Recalling the basic concepts from point set topology: Topological spaces, continuous functions, topological invariants e.g., compactness, connectedness etc
Homotopy and Homotopy type
Simplicial complexes and Homotopy.
The Fundamental group. Covering Spaces. The Fundamental Group of Circle.
Induced Homomorphisms. The Fundamental Group of a Sphere. Free product of groups and Seifert-Van Kampen Theorem.
Theory of Covering Spaces.
Deck transformations.
Simplicial Homology: Definitions and basic properties.
Homology of a cone. Simplicial approximation. Barycentric subdivisionInduced homomorphism.