[meinhimmel]

Matrix math is actually incredibly easy. I've never really understood why a linear algebra class is considered a difficult class by some. If you were able to handle high school algebra, then the ideas you learn in linear algebra won't be particularly beyond that. At the very least, a simple understanding of basic matrix math will get you pretty far in graphic programming.

[elai]

Matrix math is covered in a few classes, it's all the abstractions that state the same thing in 10 different ways. Gaussian elimination, determinants, subspaces, eigenvectors, etc that make it a full course.