An introduction to problem-solving methods and programming techniques using the Matlab programming package. The student will learn to construct efficient and easy to understand programs for engineering and scientific applications.  Prerequisite: Math 1516/1520 (2nd)

Expectations:

E1. Basic computer skills and familiarization with the Windows desktop environment, including web browsing, email, text editing, and file manipulation.

E2. Students have had Calc-1 (Math151/152) or the equivalent.

Course Outcomes:

R1. Students examined a problem and developed an algorithm to solve it.

R2. Students learned basic programming specification and modular design techniques.

R3. Students were able to enter and run computer program written in Mathlab.

R4. Students  learned to perform basic testing and debugging techniques.

R5. Students  learned about Matlab's scalar data types, variables, assignment statements, and arithmetic and boolean expressions

R6. Students  learned to use Matlab's built in library functions and create user-defined functions.

R7. Students  learned to use control structures for selection, branching, and looping

R8. Students  learned to read and write data to text files.

R9. Students used one and two dimensional arrays.

R10. Students learned when to use vectorized expressions in Matlab.