| Instructor: | Dr. Kathleen Wage | Class: | MW 1:30-2:45pm | |
| Sci and Tech II, Room 243 | Robinson, A247 | |||
| 703-993-1579 | Office hours: | Monday 11am-12, 4-5pm | ||
| kwage@gmu.edu | Tuesday 4-5pm, | |||
| Wednesday 11am-12pm | ||||
| or by appointment | ||||
| TA: | Mr. Sriram Devarakonda | Office hours: | Friday 10:30am-12:30pm | |
| Sci and Tech II, Room 265 | Friday 2pm-4pm |
| Prerequisite: | Grade of C or better in ECE 220 |
| Required Texts: | Signals and Systems, Second Edition by A.V. Oppenheim and A.S. Willsky |
| with S.H. Nawab (Prentice Hall, 1997) | |
| Computer Explorations in Signals and Systems Using Matlab, Second Edition | |
| by J.R. Buck, M.M. Daniel and A.C. Singer (Prentice Hall, 2002) | |
| Course Webpage: | http://teal.gmu.edu/~kwage/courses/ece320/spr02/ |
ECE 320 covers the core concepts in signals and systems, focusing primarily on time- and frequency-domain analysis techniques for linear, time-invariant systems. This course reinforces and expands upon the continuous-time concepts presented in ECE 220, and introduces the corresponding concepts for discrete-time systems. ECE 320 also presents the sampling theorem and explores the relationships between continuous-time signals and their sampled counterparts.
The workload for this course consists of the following: two class meetings per week, regular homework assignments (see syllabus), four computer-based projects, two in-class examinations, and a comprehensive final examination. Class time is divided between short lecture segments on key concepts and in-class group exercises. Students are expected to do the assigned reading prior to coming to class so that they are adequately prepared to participate in the interactive problem-solving sessions.