EGR 210: Intro to programming

Daily action items by date

All reading assignments are due on the date they are assigned,  in preparation for the following day's class.

——- Week 3 items below (9/14 -- 9/19) ——-
9/14 (Sun) :
• Read Ch 11.

9/16 (Tues) :
• Read Ch 12.

——- Week 2 items below (9/7 -- 9/12) ——-
9/7 (Sun) :
• Read Ch 6 and 7.

9/9 (Tues) :
• Read Ch 8 and 9.

9/11 (Thurs) :
• Read Ch 10.

9/12 (Fri) :
• Quiz (Covering row and column vector creation, editing, and manipulation, similar to the problems on Wednesday's worksheet.)

——- Week 0-1 items below (8/29 -- 9/7) ——-
8/29 (Fri):
• First class meeting.  

•  Install MATLAB on your laptop.  Discussion of Ch 1&2.
8/31 (Sun) :
• Read sections in chapters 1&2 (that are not marked as optional) and attempt to complete activities in the text.  These assignments are listed in the text under "Assignments," along with their final due dates.
9/2 (Tues):
• Read Ch 3 (and attempt to complete reading activities, which goes without saying in the future).
9/4 (Thurs):
• Read Ch 4 and 5.
9/5 (Fri) :
• Quiz (Covering variable assignments, arithmetic operations and numeric expressions.  Effect of a semicolon on command output.  Defining a variable to be type double, or a string, or as a logical type containing false or true.  Logic and relation operators, and creating more complicated logical expressions combining relations and logical operators.  Clearing the entire workspace.  Saving and loading particular variables from and into the workspace using a given filename.  You might be given a statement and asked for any output when entered at the command line, or you might be asked for the command that will accomplish something described.)