The wide applicability, and effectiveness, of these ideas and procedures speak to their importance. Your algebra and trigonometry ideas and skills should be in good working order when you first enroll in MATH 150. Either course assures that you are exposed to one of the most revolutionary tools of the last half-century. Many of the topics are an advanced treatment of related topics in the high school curriculum. This course is your next step up in algebraic ideas and techniques.
Linear algebra is a tool in almost every area of advanced mathematics.
Elements of linear algebra may appear in some high school curricula. Upper Division MATH 302 . This transition course aims toward bridging the gap between the lower division courses, where advanced calculating skills are quite important, and the more abstract and theoretical upper division courses. Geometry occupies a year of the secondary school curriculum, and bits and pieces in other years. Proof is important in any of the 51x courses.