Discrete Mathematics

6 ECTS credits
165 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1007132ANR for all students in the 1st semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester

1st semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences

Department

Mathematics

Educational team

Ann Dooms (course titular)
Tomas Everaert

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
26 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
120 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

Mathematical vocabulary
Basic techniques from discrete mathematics
Integers and number theory
Graph theory
Generating functions
Recurrence relations

Course material

Course text (Required) : Discrete wiskunde, Dooms, VUB, 2220170001852, 2016

Additional info

Digital course material on Canvas.

Learning Outcomes

General competences

The student is capable of writing down a mathematical reasoning in a correct and formal way.

The student masters the elementary techniques of Discrete Mathematics and is capable of deriving the proofs of the theorems.

The student can apply the seen techniques and concepts to solve simple problems.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Examen + taken with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

During the semester the student will make two tasks each counting for 10% of the end result.

At the end of the semester there is a written exam about the theory as well as the exercises. The student can elaborate orally on the answers to the theory questions. The theory and exercises exam account for 40%+40%=80% of the end result. The student can only pass if he takes part in all tests.

A student can only pass this course on the condition that he gets at least ten on one of the two parts of the written exam. An absence on one of the four parts of the exam implies an absence as the final result. The grade of the tasks is retained if one participates in the second examination period. An exemption from part of the written examination for the second examination period can be requested from a 12 on that part.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context