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About the Course

This course teaches computer programming to those with little to no previous experience. It uses the programming system and language called MATLAB to do so because it is easy to learn, versatile and very useful for engineers and other professionals. MATLAB is a special-purpose language that is an excellent choice for writing moderate-size programs that solve problems involving the manipulation of numbers. The design of the language makes it possible to write a powerful program in a few lines. The problems may be relatively complex, while the MATLAB programs that solve them are relatively simple: relative, that is, to the equivalent program written in a general-purpose language, such as C++ or Java. As a result, MATLAB is being used in a wide variety of domains from the natural sciences, through all disciplines of engineering, to finance, and beyond, and it is heavily used in industry. Hence, a solid background in MATLAB is an indispensable skill in today’s job market. Nevertheless, this course is not a MATLAB tutorial. It is an introductory programming course that uses MATLAB to illustrate general concepts in computer science and programming. Students who successfully complete this course will become familiar with general concepts in computer science, gain an understanding of the general concepts of programming, and obtain a solid foundation in the use of MATLAB. Students taking the course will get a MATLAB Online license free of charge for the duration of the course. The students are encouraged to consult the eBook that this course is based on. More information about these resources can be found on the Resources menu on the right....

Top reviews

KB

Jun 23, 2020

I would like to thank vanderbilt university for providing such a wonderful course and i am much impressed by the use of the basic matrices in each and every programming purpose.thank you again!!!!:)))

DA

Jun 5, 2020

Instructor of this course Mike Fitzpatrick is a very good teacher who encourage students to do something new and interesting.

I really enjoyed learning this course and learned new skills in MATLAB.

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By Arun N P

Aug 26, 2018

The course gave me wonderful experience of MATLAB. The course assignments were really helpful to test the logical thinking and MATLAB features.Thanks.

By Akshay D

Dec 25, 2020

It was an amazing experience. As being an engineer with no prior experience in coding I found it easy to cope and learned a lot. Thank you, Coursera

By matthew g

May 4, 2016

So far the course appears to be very good, but the request for an upgrade after every video becomes more and more annoying as the number multiplies

By Swapnil S

Apr 5, 2021

Loved the course. Some applications in engineering could have been discussed. However, I am satisfied with the course and got what I had expected.

By Ahmet B B

Oct 12, 2020

It was a great course. Last 2-3 weeks were very difficult to complete compare to other weeks but still it is a good way to start learning matlab.

By Arsive p

Aug 2, 2020

The Course was very well framed. Although what they teach you is not enough, the assignments are very challenging indeed. Overall course is great.

By Smit D

May 5, 2020

Nicely complied course to learn MATLAB. All the assignment are worth solving since it helped in practical implementation of what is being taught.

By Tanmay G

Jun 13, 2020

the course is over all to good but i last of the course we have some problems to understand some structs and many other things in last to weeks

By Mandar S Y

Sep 10, 2020

The course was nice, i learned lots of concept of introductory functions of matlab,which will help me for the future programming applications.

By Sandrina C M

Apr 22, 2020

I didn't know anything about programming and with this course now I feel more confident to try to do a new type of analysis in my experiments.

By Suraj D

Mar 15, 2018

The course is really helpful. I think MATLAB is one of the easiest programming language to learn if you are not from I.T. background like me.

By Jhonard L

Mar 16, 2021

Should include more video examples of real projects, I found it quite hard to do the assignments because the videos did not provide examples

By Akpojoto S

Jul 15, 2020

This course is amazing. I learned a lot of new MATLAB tricks that did not know about

It was very easy and interesting to follow. Thank you.

By Khadijah M

Sep 12, 2018

good course but if it had more progress in matlab, it'd be better.

i mean that the content is so little. it contained few topics in Matlab

By Инкар М

Jul 9, 2021

В данном курсе я изучила компьютерное программирование, для этого использовала MATLAB. MATLAB очень удобен в использовании, и освоении.

By Bluedrops

Aug 26, 2017

If only it has a section to introduce the usage of pde toolbox, but this course is still so good and the teacher is humour. Thank you!

By Renny G R

Oct 20, 2020

Algunos temas requierenque ser mejor explicados en los videos para poder resolver los ejercicios, de lo contrario tomará mucho tiempo

By Shashank k

Jun 20, 2020

it's been a pretty good and well-explained course's which i have been ever taken . Amazing instructor every week is like an adventure

By James L Y G

Nov 10, 2021

Aprendí a programar en MATLAB y sus extraordinarios usos, con los cuales te puedes apoyar para solucionar innumerables problemas.

By Krunal C

Mar 13, 2021

Thanks a lot. learning this course helps me a lot in my university assignments. Also, this helps in much big calculation problem.

By MATTAPARTHI R

Jul 27, 2020

IF BUILTINFUNCTIONS ARE EXPLAINED AT STARTING,IT WILL BE MORE HELPFUL INDOING ASSIGNMENTS AND WRITING A PROGRAM FOR NEW FUNCTIONS

By Amod S

Aug 15, 2020

Course was quite good. Explanations were easy to follow.

I think the last chapter should have been covered a bit more in detail.

By Surya A T

Jun 9, 2020

the course was good and ia can able to learn the programming in matlab and also the image recogonition and saddle point concept.

By Lauren J

Jul 22, 2020

great class but difficult didn't expect it to be the caliber it is, but slightly not surprising since its offered at Vanderbilt

By Aleksandr M

Nov 26, 2017

It's a great course if you need to learn basics of MATLAB syntax. I also recommend watching the most lectures on x1.25 speed ;)