<p>Would it be okay to take Linear Algebra along side with Calculus II? Or would it be okay if I took it along side with Multivariable Calculus? Or would it be better if I took Differential Equations along side Multivariable Calculus?</p>
<p>I know that it helps a lot to take Linear Algebra before Differential Equations but is it true that taking Linear Algebra before Multivariable Calculus is also really good?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I took diffy eq last semester without having linear algebra. Unless it's a pre-req for the course, you don't need lin-alg to do well in diffy. They teach you everything you need to know.</p>
<p>Might help to take lin alg before multivariable calc. Multivariable calc deals a lot with calculus of systems, and you do a lot of matrix-y stuff, and lin alg deals with basic matrix-y stuff, so it might at least give you a good sense of what's going on.</p>
<p>DiffEq is more or less independent of the other two, IIRC. I dunno. I took DiffEq at least four years ago, and it was an 8AM class, so I remember approximately none of it. As a structural, I deal with a heck of a lot more vector calc and lin alg than diffEq.</p>
<p>I am taking linear algebra with multivariable this fall. My university recommends that you take linear algebra before DiffEq, but it is not necessary.</p>
<p>Alright, all my questions answered. Thanks.</p>
<p>Depends on your univesity man,</p>
<p>Some professors teach Matrix based DiffEq which requires LinAl as a pre-requisite--while others don't.</p>
<p>Look at the course catalog and see if DiffEq requires LinAl or not. Anyway, Linear Algebra is usually a pretty easy class and you can take it indepedently of Calculus...</p>
<p>Basically nshah9617 nailed it.</p>
<p>My Diff-Eq course had the Matrix solution near the end of the course but the Linear Algebra course was not a prerequisite.</p>
<p>"I know that it helps a lot to take Linear Algebra before Differential Equations but is it true that taking Linear Algebra before Multivariable Calculus is also really good?"</p>
<p>I don't know why you are saying that taking lin. alg is "better", yes it does help to know to solve systems of DEs, but those skills are merely introductory in Lin. Algebra. As for Mult. Calc and Lin. Alg, these two classes are different so you can take either/or.</p>
<p>Linear algebra topics are mostly independent of Calc I, II, and III, so that doesn't matter much. Differential equations sometimes requires linear algebra for solving systems of equations, but that depends on your school's curriculum.</p>