Modern Algebra 1

Spring 2026
الجبر

الجبر (al-jabr) roughly means to "restore" or "complete" and is from the title of the book Al-kitāb al-mukhtaṣar fī ḥisāb al-ğabr wa’l-muqābala by Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī (circa 820 CE)

General Information

Class times: Mon + Wed + Fri from 09:00–09:50 AM [Alpine 212]
Book: An Inquiry-Based Approach to Abstract Algebra by D.C. Ernst (the book is free and open source)
Syllabus: Syllabus for Math 110A

Instructor: Dr. Joshua Wiscons (he/him/his)
Email: joshua.wiscons@csus.edu
Office: Brighton Hall (BRH) Room 144
Student office hours:

Daily Homework

Writing Assignments

Course Log

[01.26.26] - Monday
What we covered: First Day!
Due next class meeting: Please work on HW01. You will not be graded on this first assignment, but we will talk about it in class. Also, if you couldn’t make it to class on Monday, please read over the syllabus.