EECS 203: Discrete Mathematics

Overview

Textbook

Piazza

We will be using a class interaction tool called Piazza for questions & answers, the course site can be found here. You will be able to post questions, answer other people's questions, give or ask for clarification on answers, see instructors' comments, etc. You can even ask questions privately to the staff.

Readings

Grading

• Homework

  There are two types of homework: Individual Homeworks and Group assignments. Both are to be turned in as PDFs via GradeScope by 3pm on the due date. Your homework score will be computed by dropping your lowest individual and group grades. This policy exists to address issues such as illness, broken cars, late buses, hungry dogs/cats, useless partners (for group assignments) etc. In the event of exceptional circumstances on more than two assignments, please see the instructor. Late homeworks will not be accepted.

  Students are encouraged to learn the math formatting tool LaTeX. It produces PDF files of beautifully formatted mathematics. All group assignments will need to be done in LaTeX unless the assignment specifies otherwise. For individual assignments, hand-written homework, scanned to PDF, is acceptable, but must be clearly readable. In any case, you must ensure that each PDF file is relatively small.

  • Individual Homework (10%): Individual homework must be individual work. Students may study in groups, and may help each other understand the material, but must not do or copy each others' homework or consult on the assignment. Copied or nearly identical homework will be reported to the Engineering Honor Council.
    
  • Group Assignments (10%): Group assignments will generally have a small number of very challenging questions and should require discussion and significant thought. Group assignments can be done by 1, 2 or 3 students. We recommend working in groups of 3. The group should do all problems as a group rather than breaking the problems up among the group as these problems will tend to show up on quizzes and exams. You may change your group for each assignment if you wish. You may not include anyone's name on an assignment that didn't contribute to the assignment. Nor may groups cooperate with other groups. Both are an Honor Code Violations. Again, all group assignments must be done in LaTeX.

• Quizzes (16%):

  There will be 5 quizzes. Each will take 15-25 minutes at the start of lecture on the day of the quiz. Your lowest quiz score will be dropped (we drop one case you miss a quiz, are late to it, or have some other issue). Makeup/late quizzes will not be given. If you are going to be out of town for some reason and know ahead of time, you may arrange for a proctored quiz (often a service provided by Community Colleges or Sylvan Learning Centers) at the same time as our quiz. If you are traveling for a UM activity, a UM faculty member can also proctor the quiz. Otherwise, you will need to use your dropped quiz. Quizzes are closed-book, closed notes.

• Midterm (29%):

  The midterm will be given on during class time. You may have one 8x11 page (both sides) for notes and no calculator.

• Final (35%):

  The Final time and date are on the class schedule. You may have two 8x11 pages (both sides) for notes and no calculator.

The A+ grade will be given to those students who earned an A and showed a mastery of the material that goes above-and-beyond the class expectations rather than the highest scorers.

Regrade Policy

Requests for a few more points for a partially correct answer will rarely succeed because we want to let the graders be consistent across people. To submit a regrade request use Gradescope. We reserve the right to regrade the entire assignment.