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MAS 3114
3/5
Computational Linear Algebra
3 credits
Offered: Fall, Spring & Summer
Mathematics
Matrix algebra, vector spaces, eigenvalues, and numerical methods with MATLAB/Python components. The math backbone of machine learning.
Typical workload: ~8 hrs/week outside class
Do not delay. UF lists this in critical tracking for 2 majors, and 65 courses sit downstream of it in the prerequisite graph. Pushing it back can push back everything behind it.
Why students take this
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Scheduled in 8 of 81 UF model plans, usually in semester 4 (sophomore year) and part of critical tracking for 2 majors.
Aerospace Engineering
Computer Engineering
Computer Science, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Computer Science, CLAS
Digital Arts and Sciences, Bachelor of Science
Data Science
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Prerequisites
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Usually taken with
Courses UF model plans put in the same semester as MAS 3114.
What it unlocks
65 courses list this as a prerequisite (directly or downstream).
CAI 4104 · Introduction to Machine Learning
COT 4501 · Numerical Analysis: a Computational Approach
EAS 4101 · Aerodynamics
EEE 4423 · Introduction to Quantum Computing
EGM 3344 · Introduction to Numerical Methods of Engineering Analysis
EML 3005 · Mechanical Engineering Design 1
ESI 3327C · Matrix and Numerical Methods in Systems Engineering
MAA 4102 · Introduction to Real Analysis 1
MAD 4401 · Introduction to Numerical Analysis
MAP 4305 · Differential Equations for Engineers and Physical Scientists
MAP 4314 · Dynamical Systems and Chaos
MAP 4413 · Fourier Analysis
MAP 4484 · Modeling in Mathematical Biology
MAS 4115 · Linear Algebra for Data Science
PHY 4604 · Introductory Quantum Mechanics 1
STA 4210 · Regression Analysis
STA 4241 · Statistical Learning in R
STA 4273 · Statistical Computing in R
STA 4702 · Multivariate Statistical Methods
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Career relevance
Essential for ML engineering - every model is linear algebra underneath.
Critical for: Machine Learning Engineer
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