MATH120-21SU2 (C) Summer Nov 2021 start

Discrete Mathematics

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 29 November 2021
End Date: Sunday, 13 February 2022
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 12 December 2021
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 23 January 2022

Description

Discrete mathematics is that part of mathematics not involving limit processes. It includes logic, the integers, finite structures, sets and networks.

This summer occurrence of MATH120 is intended for those students who have participated in the course previously. This is a waitlisted course with enrolment subject to Head of School approval - potential students should contact the Course Coordinator (Rosie Cameron) in the first instance.

Learning Outcomes

  • Students who have succeeded in this course will be able to:
  •  recognize and solve a range of problems in discrete mathematics
  •  understand important ideas from classical number theory, abstract algebra, graph theory and discrete probability.
  •  understand, analyse and decipher some of the old and modern cryptographic schemes
  •  think rigorously based on an axiomatic approach

Prerequisites

1. MATH101 or MATH102 or EMTH118, or
2. NCEA 14 Credits (18 strongly recommended) at level 3 Mathematics, or
3. Cambridge: D at A level or an A at AS level in Mathematics, or
4. IB: 4 at HL or 5 at SL in Mathematics, or
5. approval of the Head of School based on alternative prior learning.

Restrictions

MATH115

Course Coordinator

Rosie Cameron

Notes

This summer occurrence of MATH120 is intended for those students who have participated in the course previously. This is a waitlisted course with enrolment subject to Head of School approval - potential students should contact the Course Coordinator in the first instance.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $788.00

International fee $4,438.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Mathematics and Statistics .

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