1. CS 23021 – 600 Discrete Structures for Computer Science Prof. Angela Guercio Spring 2008

2. Instructor Angela Guercio Office: 424, Main Hall Phone: 330 244 3424 (KSU ext 53424) Best way to contact me: aguercio@kent.edu aguercio@kent.edu Office Hours: TR 10:00am - 10:50am 3:25pm - 5:15pm 7:00pm - 7:30pm other times are available by appointment

3. The Syllabus: the Webpage Class web page o http://www.personal.kent.edu/~aguercio/ http://www.personal.kent.edu/~aguercio/ o Spring08/CS23022Sp08.html Spring08/CS23022Sp08.html or simply reach http://www.personal.kent.edu/~aguercio and select your course Check the page regularly! Assignments, Deadlines, Communications about the class are there!

4. The Syllabus: The Textbook Gary Haggard, John Schlipf, Sue Whitesides, Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science, Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2006. ISBN 0-534- 49501-X Other reading material will be given or suggested in class

5. The Syllabus: Requirements Class attendance is required. If you miss a class, let me know ahead of time you must provide the documented reason. You are responsible for bringing yourself up-to- date on class material and assignments Reading material before class is required

6. The Syllabus: Assignments and Exams 6-7 Homework HW/Tutorial and project must be returned by the deadline Late penalty: 5 points per day 4 Exams (100 points each) Pop Quizzes Final Exam (100 points) No Make-up exams Except in extreme case and only if I have been notified prior the exam has been issued

7. The Syllabus: Grading Homework 15% Pop Quizzes10% Exam 1 15% Exam 215% Exam 3 15% Exam 415% Final Exam15%

8. The Syllabus: Grading PointsGrade 92.5-100A 89.5-92.4A- 87-89.5B+ 82.5-86.9B 79.8-82.4B- 77-79.8C+ 72-76.9C 70-72C- 60-69.9D 00-59.9F

9. The Syllabus: Important Dates Last day to withdraw before grade W is assigned: Jan 27 Last day to drop the class: March 30 Exam 1 is Thursday, Feb 14 Exam 2 is Thursday, Feb 28 Exam 3 is Thursday, March 27 Exam 4 is Thursday, April 10 Final Exam is Tuesday, May 6 Spring Recess: March 17 – March 23 Classes End: May 4, 2008

10. The Syllabus: Other Information Academic Honesty Policy Cheating or plagiarism is considered a serious academic offense and will result in receiving a failing grade for the work of the course. Repeated offenses result in dismissal from the University. Code of Conduct As indicated in The Digest of Rules and Regulations that you can find in the University Telephone directory. Students with Disabilities for accommodations contact the disability coordinator on campus, Kelly Kulick in Student Accessibility Services, located in the Student Success Center, lower level of the Campus Center, phone (330) 244-5047, or kkulick@kent.edu. kkulick@kent.edu

11. Overview of the course Sets, Operations on Set Proof Templates Mathematical Induction Recursion Propositional Logic Relations Functions Sequences and Subsequences Analysis of Algorithm Graphs Trees