COURSE SYLLABUS


Course Number: MATH 6320 
Course Title: INTRODUCTION TO ABSTRACT ALGEBRA II
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: MATH 6310
Corequisite: 

Objectives: To introduce students to the theory of rings and fields and to further develop their ability to think logically and to prove theorems.                                     

Course Content: 
	Rings: Definitions and Elementary Properties [3 days]
	Ideals and Homomorphisms [2 days]
	Quotient Rings, Prime and Maximal Ideals [3 days]
	Rings of Polynomials [2 days]
	Factoring Polynomials [2 days]
	Substitution in Polynomials [3 days]
	Extensions of Fields [3 days]
	Vector Spaces [3 days]
	Degrees of Field Extensions [3 days]
	Ruler and Compass Constructions [2 days]
	Galois Correspondence [6 days]
	Solving Equations by Radicals [3 days]

Possible textbooks:
A Book of Abstract Algebra, Second Edition, Charles C. Pinter, 1990, McGraw-Hill.

A First Course in Abstract Algebra, Fifth Edition, John B. Fraleigh, 1994, Addison-Wesley.


Grading and Evaluation Procedures:
Quizzes, tests, midterm exam, final exam. Other methods of evaluation are used at the discretion of the instructor.

Statement related to policies on unannounced quizzes and class attendance and participation:
Individual instructors have different policies concerning pop quizzes, class participation, homework grades, and attendance, which are announced at the beginning of the semester.