Course Information

ICS 6D
Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science

Summer Session I: 2014

Instructor

Readers

Meeting Places and Times

Lecture will be held MWF 9:00-10:50 in SSL 228. You are responsible for anything said in class, including class announcements. If you have to miss lecture for any reason, please ask one of your classmates to fill you in on what you missed.

There are two discussion sections for this class. Each section meets one hour per week. This is an important time to get questions answered about homework problems. No new content will be given in discussion, but you are highly encouraged to attend as it will give valuable practice on problems.

Obtaining Assistance

You can also email me with question related to the course. However, if the question requires a long response, I am likely to ask you to come see me to discuss in person. Please use your uci or ics email accounts when sending me email related to the course.

For questions about grading on homework, please contact the course reader, Zana Ghaderi. You can come to me with questions about grading on tests.

Course Announcements

• Course announcements will be sent via email to all students enrolled in the class, at their official UCI email address.
• Click here for the archive of these messages.

Homework and Quizes

A test will be given every Wednesday of the course, except for the first week. Those dates are: July 2, 9, 16, 23. The tests will be given at the end of lecture and will last approximately 30-40 minutes. In calculating your grade, I use only the top three scores from the four tests. In exchnage for this, I give absolutely no make up exams, regardless of the reason. It is understandable, that there are sometimes circumstances beyond your control that make it necessary to miss a test. The dropped test is designed to cover one such occasion. In a densely packed 5-week quarter, we can only accommodate one missed test.

Homework is due every Monday and Friday, except for the first day of class and July 4. You will notice that the homework counts very little towards your grade. It is important to do the homework because it enables you to learn the material but a missed homework will not have a big effect on your grade. Absolutely no late homework assignments will be accepted. .

Grades for the assignements and quizes will be posted through EEE. If you have questions regarding grading, please see one of the readers.

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This quarter you will be using a web-based interactive, animated offering as your "textbook". You are required to have an account for the course. The material includes interactive exercises which will count towards your grade. The directions for subscribing can be found at:

1. Go to https://zybooks.zyante.com/#/zybooks. Bookmark this site - this is your site for the entire quarter.

Course Structure

Homework 5%
Reading Assignments 4%
Tests 60%
Final 30%
Completing the Course Evaluation 1%

Missed Midtern or Final Exam Policy

• If you miss the final exam and do not have a valid reason, you will receive a score of 0 on the exam.
• The following policy applies if you miss the final exam for a valid reason.
  • There are only two classes of valid reasons for missing the final exam:
    1. An unforeseeable emergency, such as a medical emergency. In such cases I will ask for documentation.
    2. An absence from an exam due to a foreseeable circumstance that I have approved in advance.
  • A work conflict or a family vacation is NOT a valid reason for missing the final exam.
  • If you wait until after the exam to get a foreseeable excuse approved, and it is not approved, you will receive a grade of zero (0) on the exam.
  • If I accept your reason for missing the final exam, at my option I may either (1) give you a makeup exam or (2) assign your grade on the basis of the remaining course work that you did not miss.
  • If I give a makeup exam, I may give it less weight than announced on the course web page.

Academic Honesty

The Bren School of ICS and the University have already established an academic honesty policy. Read it.

Violators of academic honesty policies are subject to the penalties described in the Bren School of ICS policy. They are also subject to an immediate course grade of F, and you will not be allowed to drop the course to avoid the grade. Also be aware that a single documented case of academic dishonesty may preclude you from switching into computing majors, registering for computing minors, joining the ICS Honors Program, and graduating from a computing major with honors.

Guidelines to avoid plagarism:

• Do not look at another person's homework. Instead you should prefer to discuss the problem in plain English. This helps you to communicate clearly, practice technical jargon as it applies to your problem, and to identify how your solution exhibits behavior different from what you expect.
• Do not write down the solution in your notes. It is perfectly fine (and encouraged) to collborate on work. Working in a group is a rewarding experience, and definitely a necessary skill in any professional career. The collaboration can include drawing diagrams and perhaps solving the problem on a whiteboard. However, you should avoid writing the solution in your notes. It is very useful to rethink the problem and go through the details and logic when you solve it again on your own.

We expect that:

• You can monitor each other and enforce these rules among yourselves. Making sure that others follow these guidelines will help to ensure that they don't pass off your work as their own.

• Your work honestly represents your efforts. The entire purpose of obtaining an education is so that you can accumulate a body of skills and experience that will help you later on. If you do not perform the work yourself, then you have cheated yourself out of the education. Employers in our field can (and do) screen applicants for skills and knowledge. You will perform poorly (and discredit UCI) if you do not practice now by doing your own work.