One of the key abilities of an engineer is system-level thinking. Taking this course will help you develop this skill. In particular, you will see how the math and physics you have learned in other courses help you understand rather complex systems that occur in engineering and computer science (with applications to communication systems, biomedical imaging, control, and robotics). The knowledge and skills that you will acquire in this course are at the heart of an entire series of senior-level and graduate classes. We assume that you have familiarity with lower division physics and circuits since these are the source of many examples. |
A. V. Oppenheim and A. V. Willsky with S. H. Nawab, Signals and Systems. Prentice Hall, 1997. Second Edition.
E. A. Lee and P. Varaiya, Structure and Interpretation of Signals and Systems. Addison-Wesley, 2003. |