Tentative Schedule

*Important! Students should read the next section in the book before coming to class, as assigned in the schedule under Reading!!

*The five HW assignments are to be hand in on the due dates noted with lavender color. To see which problems are assigned see the Assignments page.

 

Date	Class Schedule	Reading*	Homework*
Jan 8	Course Syllabus, Schedule, and Introduction
Jan 10	Ch0: Integers and Modular Arithmetic	Ch0 to page 14	Lecture Notes 1
Jan 15	Ch0: Integers and Modular Arithmetic
Jan 17	Ch1: Intro to groups	Ch1
Jan 22	Ch2: Groups	Ch2
Jan 24	Ch3: Finite groups; Subgroups	Ch3
Jan 29	Ch3: Finite groups; Subgroups	Ch3	HW1
Jan 31	Ch4: Cyclic Groups	Ch4
Feb 5	Ch4: Cyclic Groups	Ch4
Feb 7	Ch5: Permutation Groups	Ch5
Feb 12	Test 1 Review		HW2
Feb 14	Test 1
Feb 19	Ch6: Isomorphisms	Ch6
Feb 21	Ch 7: Cosets and Lagrange's Theorem	Ch7
Feb 26	Ch 7: Cosets and Lagrange's Theorem	Ch7
Feb 28	Ch 8: Direct products	Ch8
Mar 5	Ch 8: Direct products		HW 3
Mar 7	Ch9: Normal group and factor group	Ch9
Mar 19	Ch9: Normal group and factor group
Mar 21	Ch10: Group homomorphisms	Ch10
Mar 26	Test 2 Review		HW 4
Mar 28	Test 2
April 2	Ch11: Fundamental Thm of Finite Abelian Groups	Ch11
April 4	Ch12: Rings	Ch12
April 9	Ch13: Integral domains and fields	Ch13
April 11	Ch14: Ideals and factor rings	Ch14
April 16	Ch15: Ring homomorphisms	Ch15
April 18	Ch15: Ring homomorphisms		HW 5
April 23	Review
April 25	Review
May 7	Final Exam