| Day | Date | Activity |
| Mon | 8/23 | Welcome: Intro |
| Wed | 8/25 | 1.1: Systems of Linear Equations |
| Fri | 8/27 | 1.2: Row Reduction and Echelon Forms |
| Mon | 8/30 | 1.3: Vector Equations |
| Wed | 9/1 | Problems |
| Fri | 9/3 | 1.4: The matrix equations Ax=b |
| Mon | 9/6 | No class (Labor Day) |
| Wed | 9/8 | 1.5: Solution Sets of Linear Systems |
| Fri | 9/10 | 1.7: Linear Independence |
| Mon | 9/13 | Problems |
| Wed | 9/15 | 1.8: Linear Transformations |
| Fri | 9/17 | 2.1: Matrix Operations |
| Mon | 9/20 | 2.2: Inverse of a Matrix |
| Wed | 9/22 | Problems |
| Fri | 9/24 | 2.3: Characterizations of Invertible Matrices |
| Mon | 9/27 | 2.4/2.5: Matrix Factorizations |
| Wed | 9/29 | Elements of Chapter 3 (the determinant) |
| Fri | 10/1 | Problems |
| Mon | 10/4 | Test 1 (through chapter 2) |
| Wed | 10/6 | 4.1: Vector Spaces and Subspaces |
| Fri | 10/8 | 4.2: Null Spaces, Column Spaces, and Linear Transformations |
| Mon | 10/11 | 4.3: Linearly Independent Sets; Bases |
| Wed | 10/13 | Problems |
| Fri | 10/15 | 4.4: Coordinate Systems (Project 1 due) |
| Mon | 10/18 | No class (Fall Break) |
| Wed | 10/20 | 4.5: Dimension of a Vector Space |
| Fri | 10/22 | 4.6: Rank |
| Mon | 10/25 | Problems |
| Wed | 10/27 | 5.1: Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues |
| Fri | 10/29 | 5.2: The Characteristic Equations |
| Mon | 11/1 | 5.3: Diagonalization |
| Wed | 11/3 | Problems |
| Fri | 11/5 | 5.4: Eigenvectors and Linear Transformations
(Replaced by an application) |
| Mon | 11/8 | 6.1: Inner Product, Length, and Orthogonality |
| Wed | 11/10 | 6.2: Orthogonal Sets |
| Fri | 11/12 | Problems |
| Mon | 11/15 | Test 2 (through chapter 5) |
| Wed | 11/17 | 6.3: Orthogonal Projections |
| Fri | 11/19 | 6.5: Least-Squares Problems |
| Mon | 11/22 | 7.1: Diagonalization of Symmetric Matrices (Project 2 due) |
| Wed | 11/24 | No class (Thanksgiving Break) |
| Fri | 11/26 | No class (Thanksgiving Break) |
| Mon | 11/29 | Problems |
| Wed | 12/1 | 7.2: Quadratic Forms |
| Fri | 12/3 | 7.3: Constrained Optimization |
| Mon | 12/6 | 7.4/7.5: the Singular Value Decomposition |
| Wed | 12/8 | Problems |
| Fri | 12/10 | Review/Evaluations |
| Fri | 12/17 | Final, 10:10-12:10 |