Lectures	Sections in Text	Brief Description
1/6		Introduction
1/9 (x-hour)	7.5, 15.4	Localization and field of fractions
1/10	13.1	Localization, characteristic, prime fields
1/13	13.1, 13.2	Finite extensions; simple extensions
1/15	13.2	Algebraic Extensions
1/17	13.2	Algebraic Extensions
1/20		No Class: Martin Luther King Day
1/22	13.2, 13.3	Compass and Straightedge constructions
1/23 (x-hour)	13.3, 13.4	Splitting Fields
1/24	13.4, 13.6	Splitting Fields, cyclotomic polynomials
1/27	13.4, 13.6	Algebraic Closures and uniqueness
1/29	13.5	Separable and Inseparable Extensions
1/31	13.5	Separable and Inseparable Extensions
2/3	14.1	Automorphism groups of fields
2/3		Approximate Date of Midterm Exam
2/5	14.1	Fixed fields and automorphism groups
2/6 (x-hour)	14.1	Fixed fields and automorphism groups
2/10	14.2	Fundamental Theorem of Galois Theory
2/12	14.2	Fundamental Theorem of Galois Theory
2/14	14.2	Fundamental Theorem of Galois Theory
2/17	14.2	Fundamental Theorem of Galois Theory
2/19	14.2	Fundamental Theorem of Galois Theory
2/21	14.3, 14.4	Finite Fields, Composite Extensions
2/24	14.4	Composite and Simple extensions
2/26	14.5	Cyclotomic and abelian extensions
2/28	14.5	Finite abelian groups are galois groups
3/3	14.6	Galois groups of polynomials
3/5	14.6	Galois groups of polynomials
3/7	14.6	Galois groups of polynomials: degrees 2, 3, 4