CSE-230-Course-Description and Outline
CSE-230-Course-Description and Outline
CSE 230 exclusively focuses on improving students’ logical reasoning, mathematical modeling, and
critical problem-solving skills that are essential for becoming successful computer engineers and
scientists. In that regard, Keneth H. Rosen’s textbook is considered the de facto standard and is being
taught in numerous schools all over the world. CSE 230 focuses on rigorously covering the first half of
the book. Note that, reading the book is NOT A RECOMMENDATION, RATHER A MANDATORY part of the
course. The students must make it a habit of reading the corresponding chapter sections of the book
every week that are related to that week’s lectures.
Note that the after-midterm lectures of the course cover materials from the book more quickly assuming
that students are on track with materials discussed earlier. Hence, the students must understand that
piling things up for studying just before the exams will most likely have a disastrous consequence for
them. So please do not put yourselves in that state. Remember that passing this course is easy, getting
an A in this course is also easy, however, the easiest thing is to fail in this course. All students have to do
is not study regularly.
Marks Distribution
Attendance - 10%
Quiz - 25%
Midterm - 30%
Final - 35%
Lecture Schedule
Slide No Lecture Topics Textbook Reference
1 1. The notion of logic and proof Chapter 1 Section 1.1 (up Three weeks
2. Meaning of a proposition to conditional to complete
3. Logical Connectives statements) Chapter 1