TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES

COURSE SYLLABUS

COURSE CODE MATH M313

COURSE NAME ABSTRACT ALGEBRA 1
CREDITS 3 units
CONTACT HOURS 3 hours lecture

INSTRUCTOR Daren P. Tolentino

Faculty Member, Math and Physics Department
TEXTBOOK Gallian, J.A. (2010) Contemporary Abstract Algebra (7th ed.), Houghton
Mifflin
Other Supplemental Fraleigh, J. (2000) A First Course in Abstract Algebra (5th ed.), Addison-
Materials Wesley
Herstein, I. (1990) Abstract Algebra (2nd ed.), Collier Macmillan
Hungerford, T. (1993) Abstract Algebra, an Introduction (2nd ed.),
Saunders College

SPECIFIC COURSE INFORMATION

a. Course Description
This course covers groups, subgroups, cyclic groups, permutation groups, abelian groups, normal
subgroups, quotient subgroups and homomorphisms and isomorphism theorems, rings, integral domains,
fields, ring homomorphisms, ideals, and field of quotients.
b. Prerequisites Math M213 ( Fundamental Concepts of Mathematics)
Co-requisites
c. Course Classification Required
(Required/elective/
selected elective)
SPECIFIC GOALS FOR THE COURSE
a. Course Objective
The course aims to:
1. Develop analytical thinking skills determining if a given set is a group, a subgroup, a ring, a field,
etc.
2. Can recall the definition and the basic properties of a group, etc.
3. Develop critical and logical thinking skills in solving problems in Abstract Algebra.

b. Course Outcomes
By the end of the course, the students will be able to:
1. State with precision the definition of a group, a subgroup, a ring, a field, etc.
2. Apply definition and theorems to prove properties that are satisfied by all groups, subgroups,
 ring, etc.
3. Recall the definitions and the basic properties of certain examples of groups, e.g. dihedral,
symmetric, and alternating.
4. Recall the definition and basic properties of other objects such as homomorphism, isomorphism,
kernel, direct product of groups, quotient groups, etc.

c. Student Outcomes
None
COURSE TOPICS
Prelim Period
(Weeks 1-6)      
I. Introduction: TIP Vision and Mission; TIP Graduate Attributes/ Institutional Intended Learning
Outcomes; Program Objectives/ Program Intended Learning Outcomes; Course Objectives/ Course
Intended Learning Outcomes; Course Policies
II. Preliminaries: Sets, Equivalence Relations, Functions, Binary Operations
III. Groups: Definition and elementary properties, Group tables, Order of a group, Subgroups,
Isomorphism of groups
Midterm Period
(Weeks 7-12)
IV. Cyclic Groups And Cosets: Definition, Order of an element, Structure of cyclic groups, Cosets
Lagrange’s Theorem
V. Permutation Groups: Permutations, The symmetric and alternating groups, Dihedral group,
Cayley’s Theorem
VI. Direct Product and Generating Sets: The direct product, Subgroup generated by a subset,
Fundamental theorem of finitely generated abelian groups
Final Period
(Weeks 13-18)
VII. Quotient Groups and Homomorphisms: Normal subgroups, Quotient group, Homomorphisms
and basic properties, Isomorphism theorems
VIII. Rings: Definition and basic properties, Subring, The group units of a ring, Ideal, Quotient ring
IX: Ring Homomorphisms, Integral Domains, Fields: Basic properties of ring homomorphisms,
Ring isomorphism theorems, Zero divisors, integral domains, Fields, Field of quotients of an integral
domain