DISCRETE MATHEMATICS -- MATH
163 -- Spring, 2008
Time: M W F
10:20 – 11:20 am Location: Collins 201
Professor: Steve Prothero Office:
Collins 302
Phones: Office:
6484 Home: (503) 393 - 5143
e-mail: prothero@willamette.edu
Office Hours: M W F
9 - 10:15 am and T Th
9:40 – 11:30 am
Afternoons “by
appointment”
{Exactly
what this means will be explained in class.}
Text: DISCRETE MATHAMTICS WITH APPLICATIONS
by
Susana S. Epp, 3rd ed.
Coverage: Chapter 1, sects. 1-3; Chapter 2, sect.s 1-4; Chapter 3, sects. 1-7;
Chapter
4, sects. 1-4; Chapter 5, sects.
1-3; Chapter 6, sects. 1-7;
Chapter
7, sects. 1-5; Chapter 8, sects.
1-3; Chapter 11, sect. 1
Grading: Quizzes 4
@ 30 points 120 points
Mid-Term
Exams 3 @ 50 points 150
points
Final Exam: 1 @ 100 points 100
points
Total
Possible 370 points
While
grade cutoffs are not rigidly determined ahead of time, a point total of
333 or better ensures no worse than
an A-
296
ensures no worse than a B-
259 ensures no worse than a C-
222 ensures no worse than a
D
However,
the cutoffs may be lower.
The
Final will be used as a tiebreaker.