LibGuides: CISC 2210 Introduction to Discrete Structures (Briskman): Home

Details

Course & Section	Introduction to Discrete Structures, CISC 2210, MW3
Semester	Spring 2025
Class Meeting Location	Ingersoll Hall, Room 1141 (IH-1141)
Class Meeting Time	Mondays, Wednesdays (MoWe), 3:40 PM – 4:55 PM
Professor	Miriam Briskman
Email	miriam.briskman@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Response Time	Within 24 – 48 hours, between 12 PM to 9:30 PM
Office hours	Wednesdays, 07:30 PM – 09:30 PM, online through Blackboard. Alternatively, please email me to schedule an appointment.

Course Description

Elementary set theory, functions, relations, and Boolean algebra. Switching circuits, gating networks. Definition and analysis of algorithms. Applications of graph theory to computer science. Related algorithms. Introduction to combinatorial computing and counting arguments. Introduction to error analysis.

Taken from Brooklyn College's CISC 2210 Course Info Webpage.

Course Textbook

No textbook purchase is required. This is an OER/ZTC course which means all course materials are freely available to you. All content is either open educational resources (OER), zero textbook cost (ZTC) or library resources.

Course website with readings

CISC 2210 Introduction to Discrete Structures OER website
Reading materials can be found on the website you are currently on CISC 2210 Introduction to Discrete Structures.
URL: https://libguides.brooklyn.cuny.edu/cisc2210-briskman/home

Books/Materials

College Algebra (online course [MOOK])
Citation: Lumen Learning. "College Algebra". Accessed January 19 2025. License: CC BY: Attribution.
URL: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/ivytech-collegealgebra/
CS202: Discrete Structures (online course [MOOK])
Citation: “CS202: Discrete Structures.” Saylor Academy. Accessed 19 January 2025. License: CC BY: Attribution.
URL: https://learn.saylor.org/course/view.php?id=67
Note: Students aren't required to sign up or create a Saylor Academy account to view the contents of this resource.
Notes on Discrete Mathematics (pdf book)
Citation: Aspnes, James. (2022). Notes on Discrete Mathematics. License: CC BY-SA: Attribution-ShareAlike.
URL: https://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/aspnes/classes/202/notes.pdf
How To Write Proofs (website)
Citation: Cusick, Larry. "How To Write Proofs". Accessed January 19 2025.
URL: https://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~larryc/proofs/proofs.html
A Cool Brisk Walk Through Discrete Mathematics (pdf book)
Citation: Davis, Stephen. (2019). A Cool Brisk Walk Through Discrete Mathematics, version 2.2. License: CC BY-SA: Attribution-ShareAlike.
URL: http://stephendavies.org/brisk.pdf
Applied Discrete Structures (pdf book)
Citation: Doerr, Al and Levasseur, Ken. (2024). Applied Discrete Structures, https://discretemath.org/. License: CC BY-NC-SA: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike.
URL: https://discretemath.org/ads-latex/ads.pdf
Discrete Math (e-book)
Citation: Jamaloodee, Mohamed and Pinzon, Kathy and Pragel, Daniel and Roberts, Joshua and Siva, Sebastien. Discrete Math. Georgia Gwinnett College, Accessed 19 January 2025. License: CC BY-NC: Attribution-NonCommercial.
URL: https://ggc-discrete-math.github.io/
Applied Combinatorics (e-book)
Citation: Keller, Mitchel T and Trotter, William T. Applied Combinatorics. Open Textbook Library, 2017, Accessed 19 January 2025. License: CC BY-SA: Attribution-ShareAlike.
URL: https://www.appliedcombinatorics.org/book/app-comb.html
Discrete Mathematics: An Open Introduction (e-book)
Citation: Levin, Oscar. (2023). Discrete Mathematics: An Open Introduction, https://discrete.openmathbooks.org/dmoi3/, 3rd edition. License: CC BY-SA: Attribution-ShareAlike.
URL: https://discrete.openmathbooks.org/dmoi3/
Introduction to Discrete Mathematics: An OER for MA-471 (pdf book)
Citation: Sassolas, Mathieu. (2021). Introduction to Discrete Mathematics: An OER for MA-471, https://academicworks.cuny.edu/qb_oers/179/. License: CC BY-NC: Attribution-NonCommercial.
URL: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1183&context=qb_oers

LaTeX Coding Resources

The LaTeX Project (website)
Citation: Mittelbach, Frank et al. "The LaTeX Project." The LaTeX Project, Accessed 22 January 2025. License: The LaTeX Project Public License v1.3c.
URL: https://www.latex-project.org/
LaTeX tutorial for academics and non-academics (website/blog)
Citation: Firexfly. "A LaTeX tutorial for academics and non-academics: Practical Typesetting with TeX Live." firexfly.com, Accessed 22 January 2025. License: CC BY: Attribution.
URL: https://firexfly.com/practical-typesetting/

Syllabi for CISC 2210, section MW3

Full Version Syllabus: CISC 2210, section MW3 (pdf)
Citation: Briskman, Miriam. "Syllabus: : Introduction to Discrete Structures." Computer and Information Science Department of Brooklyn College, January 2025. License: CC BY-NC 4.0: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International.
URL: https://libguides.brooklyn.cuny.edu/ld.php?content_id=79524986
Abridged Version Syllabus: CISC 2210, section MW3 (pdf)
Citation: Briskman, Miriam. "Abridged Syllabus: Introduction to Discrete Structures." Computer and Information Science Department of Brooklyn College, January 2025. License: CC BY-NC 4.0: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International.
URL: https://libguides.brooklyn.cuny.edu/ld.php?content_id=79524991

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