Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology
Online Common Syllabus
Fall 2015
MATH 3103 Discrete Mathematics
Students investigate discrete mathematical concepts, to include: logic, Boolean algebra,
probability and combinatorics, set theory, proofs, proof techniques, relations, functions, graph
theory and trees.
Type of course: Theory
Credit Hours: 3; Total clock hours of theory per semester: 45;
Total clock hours of lab for the semester: 0; Total clock hours of clinical per semester: 0.
Class length - Full Semester
Class format - Fully Online
Required synchronous meetings: None
Prerequisites: MATH 1513 and STAT 2013 or Division Chair approval.
Instructor Name: Jarod Powell
Instructor Phone: (918) 293-4991
Office: NCAT 109D
Instructor email: jarod.powell@okstate.edu
Contact: My preferred method of contact is email. Please allow 24-48 hours to return your
correspondence during the normal work week.
Instructor's Office Hours: MWF: 8:00 – 9:25, 11:00 – 12:00, 1:00 – 1:30, and 2:30 – 3:00
TR: 11:30 – 1:00 central time
School Name: Arts & Sciences
School’s Main Phone: 918-293-4768
REQUIRED TEXT, REFERENCES, AND MATERIALS
Texts:
Discrete Mathematics: An Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning Brief
ed., Susanna S. Epp, Brooks/Cole, ISBN#: 978-0-495-82617-0
References:
Materials:
Pen, Pencil, Paper, a notebook, folder, or binder is also suggested to keep
coursework and notes organized.
Uniform/Tools: Students need a way to convert handwritten work to digital format such as a
camera or scanner. Students may also want a basic calculator.
Estimated Cost for Materials:
Estimated Cost for Uniform/Tools:
Updated: August 2015
$15 plus $117.65 – 188.15 for the book
$15
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ONLINE COURSE INTERACTION
OSUIT requires all online courses to include interaction between students, peers and instructors.
Our online courses use a variety of tools to build a community of learners and strengthen engagement
between students and their peers, as well as between students and the instructor. Communication tools
used in this course may include Discussion, News, Blackboard Collaborate, and Email. Read the syllabus
completely to determine which of these methods you, your classmates and your instructor will use for
interaction.
Upon completion of the course, students should:
Course Objectives
Assessment of Objectives
Use set-roster notation to write out elements
of a set
Determine the number of elements in a set
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Calculate Cartesian products between two or
three sets
Construct truth tables
Use truth tables to determine if two
statements are logically equivalent
Use truth tables to determine the validity of
an argument form
Write universal and existential statements and
their negations
Construct proofs of various statements using
direct and indirect methods
Create counterexamples to disprove
conditional statements
Perform operations on sets including unions,
intersections, differences, and complements
Construct Venn diagram representations of
the operations on sets
Construct proofs of set operations
Construct proofs of Boolean operations
Write out terms and explicit formulas of
sequences and summations
Compute summations and products
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Construct graphs with given properties
Identify the vertices, edges, and degree of
graphs
Use graphs to model real-world situations
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project
Aspects of the course objective assessments may be used in the university’s assessment of
student learning. If applicable, an asterisk (*) above indicates this assignment is used in the
university assessment program.
COURSE ACTIVITIES
In this course students will:
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Participate in online discussions and activities.
View videos that depict the various concepts.
Participate in individual presentations.
Write an essay
Complete homework assignments.
Take quizzes.
Take examinations.
EVALUATION - GRADES WILL BE BASED ON THE QUALITY AND COMPLETION
OF THESE TASKS:
Introductory Activities ............
Homework ...............................
Quizzes ....................................
Project .....................................
Exams ......................................
Total ..........................
5%
15%
20%
10%
50%
100%
OSUIT
Grading Scale
A = 90%-100%
B = 80%-89%
C = 70%-79%
D = 60%-69%
F = 59% & below
*The student’s grade for this assignment will be used in the university’s assessment of
student learning. A 70% competency or higher receives a Pass rating. This Pass/Fail
rating is independent of the student’s course grade.
Daily and/or weekly quizzes, small weekly assignments and similar type projects: Normal return
time to student by next class meeting or no later than one (1) week.
Extensive assignments, large lab projects, extensive quizzes, exams and similar type projects:
Normal return time to students in one (1) to two (2) weeks.
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AUTHORIZED TOOLS
Students may use any/all course materials, including books and notes, while completing
homework, quizzes, and exams. Collaboration is acceptable on homework assignments. All
quizzes and exams are to be completed independently; no collaboration with classmates is
permitted, and any instance of such will be considered academic dishonesty.
LATE WORK
Late work is generally not accepted. If you feel like you have extenuating circumstances, please
discuss those with the instructor prior to the assignment due date.
DISCUSSIONS:
There will be three required discussion threads this semester. The first two are part of the
introductory activities for this course. The third discussion will be posted after exam 2. Please
follow the instructions carefully when posting in the discussion threads. One of the required
discussions will require students to ask the instructor a question. The instructor will respond on
the discussion thread. There will also be discussion threads that allow students to ask other
students or the instructor for help with course questions.
HOMEWORK
The homework assignments are listed on the syllabus and in the content area of D2L. The
assignments must be submitted to the appropriate module Dropbox by 11:59 p.m. central time
the day of the corresponding exam, except for the last exam where everything is due by 10:00
a.m. Homework assignments will be graded based on completion. I will not provide feedback
regarding the correctness of your homework answers. If you have a question about a homework
problem, either send me an email or post your question in one of the discussion threads on D2L.
You can also call or come by my office during the office hours listed.
QUIZZES
The quizzes are located in the Quizzes area on D2L. Each quiz may be taken twice. I recommend
you take each quiz once before 11:59 p.m. central time on the due date listed in the syllabus.
Then, take each quiz again before you take the corresponding exam. I will grade quizzes and
provide feedback about your answers. If you have questions about how I graded anything, please
send me an email. You can also call or come by my office during the office hours listed.
COURSE PROJECT
The details regarding the course project will be posted after Exam 3. The project usually consists
of a short essay and a presentation.
TESTING
The exams are located in the Quizzes area on D2L. Exams will be timed. The time limit will
usually be 2 hours. Each exam may only be taken once. Exams are due by 11:59 p.m. central
time on the day listed in the syllabus. Exams will not require the use of a lockdown browser. You
are allowed to use your books and notes for the exam. Collaborating with other students is not
acceptable.
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UNIVERSITY & COURSE EXPECTATIONS
It is the responsibility of each OSUIT student to read, abide by and maintain a copy of the
syllabus for this course. Syllabi are available on the OSUIT website.
Students understand that excerpts or portions of their work may be utilized for institutional
assessment purposes. The purpose of institutional assessment is for verification of student
learning and program improvement. Every effort will be made to keep this information
confidential.
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA)
According to the Americans with Disabilities Act, each student with a disability is responsible
for notifying the University of his/her disability and requesting accommodations. If you think
you have a qualified disability and need special accommodations, you should notify the
instructor and request verification of eligibility for accommodations from the Office of
Academic Accommodations/LASSO Center. Please advise the instructor of your disability as
soon as possible, and contact The LASSO Center, to ensure timely implementation of
appropriate accommodations. Faculty have an obligation to respond when they receive official
notice of a disability but are under no obligation to provide retroactive accommodations. To
receive services, you must submit appropriate documentation and complete an intake process
during which the existence of a qualified disability is verified and reasonable accommodations
are identified. The LASSO Center is located on the 3rd floor of the Noble Center. You may call
918.293.4855 for more information or fax documentation to 918.293.4853.
ACADEMIC DISHONESTY
Academic dishonesty or misconduct is neither condoned nor tolerated at OSUIT. Any student
found guilty of academic dishonesty or misconduct shall be subject to disciplinary action.
Academic dishonesty and/or misconduct includes, but is not limited to, the following actions:
(1) Plagiarism: the representation of previously written, published, or creative work as one’s
own; (2) Unauthorized collaboration on projects; (3) Cheating on examinations; (4)
Unauthorized advance access to exams; (5) Fraudulent alteration of academic materials; (6)
Knowing cooperation with another person in an academically dishonest undertaking. Students
are required to actively protect their work against misuse by others. For details, refer to The
OSUIT Student Handbook (Student Rights and Responsibilities Governing Student Behavior)
available online at http://www.osuit.edu/academics/forms/student_rights_responsibility.pdf.
Attendance Policy for Online courses:
A primary component of OSUIT's Mission is: “to prepare and sustain a diverse student body as
competitive members of a world-class workforce.” Regular and consistent attendance not only
aids in academic success, dependable attendance is a requirement in today's real-world
employment; therefore, regular and consistent attendance is a requirement in all OSUIT courses.
Definition:
Absent: Failing to actively participate in online coursework during a standard week
timeframe for a given course.
A. Students must demonstrate attendance through active participation in the course at
least once every seven days. Simply logging into the course does not constitute active
participation.
B. Active participation is defined as the completion of required activities such as:
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Completion of online quizzes or exams
Submission of assignments
Participation threaded discussions, or
Involvement in discussion question as determined by the instructor and
indicated in the course syllabus.
C. Calculations for weekly to percentage ratios
1. Missing 1 of 15 weeks = 6.67%
2. Missing 2 of 15 weeks = 13.33%
3. Missing 3 of 15 weeks = 20%
4. Missing 1 of 7.5 weeks = 13.33%
5. Missing 1.5 of 7.5 weeks = 20%
Procedures:
Early Intervention:
A. Any student who misses 10% of an individual course (or earlier at faculty discretion)
during a regular fifteen-week semester, or the equivalent portion of time in a shorter
session, will have their name submitted by that course instructor to the OSUIT Early
Alert System for retention intervention.
B. At the point the Early Alert is issued, the student must meet with their assigned
faculty advisor or designated faculty/staff member within seven (7) academic
calendar days for counseling on how to improve their attendance and academic
success.
Excessive Absences:
A. The University reserves the right to administratively withdraw any student from an
individual course who misses 20% of that course, whether excused or unexcused,
and, in the opinion of the instructor, the student does not have a reasonable
opportunity to be successful in the course.
B. Students should be aware any of the following may impact their financial aid:
1. being administratively withdrawn from a course
2. dropping a course
3. their last date of attendance in a course
Please see OSUIT Policy 2-021 for full details and procedures.
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Course Outline
Schedule
Week 1
Sept 1 – Sept 5
Topic
Introductory
Activities
Course Schedule
Assignment
Due Date
Discussion Board: Introduction and Sept 8
Syllabus Question
Syllabus Quiz (D2L Quizzes)
Sept 8
Introductory Photo Quiz
(D2L Quizzes)
Sept 8
Test email response
Sept 8
HW: Ch. 1.1 pg. 5 # 3, 6, 7, 10, 13
Sept 28
Quiz: Ch. 1 Sec. 1 (D2L Quizzes)
Sept 11
HW: Ch. 1.2 pg. 13 # 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12
Sept 28
Quiz: Ch. 1 Sec. 2 (D2L Quizzes)
Sept 11
HW: Ch. 1.3 pg. 21 # 1, 3, 5, 7, 15
Sept 28
Quiz: Ch. 1 Sec. 3 (D2L Quizzes)
Sept 18
Week 2
1.1
Sept 6 – Sept 12
1.2
Week 3
1.3
Sept 13 – Sept 19
2.1
HW: Ch. 2.1 pg. 36 # 3, 5, 8, 14, 15, Sept 28
17, 21, 23, 26, 27, 32, 35, 43
Quiz: Ch. 2 Sec. 1 (D2L Quizzes)
Sept 18
Week 4
2.2
Sept 20 – Sept 26
HW: Ch. 2.2 pg. 48 # 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 16, Sept 28
20, 22, 24, 26, 32, 41, 43
Quiz: Ch. 2 Sec. 2 (D2L Quizzes)
2.3
HW: Ch. 2.3 pg. 60 # 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 12, Sept 28
15, 18, 22, 24, 27, 30
Quiz: Ch. 2 Sec. 3 (D2L Quizzes)
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Sept 25
Sept 25
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Week 5
Exam 1
Exam 1 (D2L Quizzes)
Sept 28
3.1
HW: Ch. 3.1 pg. 73 # 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, Oct 12
13, 16, 23, 24, 26
Sept 27 – Oct 3
Quiz: Ch. 3 Sec. 1 (D2L Quizzes)
Oct 2
Week 6
3.2
Oct 4 – Oct 10
HW: Ch. 3.2 pg. 82 # 1, 3, 8, 14, 20, Oct 12
21, 23, 24, 29, 38
Quiz: Ch. 3 Sec. 2 (D2L Quizzes)
3.3
HW: Ch. 3.3 pg. 93 # 10, 12, 13, 16, Oct 12
17, 30, 31, 34, 35, 41
Quiz: Ch. 3 Sec. 3 (D2L Quizzes)
3.4
Oct 9
Oct 9
HW: Ch. 3.4 pg. 106 # 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, Oct 12
11, 14, 15, 19
Quiz: Ch. 3 Sec. 4 (D2L Quizzes)
Oct 9
Exam 2
Exam 2 (D2L Quizzes)
Oct 12
4.1
HW: Ch. 4.1 pg. 125 # 3, 4, 11, 13, 18, Nov 2
20, 32, 41, 43, 51
Week 7
Oct 11 – Oct 17
Quiz: Ch. 4 Sec. 1 (D2L Quizzes)
Oct 16
Week 8
4.2
Oct 18 – Oct 24
HW: Ch. 4.2 pg. 132 # 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, Nov 2
23, 26, 33, 36, 37
Quiz: Ch. 4 Sec. 2 (D2L Quizzes)
4.3
HW: Ch. 4.3 pg. 141 # 3, 4, 5, 13, 19, Nov 2
20, 24, 26, 28, 31
Quiz: Ch. 4 Sec. 3 (D2L Quizzes)
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Oct 23
Oct 23
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Week 9
4.4
Oct 25 – Oct 31
HW: Ch. 4.4 pg. 153 # 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, Nov 2
19, 20, 22, 24
Quiz: Ch. 4 Sec. 4 (D2L Quizzes)
4.5
Oct 30
HW: Ch. 4.5 pg. 161 # 1, 4, 5, 6, 11, Nov 2
12, 15
Quiz. Ch. 4 Sec. 5 (D2L Quizzes)
Oct 30
Exam 3
Exam 3 (D2L Quizzes)
Nov 2
6.1
HW: Ch. 6.1 pg. 261 # 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, Nov 20
13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 23, 27, 31, 33
Week 10
Nov 1 – Nov 7
Quiz: Ch. 6 Sec. 1 (D2L Quizzes)
Nov 6
Week 11
6.2
Nov 8 – Nov 14
HW: Ch. 6.2 pg. 276 # 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 13, Nov 20
14, 16, 19
Quiz: Ch. 6 Sec. 2 (D2L Quizzes)
Nov 6
HW: Ch. 6.4 pg. 292 # 1, 4, 5
Nov 20
Quiz: Ch. 6 Sec. 4 (D2L Quizzes)
Nov 20
Exam 4 (D2L Quizzes)
Nov 20
Week 12
6.4
Nov 15 – Nov 21
Exam 4
Week 13
Nov 22 – Nov 28
5.1
HW: Ch. 5.1 pg. 183 # 1, 3, 8, 11, 15, Dec 11
21, 38, 40, 42, 50, 57, 64, 67, 70, 71
Quiz: Ch. 5 Sec. 1 (D2L Quizzes)
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Nov 24
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Week 14
9.1
Nov 29 – Dec 5
HW: Ch. 9.1 pg. 409 # 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, Dec 11
12, 19
Quiz: Ch. 9 Sec. 1 (D2L Quizzes)
10.1
Dec 4
HW: Ch. 10.1 pg. 490 # 1, 3, 5, 8, 17, Dec 11
18, 24, 25, 28, 47
Quiz: Ch. 10 Sec. 1 (D2L Quizzes)
Dec 4
Exam 5
Exam 5 (D2L Quizzes)
Dec 11
Course
Project
Course Project
Dec 11
Week 15
Dec 6 – Dec 11
10:00 a.m.
All assignments are due by 11:59 p.m. central time on their due date, except for the assignments
associated with exam 5 and the course project. The exam 5 assignments and the course project
are due by 10:00 a.m. on December 11th.
Schedule is subject to change at instructor discretion.
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