Computational Methods of Scientific Programming
As taught in: Fall 2008
Overview of the format for a C program. (Image by Prof. Thomas Herring.)
Instructors:
Prof. Thomas Herring
Prof. Chris Hill
MIT Course Number:
12.010
Level:
Undergraduate
Course Features
Course Description
This course introduces programming languages and techniques used by physical scientists: FORTRAN, C, C++, MATLAB, and Mathematica. Emphasis is placed on program design, algorithm development and verification, and comparative advantages and disadvantages of different languages.
