Last updated:  July 20 2025

MA 453 Calendar Fall 2025

Classes start: Mon August 25
Labor Day: Mon September 1
Fall Break: October 13, 14 (Mon, Tu).
Thanksgiving: November 26, 27, 28 (Wed-Fr).
Finals Week: Dec 15-20 (Mon-Sat)

Midterm 1: ???day, ???, ??? G126, 8-9pm on Ch I-VIII: everything on groups.

Final:

???day, Dec ??, ??-?? ?m ???? ???? on Chapters IX-XV.

  • Assignment Sheet

  • BRIGHTSPACE

    • Legend: assignments and quizzes in yellow, tests in red, holidays in cyan. Other days without classes in pink.

    Week # 1
    Lessons 1-3

    		 Lesson 1
    MONDAY
    Aug 25
    TUESDAY
    Aug 26    		 Lesson 2
    WEDNESDAY
    Aug 27
    THURSDAY
    Aug 28    		 Lesson 3
    FRIDAY
    Aug 29
      Covered in class:
    Primes
    Modulo
    Modulo
    HW due
    		Week0a
    Week0b
    Comments

    Week # 2
    Lessons 4-6

    		 No Lesson 4
    MONDAY
    Sep 1
    TUESDAY
    Sep 2    		 Lesson 5
    WEDNESDAY
    Sep 3
    THURSDAY
    Sep 3    		 Lesson 6
    FRIDAY
    Sep 5
      Covered in class:
    Symmetries
    Groups
    HW due
    Week1a
    Week1b
    Comments
    Labor
    Day

    Week # 3
    Lessons 7-9

    		 Lesson 7
    MONDAY
    Sep 8
    TUESDAY
    Sep 9    		 Lesson 8
    WEDNESDAY
    Sep 10
    THURSDAY
    Sep 11    		 Lesson 9
    FRIDAY
    Sep 12
      Covered in class:
    ZZ/ n ZZ
    ZZ/ n ZZ
    Euler phi
    HW due
    		Week2a
    Week2b
    Comments

    Week # 4
    Lessons 10-12

    		 Lesson 10
    MONDAY
    Sep 15
    TUESDAY
    Sep 16    		 Lesson 11
    WEDNESDAY
    Sep 17
    THURSDAY
    Sep 18    		 Lesson 12
    FRIDAY
    Sep 19
      Covered in class:
    Cosets
    Morphisms
    Normality
    HW due
    		Week3a
    Week3b
    Comments

    Week # 5
    Lessons 13-15

    		 Lesson 13
    MONDAY
    Sep 22
    TUESDAY
    Sep 23    		 Lesson 14
    WEDNESDAY
    Sep 24
    THURSDAY
    Sep 25    		 Lesson 15
    FRIDAY
    Sep 26
      Covered in class:
    S_n
    S_n
    S_n
    HW due
    		Week4a
    Week4b
    Comments

    Week # 6
    Lessons 16-18

    		 Lesson 16
    MONDAY
    Sep 29
    TUESDAY
    Sep 30    		 Lesson 17
    WEDNESDAY
    Oct 1
    THURSDAY
    Oct 2    		 Lesson 18
    FRIDAY
    Oct 3
      Covered in class:
    Quotients
    Iso Theorem
    Elementary Divisors
    HW due
    		Week5a
    Week5b
    Comments

    Week # 7
    Lessons 19-21

    		 Lesson 19
    MONDAY
    Oct 6
    TUESDAY
    Oct 7    		 Lesson 20
    WEDNESDAY
    Oct 8
    THURSDAY
    Oct 9    		 Lesson 21
    FRIDAY
    Oct 10
      Covered in class:
    Elementary Divisors
    FTFGAG
    FTFGAG,
    Group Actions
    HW due
    		Week6a
    Week6b
    Comments

    Week # 8
    Lessons 22-24

    		 No lesson 22
    MONDAY
    Oct 13
    TUESDAY
    Oct 14    		 Lesson 23
    WEDNESDAY
    Oct 15
    THURSDAY
    Oct 16    		 Lesson 24
    FRIDAY
    Oct 17
      Covered in class:
    Group Actions
    Review
    HW due
    Week7a
    Week7b
    Comments
    October
    Break

    Week # 9
    Lessons 25-27

    		 Lesson 25
    MONDAY
    Oct 20
    TUESDAY
    Oct 21    		 Lesson 26
    WEDNESDAY
    Oct 22
    THURSDAY
    Oct 23    		 Lesson 27
    FRIDAY
    Oct 24
      Covered in class:
    Rings
    Rings/Ideals
    Ideals/Morphisms
    HW due
    Week8a
    Nothing
    Comments


    Week # 10
    Lessons 28-30

    		 Lesson 28
    MONDAY
    Oct 27
    TUESDAY
    Oct 28    		 Lesson 29
    WEDNESDAY
    Oct 29
    THURSDAY
    Oct 30    		 Lesson 30
    FRIDAY
    Oct 31
      Covered in class:
    Morphisms
    Euclid
    Euclid
    HW due
    Nothing
    Week9b
    Comments


    Week # 11
    Lessons 31-33

    		 Lesson 31
    MONDAY
    Nov 3
    TUESDAY
    Nov 4    		 Lesson 32
    WEDNESDAY
    Nov 5
    THURSDAY
    Nov 6    		 Lesson 33
    FRIDAY
    Nov 7
      Covered in class:
    Prime vs
    irreducible
    PIDs and UFDs
    Fields
    HW due
    Week10a
    Week10b
    Comments

    Week # 12
    Lessons 34-36

    		 Lesson 34
    MONDAY
    Nov 10
    TUESDAY
    Nov 11    		 Lesson 35
    WEDNESDAY
    Nov 12
    THURSDAY
    Nov 13    		 Lesson 36
    FRIDAY
    Nov 14
      Covered in class:
    Fields
    Roots+Multiplicity
    Field extensions
    HW due
    Week11a
    Week11b
    Comments

    Week # 13
    Lessons 37-39

    		 Lesson 37
    MONDAY
    Nov 17
    TUESDAY
    Nov 18    		 Lesson 38
    WEDNESDAY
    Nov 19
    THURSDAY
    Nov 20    		 Lesson 39
    FRIDAY
    Nov 21
      Covered in class:
    Splitting Fields
    Kronecker extensions
    Splitting Fields
    HW due
    Week12a
    Week12b
    Comments

    Week
    # 13 1/4
    No Lessons

    		 No class
    MONDAY
    Nov 24
    TUESDAY
    Nov 25    		 No class
    WEDNESDAY
    Nov 26
    THURSDAY
    Nov 27    		 No class
    FRIDAY
    Nov 28
      Covered in class:
    HW due
    Nothing

    Comments
    Off for MT1
    THANKSGIVING
    THANKSGIVING
    THANKSGIVING

    Week # 14
    Lessons 40-42

    		 Lesson 40
    MONDAY
    Dec 1
    TUESDAY
    Dec 2    		 Lesson 41
    WEDNESDAY
    Dec 3
    THURSDAY
    Dec 4    		 Lesson 42
    FRIDAY
    Dec 5
      Covered in class:
    Finite Fields
    Frobenius
    Galois Extensions
    HW due
    Week13a
    Week13b
    Comments

    ACHTUNG:
    Assignment Week14a

    due Sunday Dec 7 at 23:59pm
    !!!

    Week # 15
    Lessons 43-45

    		 Lesson 43
    MONDAY
    Dec 8
    TUESDAY
    Dec 9    		 Lesson 44
    WEDNESDAY
    Dec 10
    THURSDAY
    Dec 11    		 Lesson 45
    FRIDAY
    Dec 12
      Covered in class:
    Applications
    Review
    Review
    HW due
    Week14a
    due midnight Dec 7!!!
    Week14b
    NOT GRADED
    Comments
    No quiz

    Finals Week

    		 MONDAY
    Dec 9
      Activity:
    Final Exam