1. Introduction and Constructions
    1. Identifying Faces of 3-Dimensional Polyhedra
    2. Heegaard Splittings
    3. Dehn Surgery
  2. Prime Decompositions
  3. Disk and Sphere Theorems
    1. Recollections from Algebraic Topology
    2. Algebraic Topology and 3-Manifolds
  4. Torus Decompositions and Special 3-Manifolds
    1. Torus Decompositions
    2. Seifert Fibered Spaces
    3. Hyperbolic Manifolds
  5. More on Dehn Surgery
    1. Altering Surgery Diagrams
    2. Seifert Fibered Spaces
  6. 4-Manifolds and Surgery
    1. Handlebody Theory and Morse Functions
    2. 4-Manifolds
    3. Homology of 3- and 4-Manifolds
    4. Kirby's Theorem
  7. Surfaces and Dehn Fillings
    1. Essential Spheres
    2. Other Surfaces
  8. Non-Characterizing Surgeries
    1. Annulus Twists
    2. Dualizable Patterns
    3. RGB Links