MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ‫وزارة التعليم‬

IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN ‫جامعة ا إلمام‬

FAISAL UNIVERSITY ‫عبدالرحمن بن فيصل‬
COLLEGE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE ‫كلية علوم الحاسب‬
& INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ‫وتقنيةالمعلومات‬

Course Syllabus
Linear Algebra
Academic Year (2024-2025) – First Semester

Instructors:

Name: Dr. Mohamed Fahmi Ben Hassen

Office: 1095, Building A11
Email: [email protected]
Office hours: - Thursday from 12 pm to 1 pm
- Wednesday from 11 am to 12 pm (at building 450)

Name: Dr. Sameh Turki

Office: 100H, Building 61
Email: [email protected]
Office hours: - Thursday from 12 pm to 1 pm
- Monday from 12 pm to 1 pm

Course Information:

Name: Linear Algebra

Course ID: 929319
Catalog number: MATH 402
Cr. hours: 3 - This is a core (required) course.
Contact hours: 3

Course Prerequisites: MATH 301

Text Books:

1. Marc Peter Deisenroth, A. Aldo Faisal, Cheng Soon Ong, Mathematics for Machine Learning,
Cambridge University Press (April 23, 2020), ISBN- 978-1108455145.

References:

1. David C. Lay, Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 5th Edition (2015), ISBN-13: 978-
0321982384.

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Lab component:
N/A

Course Description:
Topics include: Matrices, Solving Systems of Linear Equations, Basic properties of Vector
Spaces and Linear Transformations, Affine Spaces, Norms, Inner Products and Orthogonality,
Orthogonal bases, Orthogonal complements and Orthogonal projections, Rotations, Eigenvalues
and Eigenvectors, Cholesky Decomposition, Eigen decomposition and Diagonalization, Singular
Value Decomposition, Matrix Approximation.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1.1 Describe a system of linear equations in matrix form and solve the system of equations. (K1)
1.2 Describe vector spaces, linearly dependent and independent sets in a vector space, bases and
dimension of different vector spaces. (K2)

2.1 Compute linear transformations, kernel and range, inverse linear transformations, and matrices
of general linear transformations. (S1)
2.2 Perform inner product and apply to defining norm and orthogonality. (S2)
2.3 Compute eigenvalues and bases for corresponding eigenspaces and use eigenvectors and
eigenspaces to determine the diagonalizability of a linear transformation. (S3)

3.1 Demonstrate a skill to work effectively in a team. (V1)

3.2 Communicate effectively both in oral and written form. (V2)

E-Mail
All students are requested to obtain an e-mail account. If you have any questions about the course or
need assistance, please contact me in person, by telephone during office hours, or by e-mail at any time.

Grading and Evaluation Criteria

Your course grade will be calculated as follows:

Item Weight (%)

Participation*: 5%
Quizzes** (2): 20%
Midterm exam: 20%
Final Exam (cumulative): 40%
Assignments 15%

Participation is calculated as follows: Oral + Attending the class; this latter is considered when students
are asking or giving answers, and every absence will result in deducting marks from the participating
grade. Please check the attendance policy for more detail on when absent is considered.

** There will be two quizzes, 30 minutes each. All quizzes will be counted.

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 Week Course Outline
~ May Be Subject to Minor Changes ~
Chapter
Week Date Topics Exam
Readings
2 29th Aug Systems of Linear Equations Lecture 1

3 5th Sep Matrices Lecture 2

4 12th Sep Solving Systems of Linear Equations Lecture 3

5 19th Sep Determinants and Applications Lecture 4 Assignment 1

6 3rd Oct Basic properties of Vector Spaces (part 1) Lecture 5 Quiz 1
7 10th Oct Basic properties of Vector Spaces (part 2) Lecture 6
8 17th Oct Linear Transformations Lecture 7

9 24th Oct Affine Spaces Lecture 8 Assignment 2

10 31st Oct Norm, Distance and Orthogonality Lecture 9 Midterm
The Gram-Schmidt process
11 7th Nov Lecture 10
QR factorization

12 21st Nov Eigenvalues – Eigenvectors Lecture 11

13 28th Nov Diagonalization Lecture 12 Assignment 3

LU decomposition
14 5th Dec Lecture 13 Quiz 2
Cholesky decomposition
15 12th Dec Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) Lecture 14

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Makeup

• No makeup quizzes or homework will be given.

• Midterm & Final exam: Only if the valid excuse is available and approved by the Vice Dean of
Academic Affairs.

Instructor’s Policy and academic integrity:

• Students are required to attend every class. Please check attendance policy at the end of this
syllabus.
• Students are expected to treat the classroom as a professional environment and treat students and
faculty with respect. At a minimum, I expect you to treat each other (and your instructor) politely
and with respect. This includes turning off all cell phones (or muting them), participating in class,
and arriving in a timely manner. Please remember that personal conversations during lecture are
distracting to your fellow students. Collaboration on a project is an exception, of course.
• Students are expected to observe academic integrity. Cheating of any type will not be tolerated.
Students will submit their own work, if other people words are used, proper bibliographic citation
is required.
• Students will not take part in any unethical activity to improve or maintain their academic standing.
This includes but not limited to; cheating, copying, and plagiarizing (presenting the work of others
as your own). These unethical activates will lead to a grade of “F” in this course.
• Copying an assignment from another student in this class will lead to an automatic failure for this
course and to a disciplinary action. Allowing another student to copy one's work will be treated as
an act of academic dishonesty, leading to the same penalty as copying.

Class participation and student preparation for each class:

• In order to have productive and lively discussions, every student is required to read the textbook,
review the class notes. The classroom participation is expected to be professional and balanced (no
one overly dominating or silent) during classroom discussions and group activities. It is highly
recommended to go through (read) the relevant book chapter (check table above) before coming to
the lecture.
• Review objectives from the chapters.
• Make note of any questions you may have to pose during class or via e-mail.
• Optional: browse the online PowerPoint presentations for the class.

Blackboard System:

• You will be expected to regularly check your email/blackboard page for any announcement or
information, at least the day before the lecture.
o I may announce a discussion topic on the blackboard, one day before the lecture.
o Feel free to use the discussion board on blackboard for any discussion with your
classmates within this course and not for any other subject.

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 Attendance Policy – Course Syllabus

The following policy should replace all the previous announced rules.
• According to the university regulations, any student who fails to attend 85% of the total
lectures and labs cannot be admitted to the final exam of a given course.

• Regular students must attend at least 85% of all lectures, labs, and tutorials. Any student with
less than 85% attendance (15% or more absent) in a course will result of being barred from
entering the final exam.
a. Any student barred from entering a final exam for failure to meet the attendance policy
will automatically fail the course. Class work grades will be recorded, and the student
will receive an overall grade of barred (DN).
b. Attendance will be taken for all regular weeks as shown in the University academic
calendar
• A student absent from a lecture, or a tutorial due to medical excuse or any other emergencies
must submit an official excused document to the office of Vice Dean for Academic Affairs within
one week of the absent day.
a. This applies to any midterm exam, or a final exam that the student missed during the
absent date.
b. Once the Office of Vice Dean for Academic Affairs receives the excused document, it
will evaluate it and notify the instructor of the decision whether it is accepted or not.
c. A submitted medical document must be an official stamped medical record from
governmental or respectful hospitals.
• Students must be prompt attending the class per the time specified in the class schedule.
a. Being late is equivalent to ½ absent. Being late twice from the start of the class is
considered one absent.
b. Being late ½ hour and more from the start of the class is considered one absent.
• It is the student’s responsibility to keep track of his/her attendance and count his/her percentage
of being absent.
• The lists of barred students will be announced after the last official day of regular lectures.

• To calculate the attendance percentage using the following formula:

o Total Number of Lectures = Number of Weeks (According to the university’s
calendar or the course syllabus) × (Number of Lectures).
o The minimum attendance rate allowed = Total Number of Lectures × 0.85

Note: When a student submits any excuses for absence in any course, the accepted excuse of
absence is counted as ‘an absence with excuse’ and is deducted from the total attendance for
any given student. In the case of student receiving barred status, the total amount of absence
excuses is considered by the Vice Dean of Academic Affairs at the College of Computer
Science and Technology.

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