MATH 301 - Linear Algebra

Instructor: Barbara Zubik-Kowal

Office: MG 220A, Phone: 426-2802

Office Hours: MTW 10:40-11:30

Textbook: "Linear Algebra with Applications" by Steven J. Leon, seventh edition, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 2006
 
 

• Systems of linear equations and Matrices
• Determinants
• Vector spaces
• Linear transformations
• Inner products
• Eigenvalues and eigenvectors

Learning Objectives

M 301 is perhaps unique within the Department's offerings in the high degree to which it reflects all four of the Department's teaching goals. It should be one of the most useful courses taken by college mathematics students and yet be logical, rigorous, and, in places, somewhat abstract. Upon completion of this course, students should:

1. Be able to use the fundamental concepts of linear algebra including matrix algebra, solutions of linear systems, determinants, vector spaces, orthogonality, eigenvalues and eigenvectors. to solve problems based on the these concepts.
2. Be able to write correct arguments of simple results.
3. Be able to identify with some specificity a few applied areas (e.g. differential equations, linear programming, control theory, Markov chains, and coding theory) where linear algebra has played an important role.
4. Be able to use some computer software (e.g. Matlab, Maple, or Mathematica) for the solution of some linear algebra problems.

 

Tests, Quizzes, Homework, Final Exam
Tests dates below; quizzes are never dated	.
Test 1 : 09/19/2005	Chapter 1 Sections 1-4 and Chapter 2 Sections 1-3.
Test 2 : 10/17/2005	Chapter 3
Test 3 : 11/14/2005	Chapters 4,5 and 6
Link to homework	List of homework assignments is given in the link.
Final Exam: 12/12/2005 10:30am-12:30pm	The chapters listed above for the three tests.

Grading Policy
Three tests and quizzes	[300/ 7] %
Homework	[200/ 7] %
Final Exam	[200/ 7] %
Total	[(300+200+200)/ 7] %
A: 90% and above; B: 80%-90%; C: 70%-80%; D: 60%-70%; E: below 60%.

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