5 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1019931ANR 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)
Activities and contact hours
26 contact hours Lecture
26 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
100 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.

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

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bridging Programme Master of Science in Applied Sciences and Engineering: Computer Science: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Science in Applied Computer Science: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Science in Applied Sciences and Engineering: Computer Science: Track A (76 ECTS) (only offered in Dutch)