[DArcMattr]

The article said he used two books, one of which was free. Ordinary Differential Equations make use of linear algebra concepts, but can be self-contained.

It's entirely plausible to go with Strang, and another book for this type of course.

[verytrivial]

The article has a photograph of Professor Bourget cuddling a copy of Strang.

https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Introduction_to_Linea...