1CL - Fortran 95
Welcome to the 1CL Fortran 95 programming course. The course material is provided through a series of web pages, of which this is the start page. A series of units which teach you about the Fortran 95 programming language (which we will often call just "Fortran") is provided, along with corresponding exercises.
The 1CL classes are taught in the department's Computational Physics Teaching Laboratory (known by its acronym CPTL). Before embarking on the Fortran units, you should read the programming instructions. When you are ready to start, follow the link below to the Fortran 95 units and exercises, shortcuts to which can be found in the menu on the left.
Fortran 95 units and exercises
Glossary of Fortran 95 commands
COURSE ASSESSMENT
The autumn semester section of the computational laboratory is NOT formally
assessed. The aim of the course is to familiarise yourself with programming
and the Fortran 95 language. Since students have a wide range of
computer knowledge when they arrive at the University it would be unfair to
assess students at this stage. By the end of the first semester you will all be at the same level of computer competence and will be ready for the formal assessment in the spring semester.
Recommended Textbooks
The contents of this website are not a complete description of everything in the Fortran 95 language. As your programming skills develop you will find it useful to refer to more complete textbooks.
The recommended textbooks for this course are
- Metcalf and Reid, "Fortran 90/95 Explained" or Metcalf, Reid and Cohen, "Fortran 95/2003 Explained", Oxford University Press. This is a concise and complete summary of Fortran with short examples.
- Ellis, Philips and Lahey, "Fortran 90 Programming", Addison Wesley. This is a much longer book with plenty of exercises geared towards science and engineering. It has not been updated to cover Fortran 95, though the differences between Fortran 90 and Fortran 95 are slight.