MATH504 ALGEBRA II

Course Code:2360504
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):3 (3.00 - 0.00)
ECTS Credit:8.0
Department:Mathematics
Language of Instruction:English
Level of Study:Graduate
Course Coordinator:Prof.Dr. MEHPARE BİLHAN
Offered Semester:Fall Semesters.

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, the student will learn:

  • basic concepts used in Algebra
  • Modules, Vector spaces
  • basic concepts in Field and Galois Theory

Course Content

Modules; homomorphisms, exact sequences., projective and injective modules, free modules, vector spaces, tensor products, modules over a PID. Fields, field extensions, the fundamental theorem of Galois theory, splitting fields, algebraic closure and normality, the Galois group of a polynomial, finite fields.


Course Learning Outcomes