MATH8807 · Mathematics
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
This course, with MATH8806, will cover the following topics: group theory (group actions, Sylow, nilpotent/solvable, simple groups, Jordan-Holder series, presentations); commutative algebra (uniqueness of factorization, Jordan decomposition, Dedekind rings, class groups, local rings, Spec); finite fields; algebraic numbers; Galois theory; homological algebra; semisimple algebra.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.3 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.9 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.5 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.7 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~7
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect only recovered evaluations connected to this course.
Professor, Mathematics Department
4.8 / 5
4.8 / 5
Professor, Mathematics Department
4.0 / 5
3.8 / 5
Associate Professor, Mathematics Department
5.0 / 5
5.0 / 5
Associate Professor, Mathematics Department
5.0 / 5
4.5 / 5
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2025
1 sectionSpring 2024
1 sectionSpring 2023
1 sectionSpring 2022
1 sectionSpring 2021
1 section