Prerequisite: Linear Algebra (Math 250)
Text: Abstract Algebra (3rd ed.), by I.N. Herstein,
Prentice Hall, 1996
| Week | Lecture dates | Sections | topics |
| 1 | 9/2 (Wednesday) | 1.1-1.3 | mappings |
| 2 | 9/9 (Wednesday) | 1.4, 3.1, 1.5 | permutations and "Z" |
| 3 | 9/14-16 (first Workshop 9/14) | 1.6, 1.7, 2.1 | "C", examples of groups |
| 4 | 9/21-23 | 2.2-2.4 | subgroups |
| 5 | 9/28-30 | 2.5, 2.6 | quotient groups |
| 6 | 10/5-7 | up to 2.6 | review and Exam 1 |
| 7 | 10/12-14 | 2.7, 2.8 | quotient groups |
| 8 | 10/19-21 | 2.10, 2.11 | Abelian groups, Sylow's Theorem |
| 9 | 10/26-28 | 3.2, 3.3 | odd and even permutations |
| 10 | 11/2-4 | 4.1, 4.2 | examples of rings |
| 11 | 11/9-11 | 4.3, 4.4 | Ideals |
| 12 | 11/16-18 | up to 4.4 | review and Exam 2 |
| 13 | 11/23 (no class 11/25) | 4.5 | polynomial rings |
| 14 | 11/30,12/2 | 4.6, 5.1, 5.2 | examples of fields |
| 15 | 12/7-9 | 5.3, 5.4 | field extensions |
| 16 | 12/10 (Thursday but "Monday") | up to 5.4 | review of fields |
| 17 | 12/15 (Tuesday) | 12-3 PM | Final Exam |
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