I definitely do not recommend this course. I took it as a refresher since I took linear algebra 5 years ago in college. Had it not been for little bit I remembered, and many youtube videos that I sought out, I would have gone through this entire course without understanding what anything actually meant. There is zero description of applications and barely even any definitions. The professor basically just gives you the recipe to get the solution to small arbitrary sample problems and that's it. Also, the moderators, TAs and professor for this course are completely inactive so nobody asking questions in the discussion board is getting help unless it's from another student. The professor actually doesn't even teach at CU Boulder at all anymore. I am considering pursuing an online MSCS at CU Boulder but this course is honestly making me rethink it. I really hope this is just an anomaly for the university.

The course is a very brief overview of some basic linear algebra concepts as well as a bunch of examples and how to solve them manually, however there's really no context as to why these concepts will be important in Data Science. The whole course can be completed in 8 hours. Exams/quizzes are extremely easy and doesn't do a good enough job of testing mastery of the knowledge presented during the course.

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