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Course Information

Time: Tuesday/Thursday 3:00-4:15pm
Place: Science & Tech I, Room 122
Prerequisite:             Grade of C or better in ECE 220 and Math 203
Textbook: Signals and Systems, 2nd Edition by A. O. Oppenheim and A. S. Willsky with S. H. Nawab, Prentice Hall, 1997 (same textbook used for ECE 220)
Description:Second of two-semester sequence providing mathematical background for many ECE courses taken in junior, senior years. Provides methods of representing and analyzing discrete-time signals and systems. Studies effects of converting from continuous-time to discrete time, and presents Z-transform as convenient analysis tool. Emphasizes powerful concept of frequency response of systems developed in first semester.
Professor: Kathleen E. Wage
Science & Tech II, Room 243
703-993-1579
kwage [at] gmu.edu
Office hours:  Wednesday 10-11am
Thursday 10-11am
other times by appointment
Teaching Assistant:Mohammad Ghorbanzadeh (mghorban [at] gmu.edu)
TA office hours: Monday 4-7pm, Science & Tech II, Room 265
Tuesday 3-4pm, Science & Tech II, Room 265

Handouts

Grading, homework, and exam policies are summarized in the course information packet. A PDF version of the syllabus, including a detailed lecture schedule is available here.