# Schedule


Week Date Topics Programming
W1 Jan 21 Scalars, Vectors, Matrices P1
W2 Jan 28 Math Operations, Vectorization
W3 Feb 4 Discretization, Plotting P2
W4 Feb 11 String Operations, Input, Output
W5 Feb 18 Indicators, Functions P3
W6 Feb 25 Linear Systems, Matrix Algebra
W7 Mar 4 Curve Fitting, Regression P4
W8 Mar 11 Loops, Fixed Point
W9 Mar 18 Random Variables, Simulation P5
- Mar 25 Break -
W10 Apr 1 Conditionals, Recursion
W11 Apr 8 Debugging, Input Validation P6
W12 Apr 15 Numerical Differentiation, Integration
W13 Apr 12 Root Finding, Bisection and Newton's Method P7
W14 Apr 29 Review


📗 Click the W1, W2, etc to see the lecture slides, quizzes, examples, and programming homework (P).
📗 Lectures: Tuesdays 4:00 to 4:50 PM, (~20 min) review of basic materials, (~30 min) going over examples and quizzes. In-person and recorded on Zoom.
📗 The topics are subject to change.
📗 The optional textbooks are MATLAB Programming Language: MathWorks Documentation, Computational Mathematics: A First Course in Computational Mathematics (MATLAB edition) by Richard Porter.
📗 MATLAB is required. You can download MATLAB from Campus Software Library or use the online version MATLAB Online (Wisc ID login required).

# Grading Scheme


Component Frequency Number Max Points Each
Quizzes Weekly 15 2
Programming Bi-Weekly 7 10


Grade Letter Numeric
75+ CR 1
74- NCR 0


# Admin


📗 Instructor: Young Wu

📗 TA: Joy Cheng

📗 Office hours:

Day Time Event Location Zoom
Tuesday 4:00 to 4:50 Lecture 228 Educational Sciences Zoom
Thursday 4:00 to 4:50 Office Hours 3331 Computer Sciences -


# Course Website


📗 This webpage (for lecture notes and assignments).
📗 Canvas (for grades): Link.
📗 Piazza (for discussion): Link.
📗 TopHat (for quizzes): Link.
📗 Lecture Zoom links: Zoom.
📗 Other semesters: Link.
📗 Professor Michael O'Neill: 2020 and CS310.
📗 Professor Beck Hasti: 2021.






Last Updated: January 28, 2025 at 1:03 AM