MATH 241 MATLAB WORKSHOP
MATLAB WORKSHOP
MATH 241
1 UNIT
MW 1400 for 5 weeks
Beginning Monday Jan. 28th and Ending Wed. February 27th
This five week MATLAB Workshop is being offered to those students needing a working knowledge of MATLAB. MATLAB is widely used in industry for computer computations and is used in several courses within the Mathematics and Computer Science Department. The Workshop will be held in the BAM 120 Computer Laboratory giving hand-on experience in every session. Recommended prerequisites for this workshop are a knowledge of Calculus (Math 150 and 151) and introductory programming (Computer Science 107). The required text for this workshop is Getting Started with MATLAB 6 by Rudra Pratap.
The Workshop will cover MATLAB calculations, programming, file management, 2 and 3 dimensional graphics, and the use of built-in matrix and differential equation solver functions. You may take this Workshop either for a grade or credit/no credit. Grading will be based on programming assignments. The following is an outline of the course content by class period:
Session #1 – Using MATLAB as a calculator, help and basic plotting
Session #2 - Introduction to calculation and working with arrays
Session #3 - Creating 2d plots
Session #4 - MATLAB on Rohan, X-Terminals, FTP, the Edit Window and M-files
Session #5 - Importing M-files from the web and the Path Browser
Session #6 - Matrix Operations and Manipulations
Session #7 - Function files and ODE Solvers
Applied Problem Programming Examples
Session #8 – Advanced Topics
Session #9 – Advanced Graphics
Session #10 – Final Project Help
Final assignment due in my office, Physics 232, by Friday, March 1st at 2:00pm.
Revised 12/06/04
By Don Short, dshort@sciences.sdsu.edu