Email:
migliore.1@nd.edu
Office hours:
Monday, 3:00-4:00
Thursday, 4:00-5:00
Or by appointment. Appointments might be on zoom, but only if necessary. Otherwise office hours will be in my office.
Time and place of class: MWF 2:00-2:50 in HAYE 231.
Textbook: A first course in abstract algebra (7th edition) by John B. Fraleigh.
Exam 1
Exam 2
Final Exam
Homework and Reading: The homework problems will be assigned on a lecture-to-lecture basis, and will be collected weekly on TBA. You should attempt the problems the day that they are assigned, so as to be able to ask me in class about any difficulties you encounter. (I generally won't do a homework problem for you in class, but may discuss a similar problem.) Similarly, there will be regularly assigned reading for most class periods, and you should come to class prepared to ask questions about any of it you did not understand. I encourage you to collaborate with each other on homework problems and in understanding the required reading. In fact, for each assignment, you may join forces with one or two other students to turn in a single, jointly written set of solutions, provided all group members have made a significant effort to contribute to the homework solutions. See below about copying homework, though.
Honor Code: Notre Dame students are expected to abide by Academic Code of Honor Pledge: "As a member of the Notre Dame community, I will not participate in or tolerate academic dishonesty." Both the homework and the exams are conducted under the honor code. Examinations are closed book and are to be done completely by yourself with no assistance from others. Although collaboration on homework is permitted (and encouraged), directly copying the work of other students, or simply adding your name to work done by another student or group and claiming it is jointly-done homework, would constitute a violation of the honor code. (Allowing anyone else to add their name undeservedly to your assignment is just as serious an offense.) Similarly, if you have access to any solutions to the homework problems that were written by someone else, a direct copying of such solutions is a violation of the honor code. However, you are allowed to consult such a source if you get stuck, since I would rather that you get help than that you give up entirely; but direct copying from such a source is again an honor code violation.
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