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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / MAT321 - MATHEMATICS

Code: MAT321 Course Title: ABSTRACT ALGEBRA I Theoretical+Practice: 4+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department MATHEMATICS
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer SEZER SORGUN (ssorgun@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) no
Objectives of the Course
To assist the student in learning ideas about structure of groups and to lead them to an appreciation of the unifying power of the abstract algebra point of view in surveying the problems of algebra.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can understand the most general and fundamental notions of structure of groups. PO-1 Have the ability to conceptualize the events and facts related to the field of mathematics such as Analysis, Geometry and Algebra with the help of the scientific methods and techniques and can define these concepts.
Examination
LO-2 Can know and use cyclic groups PO-2 Have the knowledge to critize, analyze, and evaluate the correctness, reliability, and validity of mathematical data.
Examination
LO-3 Can know and use theorems of isomorphism PO-5 Develop suitable material for a subject on a mathematical area, to use the knowledge and experience gains with different methods
Examination
LO-4 Can know Sylow theorems and apply on problems. PO-10 With the knowledge of foreign language required the field of mathematics, use and follow information technologies by the level of European Language Portfoy B1.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Groups, Subgroups, Permutations, Cyclic Groups, Direct Products, Finete Generated Abelian Groups, Cosets, Normal Subgroups and Quotient Groups, Homomorphisms, The Izomorphism Theorems, Group Actions, Sylow Theorems and Applications, Free Serbest Abelian Grups.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Groups, Subgroups problem-solving
2 Permutations problem-solving
3 cyclic groups problem-solving
4 direct product problem-solving
5 Finete Generated Abelian Groups, problem-solving
6 cosets problem-solving
7 Normal Subgroups, Quotient Groups problem-solving
8 mid-term exam
9 Homomorphisms problem-solving
10 The İzomorphism Theorems problem-solving
11 Group Actions problem-solving
12 Sylow Theorems and Applications problem-solving
13 Sylow Theorems and Applications problem-solving
14 Free Serbest Abelian Grups. problem-solving
15 Free Serbest Abelian Grups. problem-solving
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 1. 1. A First Course in Abstract Algebra , John B. Fraleigh, Addision-Wesley Publishing Company. 1994
2 2. Algebra, Thomas W. Hungerford, Holtü, Rinehart and Winston, inc. New York Chicago San Francisco, 1974,
3 3. Abstract Algebra David S. Dummit, Richard M. Foote, John Wiley & Sons, inc. 2004.
4 4. Soyur Cebir, Taşcı D., Ankara 2010.
Required Course instruments and materials
Books of abstract algebra

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 2 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 2 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 4 14 56
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 14 28
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 14 42
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 4 7 28
mid-term exam 2 1 2
Own study for final exam 4 7 28
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 186