No.

CILOs

Weighting (if applicable)

1.

explain at high levels concepts and implement basic operations in discrete mathematics.

3

2.

perform combinatorial analysis to solve counting problems.

2

3.

develop mathematical models from computation theory to programming languages through relations, combinatorics, graphs and trees.

2

4

use mathematical reasoning to comprehend and construct mathematical arguments.

2

5.

apply graph theory and other mathematical methods to both data structures and the analysis of algorithms, and some other problems in computer sciences.

3

6.

the combination of CILOs 1-5

3

TLAs

CILO No.

Hours/week

Learning through teaching is primarily based on lectures.

1--6

39 hours in total

Learning through tutorials is primarily based on interactive problem solving allowing instant feedback.

1

2 hours

2

1 hour

3

1 hour

4

1 hour

5

2 hours

Learning through take-home assignments helps students understand basic concepts and techniques of discrete mathematics, and apply mathematical methods and analysis from discrete mathematics to some applications in computer sciences.

1--5

after-class

Learning through online examples for applications helps students set up simple mathematical models and apply to problems in computer sciences.

3, 5

after-class

Learning activities in Math Help Centre provides students extra help.

1--4

after-class

Assessment Tasks/Activities

CILO No.

Weighting (if applicable)

Remarks

Test

2, 3

15-30%

Questions are designed for the first part of the course to see how well the students have learned the basic concepts, techniques and some applications of discrete mathematics.

Hand-in assignments

1--5

0-15%

These are skills based assessment to enable students to demonstrate the basic concepts, techniques of discrete mathematics and some applications.

Examination

6

70%

Examination questions are designed to see how far students have achieved their intended learning outcomes. Questions will primarily be skills and understanding based to assess the student’s versatility in discrete mathematics.

Formative take-home assignments

1--5

0%

The assignments provide students chances to demonstrate their achievements on discrete mathematics learned in this course.