# Calendar

### Session Key

L = Lecture
R = Recitation

Course calendar.
SES # | TOPICS | ASSESSMENT
--- | --- | ---
Unit I. (Numerical) Calculus; Elementary Programming Concepts
L1 | Unit I lecture |
L2 | Unit I lecture (cont.) |
R1 | Elements of a program; MATLAB® basics | MATLAB Exercises 1
Unit II. Monte Carlo Methods
L3 | Unit II lecture |
L4 | Unit II lecture (cont.) |
R2 | Single-index MATLAB arrays (FP) | MATLAB Exercises 2
L5 | Unit II lecture (cont.) |
R3 | Functions in MATLAB | MATLAB Exercises 3
L6 | Unit II lecture (cont.) | PSet 1 (Unit I) due
L7 | Unit II lecture (cont.) | Quiz 1 (Unit I)
R4 | Double-index MATLAB arrays | MATLAB Exercises 4
Unit III. Linear Algebra I: Matrices and Least Squares; Regression
L8 | Unit III lecture |
L9 | Unit III lecture (cont.) | PSet 2 (Unit II) due
R5 | Recitation | No MATLAB exercise
L10 | Unit III lecture (cont.) |
L11 | Unit III lecture (cont.) | Quiz 2 (Unit II)
R6 | MATLAB matrix/vector operations | MATLAB Exercises 6
L12 | Unit III lecture (cont.) |
Unit IV. Ordinary Differential Equations
L13 | Unit IV lecture |
R7 | MATLAB backslash (least squares) | MATLAB Exercises 7
L14 | Unit IV lecture (cont.) | PSet 3 (Unit III) due
L15 | Unit IV lecture (cont.) | Quiz 3 (Unit III)
R8 | MATLAB eig. | MATLAB Exercises 8
L16 | Unit IV lecture (cont.) |
L17 | Unit IV lecture (cont.) |
R9 | Passing functions; anonymous functions | MATLAB Exercises 9
Unit V. Linear Algebra II: Linear Systems
L18 | Unit V lecture |
R10 | Characters and strings | No MATLAB Exercise
L19 | Unit V lecture (cont.) | PSet 4 (Unit IV) due
L20 | Unit V lecture (cont.) |
R11 | MATLAB sparse matrix operations | MATLAB Exercises 11
L21 | Unit V lecture (cont.) |
L22 | Unit V lecture (cont.) |
R12 | MATLAB sparse backslash | MATLAB Exercises 12
Unit VII. Nonlinear Problems
L23 | Unit VII lecture | Quiz 4 (Unit V)
L24 | Unit VII lecture (cont.) |
R13 | MATLAB structures | No MATLAB Exercise
L25 | Unit VII lecture (cont.) |
L26 | Unit VII lecture (cont.) | PSet 5 (Unit VII) due
R14 | Recitation | No MATLAB Exercise