There are lots of ways to learn Matlab. The slides from my Matlab tutorial can be viewed here: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Tutorials/Matlab/matlab-day1.pdf http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Tutorials/Matlab/matlab-day2.pdf http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Tutorials/Matlab/matlab-day3.pdf http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Tutorials/Matlab/matlab-day4.pdf I've heard that this book is popular with CNBC students: http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-MATLAB-Duane-C-Hanselman/dp/0136013309 But this book is a lot cheaper and also has good reviews: http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Started-MATLAB-Introduction-Scientists/dp/0199731241/ref=pd_sim_b_4 Finally, there are Matlab tutorials at the Mathworks web site, including videos. Here are some links, but there are many more items to explore on the Mathworks web site: https://www.mathworks.com/academia/student_center/tutorials/register.html http://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab/examples.html -- Dave Touretzky, April 2013