COURSE:	ABStract ALGebra (MATH 462)
TIME/PLACE:	Winter 2007	MTW  F	KRH 345
TEXT:	A First Course in Abstract Algebra, 7th ed., by J. B. Fraleigh
INSTRUCTOR:	T. M. Thompson	KRH 332	ph: 2181
BULLETIN:	Study of groups, rings, fields, vector spaces, linear transformations, selected topics, and applications. Prerequisite: MATH 289. Offered even years only.
OBJECTIVES:	After taking this course the student should have more than just a nodding acquaintance with the terms.  The student, in fact, should be able to construct brilliant proofs to known theorems and to conjure up new theorems and their concomitant proofs.  The final exam will include a test of the student's ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound.
OFFICE HOURS:	M4,T2,W3,4,F1
EXAMINATIONS:	2 one-hour exams:	26 Jan (Fri)
		21 Feb (Wed)
	1 two-hour final:	13 Mar (Tue 2-3:50 p.m.)
HOMEWORK:	Assignments are due weekly on Friday; 10 points possible per problem.
Topics & Assignments	Late homework is deducted at the rate of twenty percent (20%) per class day late --- see me about late work due to illness.
	Paper should be approximately 8.5 by 11; one or both sides may be used.
	Must be neat.
	Must be done in pencil (or TeX, LaTeX, or AMSTeX) to be accepted.
	Due at the beginning of the class period of the due day.
	Papers are to be folded as a book with name and assignment number on the outside as illustrated.
GRADING:	Homework: 30% of grade.
	Hour Exams: 20% + 20% = 40% of grade.
	Final: 30% of grade.
	A:  A-:  B+:  B: 92-100%  90-91  88-89  82-87 B-:  C+:  C:  C-: 80-81%  78-79  67-77  65-66 D+:  D:  D-:  F: 63-64%  57-62  55-56  0-54
	Appropriate (to me) modification of these percentages may be made in individual cases for progress, unusual circumstances, etc.
DISABILITIES:	If you have a physical and/or learning disability and require accommodations, please contact me or the Disabilities Support Services office at 527-2366. Furthermore, this syllabus is available in alternative print formats upon request.