Getting Started: How to Prepare for the First Day of Class

Welcome to Foothill Math 2BL: Applied Linear Algebra Laboratory. This Math 2BL course is designed as a co-requisite course for Foothill’s Math 2B: Linear Algebra class. In other words, you can take Math 2BL during the same quarter as you take Math 2B or after you successfully finished Math 2B.

For students enrolled in this class, please make sure to check the email account that you have listed in MyPortal. As a courtesy to you, my students, I provide you with electronic copies of our course resources for Jeff's ENGR 11.01. These include:

Resources for Math 2BL in room 5611 for winter quarter 2025

Course Syllabus:       Jeff’s Course Syllabus

Meeting Schedule:   Winter 2025, Math 2BL, Portfolio Meeting Schedule
Example Learning Conference Meeting Schedule

Math Discord: Winter 2025, Engr 11 Discord Channel

Flipped Learning:         Winter 2025, Engr 11 Flipped Classroom Activity List (updated 4/8/2024)

Content Calendar:        All calendars were updated on 05/22/2024.
These calendars are tentative and may be updated during spring 2024.

Math 2BL Winter 2025 Beginner Calendar (.pdf)
Math 2BL Winter 2025 Intermediate Calendar (.pdf)
Math 2BL Winter 2025 Advanced Calendar (.pdf)

Welcome Emails: Jeff’s Winter 2025 First Welcome Email
Jeff’s Add Code Email

General Resources

Course Webpage FAQs: Jeff’s Course Website FAQs
Attendance FAQs: Jeff’s Attendance FAQs
Flipped Learning FAQs: Jeff’s Flipped Learning FAQs
Grading FAQs:       Jeff’s Grading FAQs
List of Final Deliverables for Your Learning Portfolio (updated on 06/26/2024)
Team Learning FAQs: Jeff’s Team Learning FAQs
Add Code Policy: Jeff’s Add Code Policy

Conquering College: Lab 1 Prompt
Lab 2 Prompt
Lab 3 Prompt
Lab 4 Prompt

Learning Reflections: Mid-Term Learning Self Evaluation Activity ( .docx ) or ( .pdf ) - due at start of week 6
Final Learning Self Evaluation Activity ( .docx ) or ( .pdf ) - due during final meeting

Final Course Eval: Winter 2025, Math 2BL Final Course Evaluation (Google Forms Survey)
A. Once you complete this survey, please take a snapshot of the confirmation page.
B. Show your snapshot of this page to Jeff to confirm you’ve finished this work.

Jeff’s Math 2BL YouTube Videos

To access a master list of the videos we use in this course, please click on the link below:

Math 2BL: Projects Options

One of my major goals as your teacher in Engineering 11 is to help you set a foundation for using your computer and coding skills to solve problems you care about. With that in mind, I want us to work towards a world where you use continue to use MATLAB (or some similar computer program) for years after this class ends. If we do our work well, you can use MATLAB as a tool to solve homework problems in your other classes, to do research projects, and to create projects that you put on your resume.

With this goal in mind, I invite every student in this class to create their own applied project in MATLAB. This project is one that you believe will advance your learning and set you up for success in your future academic and career goals. As you craft your vision for this applied project, please integrate the learning your doing and ideas you are studying from the book Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career by Scott Young. Specifically, I encourage you to engage in thoughtful meta-learning routines to plan your applied project. As you do so, I want you to project into your future and think about what MATLAB skills might be relevant for the type of work you want to do. To help get the juices flowing, I provide some possible projects you might work on.