CS 1132 - Transition to MATLAB

Fall, spring. 1 credit. S-U grades only.

Prerequisite: one course in programming. Fall: 5-week lecture-based course. Spring: 10-week auto-tutorial course.

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Introduction to MATLAB and scientific computing. Covers the MATLAB environment, assignment, conditionals, iteration, scripts, functions, arrays, scientific graphics, and vectorized computation. Assumes programming knowledge in a language like Java, C, C++, or Fortran.

Outcome 1: The students will understand the basic MATLAB constructs and be able to write simple programs.