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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 Sumit G

May 19, 2020

The course was great although one suggestion would be that level of assignment problems was very easy upto week7 and last 2 weeks had very tough ones. So a gradual increase in difficulty would help us to solve tough one's with better approach. Thank you

By Vamsi V

Dec 25, 2016

good, i request you to kindly present a video on how to get the MATLAB sute for the course. I had learn quickly its a good type of learning i feel its like my normal college class with the best faculty. thank's to the coursera Vanderbilt university.

By Ayush M

Dec 16, 2020

This study has been a kind of motivation for me to explore the world of Matlab with one of the best Tutors for the course.I am highly thankful to the teachers for preparing such a good content and delivering to the students in a well suited manner.

By N V

May 31, 2020

Quizzes hit you like a curve-ball, and the final exam is very challenging. But overall, it opened my eyes to what MATLAB can do and the learning experience is well worth it along with figuring out the solutions is sooooooooo gratifying. Thank you.

By Omkar C ( च

Apr 12, 2020

It is an amazing courese for beginners. Instructor is also great. You will enjoy learning under him. it is properly structured. Few drawbacks which I have found is the lack of number of assignments and the missing lecture on code optimisation

By vasiliki d

Mar 30, 2020

Very usefull, learning a lot of interesting and important things like thinking like a computer, but it was a little bit hard in the last weeks and i think that these things in these weeks are not using in every day life from a no-programmer.

By Aravind M

Apr 27, 2020

towards the end .. it got really vague. it took a lot of effort to learn about audio processing and text processing , and the videos didn't do enough justice explaining them. but the rest was really helpful and the course was good overall.

By Aniket R

Dec 24, 2019

Great for beginners, you get to approach programming slightly by the lens of a mathematician, an amazing course, but for someone a bit towards novice side, go for it, it finds application in every major research field, you won't regret it.

By Monu Y

Sep 10, 2020

Instructor of this course is a very good teacher who encourage to do something interesting.

This course has definitely provided me with the necessary skills and confidence to use it in tackling the practical problems in the real world.

By Inge v d K

Jun 25, 2020

I agree with other reviews that the assignments (compared to the lectures) are quite tricky if you have no background in Matlab or another programming language. I had a Matlab course >10 years ago and this course was a nice refresher.

By Vijay G

Aug 1, 2020

How to get MATLAB license for this course, there is no instructio or Menu as said in the lesson-1, visited Vanderbilt Website and also Mathwork website asking course offering institutions email id please help govarthanvijay@gmail.com

By Gary N

May 24, 2020

Very engaging presenter. Some of the assignments tested more than your ability to program MatLab... sometimes it took a great deal of research to understand the type of problem you were being asked to solve (e.g. echo generator).

By SAAD

Apr 7, 2021

The instructor lucidly and concisely explained several different concepts in MATLAB, thus suitable for beginners to comprehend. But, hints must have been provided for the difficult assignments, which consumed a lot of valuable time!

By tsamourid

Aug 18, 2020

A very good course. The instructor is trying his best to make the lessons more interesting. A small drawback is that the 2 last assignments need a better explanation. I recommend it to anyone who wants to learn the basics of MatLab.

By MUKUL B

Jul 12, 2020

easy to understand and step by step learning, But the assignments are a a little difficult and use some extra sources than the video lectures as we need to consult the book for some functions .

overall best platform and course learnt

By Jitesh P P

Apr 17, 2020

Good introduction to MATLAB, loved the final exercises. It would be better if there is few more details provided on the exercises. Sometimes its difficult to know which formula's to use or what should happen on boundary conditions.

By Justin D

Mar 4, 2018

I think the course was very good, it really taught me how to program in MATLAB well. The only drawbacks where that it did not go over allot of functions that could have been used. Also, some of the HW assignments were unreasonable.

By William M

Jun 16, 2021

great introduction, I learned a lot but make sure you dedicate some time to do your own personal reading and studying, the assignments are a lot harder than the examples presented in the video. all around a good experience though.

By MAYANK

Feb 21, 2023

I would rate a solid 4.5/5 to this course. The only thing i didn't like is that the professor kept referencing the book for more knowledge. There's nothing wrong in it, but still more basic functions could have been covered here.

By Mohammed A B

Jun 3, 2022

The course is well structured and the Professor exmplaines very well the concepts. But, what i find a bit spooky, is that the aassignements require much search and work that a bigginer wouldn't handle easily. Thanks Vanderbilt.

By Nafis A

Apr 18, 2020

A very effective course indeed. Instructor is awesome & very funny. He is one of the best instructor I've seen. The course is very interesting. The forum is also very helpful. But the exercises needs a little more explanation.

By Spico

Mar 5, 2017

Thanks a lot to all the teachers and assistants, you have helped me a lot. The lesson structure is clear and the explanation is easy to understand. I think it would be better if we can get some knowledge about some toolboxes.

By Charles-Alexandre R

Nov 25, 2017

A good introduction to MatLab but a lot of the homework problems could be worded more clearly and many should be changed so that one doesn't have to look up highly detailed information that doesn't pertain to programming.

By DEEPANSHU K

Jul 16, 2020

the course covers most typical sections of MATLAB ,overall the course is very useful for beginners the only thing i will like to suggest is introducing some more built-in functions which might save us dozens of commands.

By Mushita M

Aug 25, 2018

It was a nicely coordinated course and really helpful for practicing MATLAB but some of the assignment questions were a little bit unclear. Other than that the course was thoroughly awesome. Thank you to the mentor.