Development of Scienctific Programming Course for Freshmen

这一概念验证项目支持开发和实施完全基于互联网上免费提供的软件的科学编程新课程。 理科专业的传统计算机编程课程主要基于编译的编程语言（Fortran或C），而不是用户友好的交互式和图形解释环境。 这导致了重大的障碍，计算到随后的科学课程工作的整合。 新的科学编程课程在免费软件SCILAB的背景下使用编译的编程语言，SCILAB是一种类似于MATLAB的计算环境，可以轻松地与Fortran或C子程序接口。 该课程侧重于科学专业的早期学术生涯学习，以解决那些在本科和研究生课程中遇到的代表性的一系列计算和图形问题。目前正在开发一个网站，以帮助大学生根据科学程序设计课程，为个人计算机制作个性化的计算和图形工具套件。

This proof-of-concept project supports the development and implementation of a new course in scientific programming based entirely on software freely available over the Internet. The traditional computer-programming course for science majors is based primarily on a compiled programming language (Fortran or C) rather than on a user-friendly interactive and graphical interpreted environment. This leads to significant barriers to the integration of computing into the subsequent science course work. The new scientific programming course utilizes the compiled programming language in the context of the freeware SCILAB, a computational environment similar to MATLAB that easily interfaces with Fortran or C subprograms. The course focuses on science majors early in the academic career learning to solve an array of computational and graphical problems representative of those encountered in undergraduate and graduate courses. A website designed to assist undergraduates in creating individualized suites of computational and graphical tools, based on the scientific programming course, for personal computer use is under development.