Instructor:  Ismar Volić

Office:  Science Center W414 

Phone:  781-283-3103

Email:  ivolic@wellesley.edu

Meeting days and times:  

• Mondays and Thursdays, 2:20pm-3:35pm; and

• The following Wednesdays, 2:30pm-3:20pm:

  • September 9, September 30, October 7, October 21, November 4, November 18, December 2

Meeting place:  Science Center ???

Office hours:  

• Mondays 3:45-4:45, 

• Thursdays 10-11 and 3:45-5:45.

All office hours are in person, in my office.

Google group:  The Google group for this class is math-305-01-fa26@wellesley.edu. You should check that you have been added to this group. Otherwise please add yourself. The group will contain important information. You can also ask questions, have conversations, or arrange study groups through the group. I will be checking the messages posted to it regularly.

Textbook:  The required textbook for this class is

• Modern Algebra, by J. Durbin, 6th edition

Other books (not required): Other good books on the subject are

• Contemporary Abstract Algebra, by J. Gallian

• Abstract Algebra, by D. Dummit and R. Foote

• Algebra, by M. Artin

Some additional reading materials supplementing the lectures can be found on the additional materials page.