This course is a rigorous course in pure mathematics. The syllabus for the course includes topics in the theory of groups and rings. The study of group theory includes normal subgroups, quotient groups, homomorphisms, permutation groups, the Sylow theorems, and the structure theorem for finite abelian groups. The topics in ring theory include ideals, quotient rings, the quotient field of an integral domain, Euclidean rings, and polynomial rings.