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MATH 147 Digital Mathematics

5 credits
Digital Mathematics covers the finite mathematical knowledge, skills and techniques necessary for success in computer-based technologies. Content includes counting, number systems, logic, relations, recursion, graphs and trees, algorithms, data structures, digital circuits, software languages, and programming.

Prerequisites: MATH 098  (recommended) or MATH 099  (or placement into MATH 147)

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

  • Apply counting techniques to solve simple problems in probability
  • Explain the integer system expressed in various bases
  • Identify logical elements in artificial languages
  • Determine tautological, contradictory, and contingent logical forms
  • Differentiate between functions and relations
  • Appreciate the inductive structure of mathematics
  • Solve simple problems using recursion
  • Explain the fundamental rules of graph and tree data structures
  • Construct simple algorithms for computation
  • Express problems using a variety of different data structures
  • Write simple computer programs in very high-level software languages
  • Describe the use of logic and recursion in semiconductor circuitry
  • Apply the mathematical skills of computational problem solving, pattern recognition, substitution, following structural rules, discrete modeling, and formal logic to solve problems requiring reasoning, critical thinking, and computation

Global Outcomes
This course teaches to the global outcome of critical thinking.

Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 50