title: Difference between Discrete Structures and Discrete Mathematics
body: <p>I haven't yet found a good answer. Or any answer, for that matter. I've been asked to teach a discrete structures for CS course, but at the same time make sure it's not a discrete mathematics course -- that's offered by the Mathematics department.</p>
  
  <p>Many colleges offer a discrete structures course. There are also many DS textbooks. But when I look at the course syllabi and the textbook introductions, the term "discrete structures" is never used; they use "discrete mathematics" instead. DS only appears in the title of the course/textbook.</p>
  
  <p>Examples:</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.cs.odu.edu/~toida/nerzic/content/intro2discrete/intro2discrete.html" rel="noreferrer">CS 381 at ODU</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrete_structures" rel="noreferrer">Discrete Structures entry at Wikipedia</a></p>
  
  <p>What's discrete structures and how does it differ from discrete mathematics?</p>