Course Description: Programming and problem solving using MATLAB. Emphasizes the systematic development of algorithms and programs. Topics include iteration, functions, arrays, and MATLAB graphics. Assignments are designed to build an appreciation for complexity, dimension, fuzzy data, inexact arithmetic, randomness, simulation, and the role of approximation. Every assignment highlights important aspects of computational science and engineering , builds your appreciation for the interplay between math and computing, and involves the design of a graphical user interface (GUI). By the end of the semester, students will be able to build GUI's like this  orbit simulator or this fractal generator.

The exams and lectures will look like CS 1112 exams and lectures. The computer projects will look like CS 1112 computer projects except that some of the problems will involve using the Matlab GUI editor GUIDE.  GUI instruction will be integrated into the assignments and the weekly labs. In a nutshell,

CS 1115 is not  a more time-consuming, "honors" version of CS 1112. The GUI component is simply an enrichment feature made possible by the prior-programming-experience prerequisite and the small, 40-student  class size limit. Is this the right entry-level CS course for you?