UNIVERSITY OF GUYANA

FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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Academic Year: 2023/2024

Course Number: CSE 1202
Course Name: Mathematics and Statistics for Computer Science
Course Credit: 4

Description: This course is a first-year, second-semester course intended for students pursuing
the two-year full-time Associate of Science degree in Computer Science program.
This course will equip the students with the foundational skills in mathematics
and statistics required for the computing discipline.

Exemption(s): There are no exemptions for this course.

Pre-requisites: None

Follow-On Courses: None

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

1. describe the basics of number theory

2. identify, describe, and use various trigonometric ratios and apply them
in problem-solving.
3. Apply matrix operations to solve systems of linear equations.
4. Perform basic calculus operations
5. Identify statistical distributions and use appropriate descriptive and
inferential statistical techniques for basic hypothesis testing
Course Content:
WEEK TOPICS
1 Introduction to Number Theory
Modulo Arithmetic; Division Algorithm; Greatest Common Divisor; Least Common
Multiple; Prime Factorization
2 Geometry and Trigonometry
Measure of Angles – Radians and Degrees; Conversion between radians and degrees;
Trigonometric Ratios
3 Trigonometric Identities
4 Linear Algebra
Introduction to Matrices; Matrix Operations – Additions and Multiplications; Row
Operations
 5 Gaussian Elimination; Solutions of Systems of Linear Equations
6 Inverse; Determinants
7 Calculus
Limits and Continuity; Differentiability; Differentiation by First Principles; Chain
Rule, Product Rule, Quotient Rule.
8 Counting and Probability
Definitions; Introduction To Discrete Probability; Bayes’ Theorem
9 Permutations; Combinations; Pigeonhole Principle
10 Descriptive Statistics
Data Classification; Methods of data collection
11 Introduction to Sampling; Diagrams – Bar Charts, Pie Charts, Pictograms
12 The Normal Distributions – Properties and Applications
The Standard Normal Distribution
13 Brief Introduction to Statistical Inference Procedures
Hypothesis Testing; Parameter Estimation

Method of Teaching:

Lectures 3 x 13 = 39 hrs.
Tutorials/labs 1 x 13 = 13 hrs.
Total 52 contact hours

Method of Assessment:
Continuous (100%)
13 weekly tests at 5% each (65%)
Assignments (25%)
Discussion Forum participation (10%)

Text and Recommended Reading(s) :

Stewart – Calculus: Early Transcendentals

Bostock and Chandler – Mathematics: The Core Course For A Levels

Rosen, Kenneth H. - Discrete Mathematics and It's Applications

Weiss – Introductory Statistics