Please Note:
As of September 2016, due to low usage, Wolfram Mathematica is no longer available through UBC IT software licensing. Users can purchase a license through Wolfram directly by visiting this link here.
For existing Mathematica subscribers:
- Starting in 2018, subscribers wishing to renew Mathematica can purchase a license directly from Wolfram
To purchase:
- Wolfram offers educational pricing for Mathematica licenses at this link here.
Mathematica, by Wolfram Research, is a computational software program used in scientific, engineering, financial, and mathematical fields and other areas of technical computing. It is used for algorithmic computation, interactive manipulation and visualization, modeling, simulation, development, and deployment in one integrated system.
UBC IT has licensed Mathematica with Premier Service which provides additional benefits such as Home Use, Workbench, webMathematica and more.
Resources
How is Mathematica used in a university setting?
Mathematica has a tremendous amount of uses, it's:
...a wonderful tool for lecture presentations, writing journal articles, and student lab reports.
- Documentation for creating lecture slides
- Video screencast that shows how to prepare lecture slides
- Faculty perspective on how lecture slides are used in a calculus course
- Physics or Mathematics journal article
...a great tool for individual student projects, and leads to a much deeper understanding of concepts.
- University of Illinois faculty perspective on assigning student projects for Mathematics
- Quick-start Palettes for student projects
- Roanoke faculty perspective on assigning student projects for Mathematics and Physics
- Successful Mathematics course project for students
- University of California, Berkeley faculty perspective on assigning student projects for Economics >
...a fantastic environment for research and writing applications.
What are the best steps to start using Mathematica ?
If you are brand-new to Mathematica, below are some suggestions on the best ways to get started:
Students
- Watch the "Hands-On Start to Mathematica " tutorial screencast .
- Explore the Learning Center for topics relevant to your interests.
- View the Mathematica Documentation Center .
- Launch Mathematica, open the Classroom Assistant, and perform your first few computations.
- You're now ready for the projects that faculty will assign.
Teaching faculty
- Sign up for the "Overview of Mathematica for Education" seminar .
- Explore the Learning Center for topics relevant to your interests.
- Find some prebuilt examples and courseware from the Demonstrations Project , MathWorld , and the Library Archive .
- View the Mathematica Documentation Center .
- Assign the above steps in the student section to your classes as homework.
- Sign up for the Faculty Program .
Research faculty
- Sign up for the "Overview of Mathematica for Education" seminar .
- Take other seminars relevant to your work.
- Explore the Learning Center for topics relevant to your interests.
- Go to the Demonstrations Project site to see what's possible.
- Go to the Library Archive for additional resources.
- View the Mathematica Documentation Center .
