Übung/Proseminar: Discrete and Algebraic Structures

1h/week   Winter 2016/17   MAT.403

K. Baur

Place/Time:

  • October 14, 2016 to January 20, 2017: University of Graz, SR 11.33, Heinrichstrasse 36, Fridays 2pm-2:45pm (group 1) or 2.45pm-3.45pm (group 2, potentially)

    • As of October 8, 2016, there will only be one exercise class, Fridays 2pm-3pm.

    Exercise sheets:

    (The sheets will appear as the semester progresses - the links will only work once the sheets are ready)


    Sheet  1 due on 14. 10. 2016
    Sheet  2 due on 21. 10. 2016
    Sheet  3 due on 4. 11. 2016
    Sheet  4 due on 11. 11. 2016
    Sheet  5 due on 18. 11. 2016
    Sheet  6 due on 25. 11. 2016
    Sheet  7 due on 2. 12. 2016
    Sheet  8 due on 9. 12. 2016
    Sheet  9 due on 16. 12. 2016
    Sheet  10 due on 13. 1. 2016
    Sheet  11 due on 20. 1. 2016
    Sheet  12 due on 27. 1. 2017

    Exam information/Prüfungsmodus:

    Immanent evaluation and written exam at the end.

    Grading key/Beurteilungsschema:

    The final grade is made out of three parts:
    (a) solving exercise problems (up to 15 points),
    (b) presenting solutions (up to 5 points),
    (c) final exam (up to 20 points).


    (a)
    Exercise problems will be available a week before the exercise session. The students have to tick every exercise problem they have solved in the online form (by 1pm on Fridays).
    The best 10 performances will be taken into account. Up to 15 points can be earned for this.
    The online system for the course is online system (to be filled in before 1pm on Fridays)
    (b)
    During exercise classes, the instructor will call students who have ticked a problem to demonstrate it on the blackboard. There are points awarded for solving in front of the class: 0-5 points per problem. Partial solutions will get some credit, but wrong answers/no answer will get 0 points.
    Every student has to demonstrate at least one problem on the blackboard during the semester, with the best performance counting.

    (c)
    Final exam:
    31.1.2017, 8:15-9:45, BE01 at TU Graz.
    You can obtain up to 20 points in the exam. 10 points for each part of the course.
    You can bring one page of hand-written notes (on both sides).

    Beginning of March
    You can obtain up to 20 points in the exam. 10 points for each part of the course.
    You can bring one page of hand-written notes (on both sides).


    Remarks:
    If a student ticks exercise problems, he/she has to be present during the class. Otherwise, the ticks made for this week will be discounted. Should this occur repeatedly, the instructors may deduce additional points. Should it become apparent that a student has not prepared a problem, this may also lead to a deduction of points.


    In numbers
    The maximum number of points is 40 for this course. You need at least 20 points to pass the course. The key is as follows:
    (for students not familiar with the Austrian grade system: 5 is failing, all other grades are passing)
    35 ≤ x points ≤ 40: grade 1 (sehr gut)
    30 ≤ x points < 35 : grade 2 (gut)
    25 ≤ x points <30 : grade 3 (befriedigend)
    20 ≤ x points <25: grade 4 (genügend)
    0 ≤ x points < 20: grade 5 (ungenügend)