<p>Due to some confusion and indecision with my major, I ended up taking Java last year instead of MATLAB. After deciding on mechanical engineering I learned that many ME classes involve a lot of programming in MATLAB. Am I in trouble? I will be taking the 1-credit transition to MATLAB course this semester. I've looked through the web lectures from previous semesters and the material covered seems very basic. Will the transition course be sufficient MATLAB background for me, or do many ME courses presume more extensive knowledge of MATLAB? I am fairly average at coding; I could probably learn the basics just through playing around, but probably won't be able to master anything complicated without a lot of time and effort. Also, Java is the only programming language I know, from CS 100J. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thank you.</p>
<p>I transferred so when I first encountered MATLAB in MAE 212, not sure what they call it now but Miller teaches it, I had zero programming experience. For the first project, I got a crash course in MATLAB. In almost every single course, you'll be required to use MATLAB. Whatever they teach in the 1 credict course is probably sufficient. Any other functions or procedures specific to the class (using ode45 in 326) will be taught in the MAE class. You only really need to know basic function usage, vectors, for/while loops, if statements, matrix manipulation. If you have any questions, the TA's are very helpful. Overeall the programming requirement in ME classes is pretty elementary.</p>
<p>Thank you for your help. I hope that I'll be alright, I would also appreciate experiences from anyone else.</p>