| Date | Chapter | Assignment(s) | Due Date |
| 1-26 | 12 | AR---Read Chapter 12 (You might be able to skim parts that are familiar.) HW---pp. 241-243: 5, 6, 7, 12, 17, 28, 29, 49 PA #1---pp. 241-243: 4, 8, 22, 44, 50 | 1-28 -- 2-2/2-4 |
| 1-28 | 12 |
AR---Read Chapter 13 (You might be able to skim parts that are familiar.)
HW---pp. 241-243: 9, 10, 14, 15, 19, 23, 27, 35, 36, 39, 42, 43, 45, 46, 52 | 2-2 -- |
| 2-2 | 12/13 | pp. 254-256: 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 30, 38
PA #2---pp. 241-242: 18, 32, 40 | -- 2-11 |
| 2-4 | 13 | AR---pp. 261-265: Ideals, factor rings HW---pp. 254-256: 2, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 31, 33, 34, 37, 54 | 2-9 -- |
| 2-9 | . 13 14 . | AR---pp. 266-268: Prime ideals and maximal ideals HW---pp. 255-256: 24, 29, 41, 43, 49, 51 HW---pp. 268-271: 1, 2, 10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 19, 27, 39, 51 PA #3---pp. 255-257: 18, 26, 46, 48; pp. 268-271: 4, 12, 14, 16, 58 | 2-11 -- -- 2-16/2-18 |
| 2-11 | 14 | AR---Definition and examples, properties of ring homomorphisms: pp. 278-284 HW---pp. 268-271: 6, 22, 29, 32, 33, 35, 37, 43 (see 42), 45, 47 | 2-16 -- |
| 2-16 | 14 | AR---pp. 284-285 (The field of quotients) PA #4---p. 270: 28, 36, 42 | 2-18 2-25 |
| 2-18 | 15 | AR---pp. 291-294 (Notation and terminology)
HW---pp. 286-288: 1, 4, 7, 11, 13, 17, 26, 29, 31, 43 | 2-23 -- |
| 2-23 | 15 |
AR---pp. 294-298 (The division algorithm and consequences) HW---pp. 287-289: 15, 16, 24, 21, 38, 41, 51, 53, 59, 61 PA #5---pp. 286-289: 8, 22/23, 30, 42, 50, 60 | 2-25 -- 3-2/3-4 |
| 2-25 | 15/16 | HW---pp. 298-299: 1, 2, 9, 11, 13, 17, 15, 24, 29, 37 | -- |
| 3-2 | Questions | None | -- |
| 3-4 | 16 | AR---pp. 303-306 (Reducibility Tests) HW---pp. 299-301: 3, 5, 19, 26, 27, 39, 42 PA #6---pp. 299-300: 12, 22, 30, 36, 38 | 3-9 -- 3-23/3-25 |
| 3-9 | Review | Exam 1 (Take-home) | 3-12 |
| 3-11 | 17 | AR---pp. 306-311 (Irreducibility Tests) HW---pp. 315-316: 3, 5, 11, 12, 13, 21, 29, 31 | 3-23 -- |
| 3-23 | 17 | AR ---pp. 320-323 (Irreducibles, Primes) | 3-30 |
| 3-25 | Projects | None | -- |
| 3-30 | 17 |
AR---pp. 323-326 (Historical discussion of Fermat's Last Theorem) HW---pp. 315-317: 6, 7, 8, 15, 17, 22, 23, 25, 28 PA #7---pp. 3126-317: 10, 14, 18, 24, 26, 30 | 4-1 -- 4-6/4-8 |
| 4-1 | 17/18 | AR---pp. 326-333 (Unique Factorization Domains, Euclidean Domains) HW---pp. 333-334: 1, 2, 5, 10, 13, 17, 21, 28, 29, 31 | 4-6 -- |
| 4-6 | Questions, etc. | HW---pp. 333:3 PA #8---pp. 333-334: 4, 6, 22 | -- 4-15 |
| 4-8 | 18 | AR--pp. 343-347 (Chapter 19) HW---pp. 333-335: 7, 9, 11, 15, 20, 25, 30, 33, 38, 39 | 4-15 -- |
| 4-15 | 19 | AR--pp. 352-360 (The Fundamental Theorem of Field Theory, Splitting fields) HW---pp. 347-349: 3-9 odd, 13, 15, 19, 27, 29, 31 PA #9---pp. 333-334: 12, 32; pp. 347-349: 6, 10, 18, 30 | 4-20 -- 4-20/4-22 |
| 4-20 | 19/20 | AR--pp. 361-365 (Zeros of an irreducible polynomial) HW---pp. 365-366: 1-11 odd, 29 | 4-22 -- |
| 4-22 | 20 | HW pp. 366-367: 15, 17, 21, 25, 27 | -- |
| 4-27 | Review | None | -- |
| 4-29 | Review | Exam 2 (Take-home) | 5-4 |
| 5-4 | 20 | AR---pp. 375-377 (Properties of algebraic extensions)
HW---pp. 366-367: 13, 14, 18, 19, 31, 33 PA #10 (Extra Credit)---pp. 366-367: 20, 28, 32 | 5-6 -- 5-12 |
| 5-6 | 21 | None | -- |
| Future Assignments (tentative) -- only for those who want to work ahead! | |||
| 5-12 | Projects | Presentations | 4-6pm |