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sponsoredwalk said:Harvard Lectures Following Hubbard's Differential Forms Book:
http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k80478&pageid=icb.page424494
I have now had a chance to look through this course. Unfortunately, it is (mostly) just the first half of the Hubbard book and so doesn't get into differential forms. The second course doesn't seem to be available on their site. For clarification, it is aimed at well-prepared students who have not done a multivariable calc course yet (many Harvard freshmen seem to be taking the course, so it doesn't really fall into our "upper-level" classification).
It is an interesting mix. By introducing linear algebra at the same time as multivariable calculus, it is able to treat a lot of things in much more generality. Bamberg mixes applications and proofs in the course, but his choice of material often seems strange to me. A lot of it seemed shoe-horned in just for the "shiny" factor rather than it actually being a useful time to learn the topic (finite fields, finite topologies, etc.).
I am not sure I would have liked learning this way. There isn't enough time to devote to the linear algebra. Really, I would do LA first and then build a course like Hubbards just assuming the LA material as background. Then you wouldn't be trying to do everything at once.