<p>How much LaTex do you learn in EGR 53L?</p>
<p>Or is it mostly MatLab, and how is the workoad?</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>Mostly Matlab; LaTeX skeletons are posted for each lab, so you will learn how to process the files as well as certain aspects (equations, tables, figures, arrays; that kind of thing). I'll let others discuss the workload :)</p>
<p>Workload is about 1 recitation assignment and 1 lab per week. Expect each to take 2-3 hours from start to finish.</p>
<p>Thank you for your reply.</p>
<p>We got our first lab on Unix and LaTex. It seems like it'll take 5-6 hours for me to complete (excluding the pre-read of the lab). </p>
<p>About the textbooks, we are using Intro to matlab 7 for engineers and Applied Numerical Methods w/ Matlab. By friday, we are supposed to read 3 chps of Chapra books and 1 of Palm book. </p>
<p>When you were in EGR 53L, how were the readings? Are we suppose to just skim it or experiment it using MatLab? I kind of think it's a lot of reading but they didn't look too long.</p>
<p>i think i just used the books as references / skimmed when necessary</p>
<p>(hopefully Dr G doesnt go back and change my grade for that...)</p>
<p>Yeah I never really read the chapters. They're just used for reference because Dr. G does a good enough job teaching everything without reading it before.</p>
<p>As far as workload, each Lab/ Rec took me between 3-6 hrs.</p>
<p>awesome, i didn't retain half of what i read in those chapters...so no need to reread?</p>
<p>yeah, no need to reread. I think the purpose of reading them is to expose you to the material so you've at least seen the stuff before when it comes up in lecture.</p>
<p>Honestly I find that the best way to learn Matlab was always to code, debug and repeat. I also found EGR53 to be one of the most enjoyable classes that I have taken as an engineer. The workload was quite a bit (I'd often take an entire day to do a lab if I wasn't getting it) but once I got it I knew I was right. Oh and after the labs I always felt prepared for the tests.</p>
<p>So labs can sometimes be frustrating but the class is cool.</p>
<p>seek out the TAs instead of being frustrated... it might keep you in pratt :-)</p>