individual. The use of the VAX computer and
     email for communications purpose is mandatory. Students may
     also use mathematics software or a graphics calculator as an 
     aid in their work. Exams are closed book and no calculators.
     For more information, read my Web Page, stated above.
 
V.   Text:  Discrete and Combinatorial Mathematics  by professor
            Ralph P. Grimaldi (Addison Wesley).
 
VI.  Examinations:  There will be two intra-semester exams,
     each for 25% of your final grade. They will take place
     around the sixth and the twelfth weeks of the semester.
     In addition, a comprehensive final exam will account
     for 25%. Homeworks won't be collected/graded. However,
     weekly quizes, based on them, will be given. Quizes won't
     be repeated. The best ten quiz grades, plus group and
     class participation, will account for the remaining 25% of 
     your final grade. 
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