CSE 254, S05, Introduction to Discrete Systems, Tu&Th, 9:30am - 10:45am, ITE 127

Text: Discrete Stuctures, Logic and Computability, 2nd Edition
James L. Hein, Jones and Bartlett

****** Modified Grading Plan, Effective 3/29/05 **************************
HW presentations in class, 5 points each, 1 time for each student  	     =  5
Weekly Homework, randomly graded, due at beginning of each class, 4 pts each = 40 points
HWA, as assigned on web site, due Tu, 2/1/05 at beginning of class, 5 pts    =  5 points
2 Tests, each worth 10 points                                                  20 points
Final                                                                          30 poitns
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                                                                              100 points
Office hours, Tu & Th, 8:15am - 9:15am, ITEB 231 

We will generally follow the outline given on p. vii of
the text for the 15 week course of 'Discrete mathematics
with some formal logic' with the exceptions that

1) We will likely not cover the last material, as we
have less than 15 weeks.

2) The first class will give a brief introduction to
Big Oh notation, which is not formally presented until
Chapter 5.  This introduction will be crucial to understand
your first homework, which is due on Tues, 2/1/05.

3) Following completion of 6.2, we move to 10.1 and then
10.2.  Further details to follow.

4) Last 4 classes: 4/19, 4/21, 4/26, 4/28.  The last class
will be a student driven review session.  I will answer any
questions through the end of the class session.  Starting
on Tues, 4/19, we will cover 10.3, 10.4 and some of 10.5,
but at least inclusive of Fermat's Little Theorem to prepare
you for future work in encryption.