Week 1
Lesson 1
Overview of MATLAB Environment
Students will familiarize themselves with the Command Window, Workspace, and Editor. They will learn basic MATLAB syntax, including commands, functions, and comments. Understanding variables and data types will also be covered.
 Week 2
Lesson 2
Working with Matrices and Vectors
This lesson introduces students to MATLAB arrays, focusing on matrices and vectors. Students will learn basic operations such as addition, subtraction, and multiplication, along with indexing and slicing matrices.
 Week 3
Lesson 3
Introduction to MATLAB Plotting
Students will explore various plot types, customize plots with colors, markers, and line styles, and add annotations such as text, arrows, and legends.
 Week 4
Lesson 4
Basics of Control Flow in MATLAB
The lesson covers conditional statements (if, else, elseif) and loops (for, while). Students will use logical operators to solve problems through hands-on scripting exercises.
 Week 5
Lesson 5
Creating and Using Functions
Students will learn to define and call functions, pass arguments, and understand variable scope. The lesson focuses on integrating custom functions into scripts.
 Week 6
Lesson 6
Managing Data with File I/O
This lesson covers reading and writing text files and Excel files, importing data with functions like csvread and xlsread, and exporting data using fprintf and xlswrite.
 Week 7
Lesson 7
Introduction to Image Processing
 Students will learn basic image processing operations, including resizing, cropping, rotating, and filtering images to enhance and analyze them.
 Week 8
Lesson 8
Building and Simulating Dynamic Systems
This lesson provides an overview of MATLAB’s capabilities for simulations, focusing on dynamic systems such as the mass-spring-damper system and pendulums.
 Week 9
Lesson 9
Project Development and Exploration
Students review and consolidate concepts learned throughout the course, work on creative projects of their choice, and receive guidance and support.
 Week 10
Lesson 10
Presentation and Demonstration of Projects
Each student presents their final project, explaining the problem they solved and the MATLAB techniques they used. This session encourages sharing experiences and provides a platform for feedback and discussion.