The purpose of this course is to provide a detailed overview of structured programming and numerical methods for the undergraduate and graduate students whose major or interests are in physical geography. MATLAB is a powerful program, which naturally lends itself to the rapid implementation of most numerical algorithms, which are commonly used in physical geography and environmental science. In this course, numerical methods for solving a wide range of problems, from integration to the numerical solution of differential equations or the simulation of random processes, will be introduced. Meanwhile, students will learn how to resolve the numerical problems by using numerical methods with MATLAB programming.