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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

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Jan 20, 2022

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!!!!:)))

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!!!!:)))

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By Paramveer S G

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Aug 27, 2020

Really good course. Well structured and well explained. Interesting work examples. Fun to work with the lectures and rewarding learning experience.

By Débora Y

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Jul 25, 2020

Awesome course, different exercises, very nice to either renew the knowledge or learn from scratch. Congrats to all who made it possible to happen!

By Melissa S

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May 29, 2020

Great course with great practice problems to help students understand concepts. This was useful for a refresher on MATLAB after several years away.

By Mostafa A

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Feb 7, 2017

I really loved the way in which this course is prepared, the content of the course, and also the system of receive and delivering the assignments.

By Apoorva S

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Oct 1, 2016

Great course for introduction to programming, and it covers all the basics of MATLAB. Professor Mike Fitzpatrick is an amazing (and funny) teacher.

By Kamila D

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Oct 10, 2023

Absolutely fantastic course, made me wish I was an undergrad at Vanderbilt, so I could meet the incredible lecturer in person! Highly recommended!

By Reza A

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Mar 11, 2022

I studied MATLAB 5 years ago and I knew mor than 95% of this course but it helped me to solve my issues of how to use functions and loops corectly

By Viktor S

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Oct 2, 2020

The best course ever! I got back to MATLAB after 6 years and this course is an amazing comeback. Can't wait to leap on other two courses you have.

By Deleted A

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Sep 19, 2020

This was a very good and detailed course with adequate hands-on work for learning Matlab. I loved every bit of it. Thank you for the fine content.

By �Punjay C S

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Jul 11, 2020

it was a very challenging and intriguing course. pace and level gradually increases making you dive deeper to fetch out codes and run the program.

By Renata C

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Jul 3, 2020

Great explanations and very simplified way of introducing Matlab programming! Discussion forums are brilliant and help a lot with the assignments!

By Indumathi S K

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Jun 12, 2020

Very useful course. The hands on assignment makes us to recall the course content and use all possible logics effectively. Feeling very satisfied.

By Vinay K

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Jun 10, 2020

Really this course helped me a lot..the way professor taught the programming was very nice.I am glad to have this opportunity.Thank you very much.

By VAIBHAV S

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May 26, 2020

The course is extremely good to learn from a beginner level and to reach an advanced level.

Pace is good and most important professor is most cool.

By Moulishwar R

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May 19, 2020

It is a great Course. I'm glad that this course is made free for like us people.Thanks to Vanderbilt University and all the professors and others.

By Liu Y

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May 6, 2020

Best course for MATLAB! The funny and knowledgable professor made my insistence all courses. Thank you for all professors and staffs in Coursera.

By Tjasa L

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Jan 14, 2019

Loved it! Nice pace with enough practical examples and homeworks. At the end of the course you are actually able to understand and write the code.

By Eleanna

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Oct 15, 2018

Fantastic course, thorough and with lots of practice problems to master the material. The instructor is brilliant and has a great sense of humour!

By Abinaya A R

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Jun 2, 2017

Very useful course for beginners in MATLAB. I loved the course structure and this course brought in me the enthusiasm to explore MATLAB on my own.

By Leow X Y

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Feb 3, 2021

Very in-depth lesson that is very well structured. There are also many assignments that test your understanding as well and they are challenging!

By Neema D

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Sep 28, 2020

Very well planned course. I was doing programming after 25 years, still I was able to do as the material is taught in a very logical way. Thanks.

By Akash P

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Jun 26, 2020

This course helped me in understanding different coding concepts through this course and I enjoyed this course till the end. Thank You, Coursera.

By Mayank M

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Jun 12, 2019

Must opt this course if you want to learn from scratch.

Excellent teachers, examples and assignments.

No prior knowledge require for this course.

By Linda L

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Jul 25, 2017

Learned a lot!!! This is THE course if you didn't have any experience with MATLAB and would like to get started. Very professional and organized.

By Sebastian A Y T

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Nov 22, 2021

Amazing course, learning with an useful tool that is very helpful for many activities and courses that will improve the knowledge and save time.