MAT 303A - Abstract Algebra I

This course is a proof-oriented introduction to groups.  Topics will include examples and elementary properties of groups, subgroups, cyclic groups, symmetry groups, group isomorphisms and homomorphisms, normal subgroups and quotient groups, and direct products of groups.  Three lecture hours per week.  Not open to students who have received credit for MAT303.

Prerequisites: MAT 234 .