Linear algebra is one of the key areas of mathematics which underpins a large part of students' future studies, both through more theoretical generalizations in abstract algebra, and in more concrete domains such as applied mathematics, statistics, operational research, and data science.

This is a course aims to provide students with a nuts-and-bolts mastery of the basic computations and manipulations in linear algebra, as well as an appreciation of its wide-ranging applications. This knowledge is a crucial requirement for later courses in pure and applied mathematics, as well as operational research and statistics.