ME 018A: INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING COMPUTATION
University of California, Riverside
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): MATH 009A with a grade of C- or better or MATH 09HA with a grade of C- or better; or equivalent. An introduction to the use of MATLAB in engineering computation. Covers scripts and functions, programming, input/output, and two- and three-dimensional graphing. Introduces data analysis, numerical analysis, and numerical solutions for engineering problems.
Average GPA: 2.36
Grade distribution records: 1,976 students across 26 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 135 | 6.8% |
| A | 205 | 10.4% |
| A- | 201 | 10.2% |
| B+ | 146 | 7.4% |
| B | 186 | 9.4% |
| B- | 175 | 8.9% |
| C+ | 152 | 7.7% |
| C | 112 | 5.7% |
| C- | 112 | 5.7% |
| D+ | 87 | 4.4% |
| D | 62 | 3.1% |
| D- | 55 | 2.8% |
| F | 315 | 15.9% |
| NP | 11 | 0.6% |
| S | 3 | 0.2% |
| W | 18 | 0.9% |
Based on 1,976 student grade records across 26 terms and 7 professors.
Instructors
- Thomas Stahovich 428 students, Average GPA 2.17
- James Sawyer 280 students, Average GPA 2.35
- Sundararajan Venkatadriagaram 183 students, Average GPA 2.20
- Farbod Khoshnoud 151 students, Average GPA 3.45
- Luat Vuong 83 students, Average GPA 2.46
- Peter Greaney 80 students, Average GPA 2.84
- Akula Venkatram 66 students, Average GPA 1.86