| Time | Class content | Section covered | Remarks |
| R Aug 30 | Systems of linear equations | 1.1 | |
| T Sept 4 | Row reduction and echelon form | 1.2 | |
| R Sept 6 | Vector equation and matrix equation | 1.3-1.4 | hw1 due (1.1, 1.2) |
| T Sept 11 | Solve linear systems | 1.4-1.5 | |
| R Sept 13 | Linear independence | 1.7-1.8 | hw2 due (1.3, 1.4, 1.5) |
| T Sept 18 | Linear transformation | 1.8-1.9 | |
| R Sept 20 | Matrix operations | 2.1-2.2 | hw3 due (1.7, 1.8, 1.9) |
| T Sept 25 | Invertible matrices | 2.2-2.3 | |
| R Sept 27 | Matrix partition and LU-factorization | 2.4-2.5 | hw4 due (2.1, 2.2, 2.3) |
| T Oct 2 | Determinants of matrices | 3.1-3.2 | |
| R Oct 4 | Review 1 | reviewproblems and notes | hw5 due (2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2) |
| T Oct 9 | Test 1 | in class | 1.1-1.5, 1.7-1.9, 2.1-2.5, 3.1-3.2 |
| R Oct 11 | Applications of Determinants of matrices | 3.3 | |
| T Oct 16 | no class (Fall break) | ||
| R Oct 18 | Vector spaces and subspaces | 4.1-4.2 | hw6 will be turned in with hw7 (3.3) |
| T Oct 23 | Null spaces, column spaces, bases | 4.2-4.3 | |
| R Oct 25 | coordinate system and change of basis | 4.4,4.7 | hw7 due (3.3, 4.1-4.3) |
| T Oct 30 | Dimension and rank | 4.5-4.6 | |
| R Nov 1 | Eigenvalue and charateristic equation | 5.1-5.2 | hw8 due (4.4-4.7) |
| T Nov 6 | diagonalization | 5.3 | |
| R Nov 8 | Inner product, length and orthogonality | 6.1 | hw9 due (5.1-5.3) |
| T Nov 13 | Orthogonal sets | 6.2-6.3 | |
| R Nov 15 | Review 2 | Review 2 | hw10 due (6.1-6.3) |
| T Nov 20 | Test 2 | in class | 3.3, 4.1-4.7, 5.1-5.3, 6.1-6.3 |
| R Nov 22 | Thanksgiving Day | ||
| T Nov 27 | Gram-Schmit process, Least-square problems and linear models | 6.4-6.6 | |
| R Nov 29 | Symmetric matrices | 7.1 | hw11 due (6.4-6.6) |
| T Dec 4 | quadratic forms | 7.2 | |
| R Dec 6 | Final review | hw12 due (7.1-7.2) | |
| Thursday Dec 13 | Final Exam: 2-5pm | in class |