MODERN ALGEBRA 1

1) Semester:  Spring 2024

2) Course ID: MAS 5311 / CRN 15409

3) Course Credit Hours: 3

4) Meeting Times: M 6:30 - 9:15 (with break)

5) Meeting Location:  MH 102

6) Required Textbook:  Algebra by Thomas W. Hungerford, Springer Graduate Texts in Mathematics

7) Course description:  Graduate level introduction to basic theory of groups. Topics include groups, subgroups, homomorphisms, normality and quotient groups, isomorphism theorems, representation of finite abelian groups, normal series, the Sylow theory, and related topics.

8) Prerequisite(s): per catalogue

9) Student Learning Outcomes:

                                                (i) University Goal #6 - Information literacy

                                                (ii) University Goal #7 - Problem-solving abilities

                                                (iii) University Goal #8 - Technological literacy