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\title{Math 300: Topics in Discrete Mathematics\\
Spring 2013 \\
TF 2:00--2:50 BNW 137, W 3:00--3:50 
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\item[\bf Instructor] Chris Staecker\\
Email: cstaecker@fairfield.edu \\
Phone: x3323 \\
Office: BNW 16\\
Office Hours: T,F 10--11, 12--12:30, 1:30--2, W 9--10, 12--1 (usually) 2--3 or by appointment

\item[\bf Course Website] Follow links from \url{http://faculty.fairfield.edu/cstaecker}

\item[\bf Textbook] Epp, \emph{Discrete Mathematics with Applications}, fourth edition

\item[\bf Final Exam] Tuesday May 7, 8:00 AM


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\subsection*{Course Description}
This course builds on the skills developed in MA 231 (Discrete Mathematics). Topics include basic combinatorics (permutations, combinations, counting complicated sets, binomial coefficients), elementary number theory (divisors, Euclid�s algorithm, modular arithmetic), elementary graph theory (connectivity, circuits, cycles, planar graphs, graph isomorphisms), and basic complexity theory. The major objective is that students will become competent writers of logical arguments and proofs in all of these subject areas.

\subsection*{Exams}
There will be midterm exams in class on Friday, February 22, and Friday,
April 5. Each of these will cover material up to and including the
previous Monday. Exam makeups or rescheduling will be permitted
only in extreme circumstances. 

Students will not use calculators or any other electronic gadgetry during exams.

The two midterm exams will be weighted equally in your course grade,
with the final exam weighted double. The final exam will be
cumulative, but the midterm exams will not be.

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\subsection*{Quizzes}
In the class meeting following each homework assignment due-date, a
short quiz will be given, covering the same material as the
homework. Quiz questions are meant to be similar to the easier
questions on the homework. Missed quizzes will only be excused with
good reasons.

Students will not use calculators or any other electronic gadgetry during quizzes.

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\subsection*{Grading}
Your course grade will be inspired by an average, with the lowest quiz
and homework scores dropped. The Professor reserves the right to
adjust the course grade at his discretion. The grades are weighed as
follows: 

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Homework & 33\% \\
Quizzes & 33\% \\
Exams  & 34\%
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Note that homework is weighted very heavily in your grade. There will be about 12 homework assignments during the semester. Thus each assignment contributes 2.75\% to your full semester grade. This means that each assignment on which you take 0 credit will essentially lower your final course grade by one notch.

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