Homework is due on Wednesdays, at the beginning of class.
| 1 | 1/17 | Introduction to groups | 1 |
| 2 | 1/22 | Definition and properties of groups | 2-3 |
| 3 | 1/29 | Cyclic groups and abelian groups | 4, 8, 11 |
| 4 | 2/5 | Bijections and permutation groups | 5 |
| 5 | 2/12 | Homomorphisms | 6, 10 |
| 6 | 2/19 | Cosets and conjugacy | 7, 24 |
| 7 | 2/26 | Normal subgroups | 9 |
| 8 | 3/5 | Factor groups | 9 |
| spring break | |||
| 9 | 3/19 | Introduction to rings | 12-13 |
| 10 | 3/26 | Polynomial rings | 16-17 |
| 11 | 4/2 | Ideals | 14 |
| 12 | 4/9 | Ring homomorphisms | 15 |
| 13 | 4/16 | Unique factorization | 18 |
| 14 | 4/23 | Symmetry groups | 27-28 |
| 15 | 4/30 | Counting | 29 |
| 16 | 5/7 | Review | |