1. Lecture 0 Preface Essential MATLAB for Engineers and Scientists
Lecture series based on the text:
Essential MATLAB
for Engineers and Scientists By
Hahn & Valentine
Lectures by Daniel T. Valentine
© 2007 Daniel Valentine. All rights reserved. Published by Elsevier.

2. Objectives of a first course
Learn how to evaluate and explore capabilities of MATLAB.
Learn how to do technical computing with MATLAB.
Learn how to design mathematical procedures to solve technical problems via the structure plan (i.e., a design methodology for solving technical problems).
Learn how to develop algorithms to implement the steps of your structure plan.
Learn how to translate the structure plans into computer programs to solve engineering and scientific problems.

3. The lectures
There are 14 lectures provided as a supplement to the text by Hahn and Valentine (2007). They cover the first 10 chapters of the text as well as the types of applications covered in Chapter 14.
The lectures are provided to help the instructor create her or his lectures for an introductory course on MATLAB.