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COURSE OUTLINE

INSTITUTION University of Management & Technology, Lahore

PROGRAM (S) TO BS Information Technology

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Course Description:
Course Code CC141
Course Title Discrete Structures
Credit Hours 3
Prerequisites by None
Course(s) and
Topics
Assessment Quizzes: 15%
Instruments Assignments: 10%
with Weights Class participation/Behavior/Attitude/Attendance: 10%
(homework,
Midterm Exam: 25%
quizzes,
midterms, final, Final Exam: 40%
programming
assignments, lab
work, etc.)
Course Dr. Ghulam Mustafa
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Current Catalog
Description
Textbook (or
Laboratory Keneth H. Rosen. Discrete Mathematics and its Applications. Latest ed.
Manual for
Laboratory
Courses)
Reference 1. Discrete Mathematics with Applications, 4th Edition by Susanna S. Epp
Material 2. Discrete Mathematics, 7th edition by Richard Johnson Baugh
3. Discrete Mathematical Structures, 4th edition by Kolman, Busby & Ross
4. Discrete and Combinatorial Mathematics: An Applied Introduction by Ralph P.
Grimaldi
5. Logic and Discrete Mathematics: A Computer Science Perspective by Winifred
Grassman
Course Goals Mathematical reasoning, propositional and predicate logic, rules of inference,
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proof by induction, proof by contraposition, proof by contradiction, proof by

implication, set theory, relations, equivalence relations and partitions, partial
orderings, recurrence relations, functions, mappings, function composition,
inverse functions, recursive functions, Number Theory, sequences, series,
counting, inclusion and exclusion principle, pigeonhole principle, permutations
and combinations, elements of graph theory, planar graphs, graph coloring,
Euler graph, Hamiltonian path, rooted trees, traversals.

Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs):

At the end of the course the students will be able to:
CLO Domain BT Level*
CLO1: Understand the key concepts of Discrete Structures such as Sets,
C 2
Permutations, Relations, Graphs, and Trees etc.
CLO2: Apply formal logic proofs and/or informal, but rigorous, logical reasoning to
real problems, such as predicting the behavior of software or solving problems C 3
such as puzzles.
CLO3: Apply discrete structures into other computing problems such as formal
C 3
specification, verification, databases, artificial intelligence, and cryptography.
CLO4: Differentiate various discrete structures and their relevance within the
context of computer science, in the areas of data structures and algorithms, in C 4
particular.
* BT= Bloom’s Taxonomy C=Cognitive domain, P=Psychomotor domain, A= Affective domain

Mapping of CLOs to Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs):

CLOs / PLOs CLO 1 CLO 2 CLO 3 CLO 4

PLO1: Academic Education 
PLO2: Knowledge for Solving Computing Problems 
PLO3: Problem Analysis  
PLO4: Design/ Development of Solutions
PLO5: Modern Tool Usage
PLO6: Individual and Team Work
PLO7: Communication
PLO8: Computing Professionalism and Society
PLO9: Ethics
PLO10: Life-long Learning

Tentative Lecture Plan

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Week Topics Assessments CLOs

Introduction
1 CLO1
Overview, motivation, importance.
Logic
CLO2
2-3 Propositional logic, logical equivalence, Quiz 1
CLO3
predicates & quantifiers, logical reasoning, proof
techniques
Sets
4 CLO1
Basics, set operations.
Functions
Assignment - CLO1
5-6
One-to-one, onto, inverse, composition of 1, Quiz 2 CLO3
functions, graphs of functions.
CLO1
7 Sequences and Summations Assignment -2
CLO3
CLO1
8 Midterm Exam
CLO2
CLO3
9-10 Induction and Recursion Quiz 3
CLO4
Counting
CLO3
11-12 Assignment -3
Basic rules, pigeonhole principle, permutations
and combinations, binomial coefficients.
Relations
CLO3
13 Quiz 4 CLO4
Properties of relations, combining relations,
representation of relations.
Graphs
CLO1
14
CLO4
Directed, undirected graphs.
Trees
CLO1
15 Quiz 5
CLO4
Introduction to trees.
Final term Exam Final CLO1
CLO2
CLO3
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CLO4
Assignments and Practice Homework
Class Activities
3 hours per week

*-Tentative Mapping of CLOs to Direct Assessments

Assignme

Assignme

Assignme

Midterm
Quiz 1

Quiz 2

Quiz 3

Quiz 4

Quiz 5

Exam

Exam
Final
nt 1

nt 2

nt 3
CLOs▼

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Instructor Name: Dr. Ghulam Mustafa

Instructor Signature ____________________________

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