1. Introduction to Computer Programming and MatLab

1. Introduction
2. The MatLab Environment
3. Help
4. Variables, Arrays and Simple Operations
5. Data Types
6. Loading and Saving Data
7. Visualising Data
8. Matrices
9. MatLab Scripts
10. Comments
11. Debugging
12. Summary
13. Assessment Exercises

1. Control Structures

1. Introduction
2. if Statements
3. Comparison/Logical Operators
4. switch Statements
5. for Loops
6. while Loops
7. break and continue
8. Nesting Control Structures
9. Summary
10. Assessment Exercises

2. Functions

1. Introduction
2. Functions
3. Checking for Errors
4. Function m-files and script m-files
5. M-files and the MatLab Search Path
6. Naming Rules
7. Scope of Variables
8. Recursion: A function calling itself
9. Summary
10. Assessment Exercises

3. Program Development and Testing

1. Introduction
2. Incremental Development
3. Are we Finished? Validating User Input
4. Debugging a Function
5. Common Reasons for Errors when Running a Script or a Function
6. Error Handling
7. Summary
8. Assessment Exercises

4. Data Types

1. Introduction
2. Numeric Types
3. Characters and Strings
4. Identifying the Type of a Variable
5. The Boolean Data Type
6. Matrices
7. Cell Arrays
8. Converting Between Types
9. Advanced Data Types
10. Summary
11. Assessment Exercises

5. File Input/Output

1. Introduction
2. Recap on Basic Input/Output Functions
3. Simple Functions for Dealing with Text Files
4. Reading from Files
5. Writing to Files
6. Summary
7. Assessment Exercises

6. Program Design

1. Introduction
2. Top-Down Design
3. Incremental Development and Test Stubs
4. Bottom-Up Design
5. A Combined Approach
6. Summary
7. Assessment Exercises

7. Visualisation

1. Introduction
2. Visualisation
3. Visualising Multiple Datasets
4. 3-D Plotting
5. The meshgrid Command
6. Imaging Data
7. Summary
8. Assessment Exercises

8. Code Efficiency

1. Introduction
2. Time and Memory Efficiency
3. Tips for Improving Time Efficiency
4. Recursive and Dynamic Programming
5. Dynamic Programming to Improve Performance
6. Summary
7. Assessment Exercises

9. Images and Image Processing

1. Introduction
2. Images on a Computer
3. Accessing Images in MatLab
4. Image Processing
5. Summary
6. Assessment Exercises

10. Developing Graphical User Interfaces

1. Building a GUI with the Guide Tool
2. Controlling Components: Callback Functions and Events
3. Maintaining State
4. Summary
5. Assessment Exercises