College of Chemistry Course Guide

MATH 114 - Second Course in Abstract Algebra (4 Units)

(Taken from the UC Berkeley Course Guide)

Course Overview

Summary

Further topics on groups, rings, and fields not covered in Math 113. Possible topics include the Sylow Theorems and their applications to group theory; classical groups; abelian groups and modules over a principal ideal domain; algebraic field extensions; splitting fields and Galois theory; construction and classification of finite fields.

Prerequisites

MATH 110 and MATH 113, or consent of instructor

Spring only

Workload

Time Commitment

3 hours of lecture per week.




UC Berkeley Course Guide