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2020 - 2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHYS 256 -  Practical Computing for Scientists

Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): MATH 112  or MATH 132  
This course will focus on breaking scientific problems into algorithmic pieces that can be solved using computational methods in MATLAB. Root finding, linear and non-linear equations, numerical modeling, optimization, random processes, graphical data presentation and fitting, scientific documentation preparation.