This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.

 

Computational Methods of Scientific Programming

Image showing format for a C program.

Overview of the format for a C program. (Image by Prof. Thomas Herring.)

Instructor(s)

MIT Course Number

12.010

As Taught In

Fall 2008

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.


Archived Versions