Do I need to study Group Representations before learning Rings in Artin's Algebra?

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I studied the first 9 chapters of Artin's Algebra, and we will start from chapter 11, Rings, in next semester. Do I need to preview Group Representations, chapter 10, before studying Rings, chapter 11?

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No: rings and modules may be studied for quite a while without a background in group representations and, if I recall correctly, this should be the case for Artin's Algebra, which covers more or less the topics for an undergraduate course in commutative algebra.