COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ALGEBRA I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MAT 3055 ALGEBRA I COMPULSORY 4 0 0 7

Offered By

Mathematics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR GÖKHAN BILHAN

Offered to

Mathematics (Evening)
Mathematics

Course Objective

This course aims to give advanced properties of algebraic notions that is covered in the course Basic Algebraic Structures .

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Groups together with cyclic groups and their whole basic structure should be known.
2   Factor groups, rings should be known.
3   Ideal concept, together with maximal and prime ideals should be known.
4   Extension fields and rings should be known.
5   Students should know more about groups, rings and fields that are covered in the course Basic Algebraic Structures .

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Review of groups and introduction to cyclic groups.
2 Order of element, subgroups of cyclic groups.
3 Generating sets and examples.
4 Cosets and Lagrange theorem, direct product of groups.
5 Homomorphisms, normal subgroups, first isomorphism theorem and it s applications. Factor groups.
6 Factor group computations.
7 Isomorphism theorems on groups.
8 Review
9 Midterm
10 Field of quotients of an integral domain.
11 Rings and ideals, factor rings.
12 Maximal ideals, prime ideals, ideal structure on F(x).
13 Extension fields I
14 Extension Fields II

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): A First Course in Abstract Algebra-7Th Ed. J.Fraleigh.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-mail: gokhan.bilhan@deu.edu.tr
Office: (232) 3018593

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 4 52
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 1 30 30
Preparation for final exam 1 35 35
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 169

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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