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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / MAT322 - MATHEMATICS

Code: MAT322 Course Title: ABSTRACT ALGEBRA II Theoretical+Practice: 4+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Spring 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) HATİCE TOPCU,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To teach the most general and fundamental notions about the theory of rings and fields.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can define homomorphisms between rings. PO-3 Define the some models of mathematical problems, evaluate with a critical approach, analyze with theoretical and applied knowledge.
Examination
LO-2 Can understand properties of quotient fields. PO-2 Have the knowledge to critize, analyze, and evaluate the correctness, reliability, and validity of mathematical data.
Examination
LO-3 Can know polynomial rings and do arithmetical operations with rings. Do prime factorization. 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 find prime and maximal ideal of a ring. Know field extensions, normal extensions and Galois extensions . 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
Ring homomorphisms, Quotient fields, Polynomial rings, Arithmetic in rings, Prime factorizations, Prime and maximal ideals, Field extensions, Normal extensions, Galois extensions
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Ring homomorphisms problem-solving
2 Quotient fields problem-solving
3 Polynomial rings problem-solving
4 Arithmetic in rings problem-solving
5 Arithmetic in rings problem-solving
6 Prime factorizations problem-solving
7 Prime and maximal ideals problem-solving
8 mid-term exam
9 Prime and maximal ideals problem-solving
10 Prime and maximal ideals problem-solving
11 Prime and maximal ideals problem-solving
12 Normal extensions problem-solving
13 Normal extensions problem-solving
14 Galois extensions problem-solving
15 Galois extensions problem-solving
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 A First Course in Abstract Algebra , John B. Fraleigh, Addision-Wesley Publishing Company. 1994
2 Algebra, Thomas W. Hungerford, Holtü, Rinehart and Winston, inc. New York Chicago San Francisco, 1974,
3 Abstract Algebra David S. Dummit, Richard M. Foote, John Wiley & Sons, inc. 2004.
4 Soyut Cebir, D.Taşçı, Ankara 2010.
Required Course instruments and materials
The 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 15 60
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 15 30
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 15 30
       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 3 7 21
mid-term exam 1 2 2
Own study for final exam 3 7 21
final exam 1 2 2
0
0
Total work load; 166