Course Description:
M101: A First Course in Mathematica

Course Objective
This two-day training course provides direct experience with all the basic features of Mathematica as well as a comprehensive foundation for developing advanced applications of the system.

Presenter
The course is presented by a Wolfram Education Group certified instructor.

Target Audience
The course is designed primarily for people who are interested in becoming expert Mathematica users but who currently have little or no experience with the system. This course can also be helpful for experienced users who would like to broaden their basic understanding of Mathematica and for those interested in learning exactly what the system can do.

Delivery Type
Courses are delivered as instructor-led classes in computer classroom facilities or as online classes delivered over the web. Course topics are presented with alternating sessions of lectures and exercises.

Syllabus
This basic course is organized into eight segments.

Introduction
Step-by-step instruction on performing basic operations, building up computations, and navigating the user interface, as well as a description of how to navigate and take full advantage of the documentation system

Programming I
Introduction to the Mathematica programming language with emphasis on familiar programming tasks involving procedural, functional, and rule-based styles of programming

Visualization and Graphics
Two- and three-dimensional plotting, plotting data, using options, and creating dynamic and interactive graphics

Working with Notebooks
Introduction to the notebook interface, cells and cell styles, stylesheets, mathematical formulas, hyperlinks and buttons, and slide shows

Symbolic Computation
Computation with symbolic expressions, including polynomial operations, solving equations, functions from calculus, and simplification

Numerical Computation
Fitting data, interpolation, integration, solving equations, displaying intermediate values, differential equations, linear systems, exact vs. inexact numbers, arbitrary-precision numbers, and working with large arrays

Programming II
A deeper look at the syntax and structure of the Mathematica programming language, functional programming, pure functions, options and messages, and creating efficient programs

Working with Data
Importing and exporting data and files, file formats, file paths, working with data collections, and visualization of large data sets

Projects
A set of extended projects designed to give practice in using the topics from this course to develop real-world applications

Course Materials
Each attendee will be provided with Mathematica course notebooks and access to the current version of Mathematica. The course notebooks require Mathematica or Mathematica Player. For attendees participating in classroom-based sessions, course materials are distributed in print and on CD-ROM, and are yours to keep; a computer running Mathematica is available for your use during class. For attendees participating in online classes, a download of the course materials is provided; a temporary Mathematica training license is provided upon request.

Prerequisites
Course attendees are expected to have experience with common features of modern computer software. Also helpful are knowledge of mathematics through elementary calculus and experience with computer programming at the level of an introductory course in any computer programming language. No prior Mathematica experience is required for this course.

To sign up for this course, see the training calendar and registration page.