CIS 2166. Mathematical Concepts in Computing II

Section 003. Fall 2025

Syllabus

Instructor

Dr. Pei Wang
OFFICE: Room 347, Science Education and Research Center (SERC)
PHONE: (215)204-9255 (during office hours)
EMAIL: pei.wang@temple.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 3:45 - 5:00 pm, and on Zoom by appointment

Teaching Assisstant

Hirsa Kia
OFFICE: Room 339, Science Education and Research Center (SERC)
EMAIL: hirsa.kia@temple.edu
Office Hours: Mondays 2PM - 4PM, and on Zoom by appointment

Times and location

Lecture: Tuesday/Thursday 2:00 - 3:20 pm, Wachman Hall 00408
Recitation: Friday 1:00 pm - 2:50 pm, Tuttleman Learning Center 00402

Description

Detailed Course Information

Topics covered: Algorithms, Mathematical Induction, Graphs, Matrix Algebra

Textbooks

1. Kenneth Rosen, Discrete Mathematics and its Applications, 8th edition, McGraw Hill (you need to purchase MH Connect)
2. Gregory Hartman, Fundamentals of Matrix Algebra, 3rd edition

Schedule

See course webpage

Grading

• Exams: 60% (Mid-term 25%, Final 35%, closed-book, allowing a single page of note)
• Quizzes: 25%
• Homework: 10%
• Participation: 5%

Policies and Rules

• Attendance to all lectures, recitations, and examinations is required. Late arrival or early leaving are not allowed except in special situations.
• No eating, talking, sleeping during the lectures. Cellphone cannot be used.
• All work submitted for credit must be your own. You may discuss the homework problems with your classmates, the teaching assistant, and the instructor. You must acknowledge the people with whom you discussed your work, and you must write up your own solutions. You may not consult any solutions from previous years' assignments whether they are student or faculty generated. Plagiarism will be handled with severe measures. Temple has established a blanket policy on the use of generative AI tools. For this course, the use of such tools is allowed, though should be acknowledged with other references. Students should be familiar with the Student Conduct Code of the university.
• Temple University has a statement on the Student and Faculty Academic Rights and Responsibilities Policy, such as: Freedom to teach and freedom to learn are inseparable facets of academic freedom.
• The Student Success Center services include the Writing Center, the PASS program, Academic Coaching, STEM tutoring, the Conversation Partners program, and more.
• To achieve course learning goals, students must attend and participate in classes, according to the course requirements. However, if you have tested positive for or are experiencing symptomsof acontagious illness, you should not come to campus or attend in-person classes or activities. It is the student’s responsibility to contact me to create a plan for participation and engagement in the course as soon as you are able to do so, and to make a plan to complete all assignments in a timely fashion.
• Any student who has a need for accommodation based on the impact of a documented disability, including special accommodations for access to technology resources and electronic instructional materials required for the course, should contact me privately to discuss the specific situation by the end of the second week of classes or as soon as practical. If you have not done so already, please contact Disability Resources and Services (DRS) at 215-204-1280 in 100 Ritter Annex to learn more about the resources available to you. We will work with DRS to coordinate reasonable accommodations for all students with documented disabilities.