MATH3204 Numerical Linear Algebra & Optimisation (University of Queensland): rated 4.0/5 overall across 19 reviews collected on UQ Wall.
MATH3204 is a University of Queensland course taught by the Faculty of Science in Mathematics. This page brings together its handbook details and what UQ students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 数值线性代数与优化
Type: undergraduate
Credit points: 2
Subject area: Mathematics
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
At the heart of most modern data scientific methods in general, and machine learning in particular, lie computational techniques involving matrices as well as numerical linear algebra and optimisation algorithms. In this course, students will learn about the theory and practical aspects of many fundamental tools from matrix computations, numerical linear algebra and optimisation.
MATH3204 has 19 scored reviews: overall 4.0/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 19 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.0/5).
On Reddit: "It is an absolutely killer course if you're at uni to actually LEARN shit, quite frankly. I recommend being fairly fluent with Matlab. If you're underconfident with programming then sure, math2504 would be one course you could get some more programming fluency in (albeit in juli…"
On Reddit: "Honestly I'd say most of the best courses I've taken are some of the most notoriously difficult ones. CSSE2310, PHYS3051, MATH3204, ... Operations Research and Mathematical Planning's (MATH3202) pretty awesome and isnt as challenging as the above. High Performance Computing (COS…"
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Q: Is MATH3204 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 19 reviews: overall 4.0/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches MATH3204, and when is it offered?
A: MATH3204 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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