======  Learning Objectives  ======

The course outline is a guideline to topics that will be discussed in the course, and when they will be discussed:

By the end of the course, the students will be able to:
  - Describe a physical process in terms of signals and systems and describe the properties of the system.
  - Calculate the frequency representations of periodic and aperiodic signals.
  - Compute the steady state outputs of linear time-invariant systems by solving differential equations, by convolution, and by the Fourier transform.
  - Design frequency selective filters based on the given system's specifications.
  - Represent continuous-time signals/systems as discrete-time signals/systems and use digital computers to analyze and design the signals/systems.

======  Course Outline  ======

| **Week** | **Topics** | **Readings** | **Handouts** | **Assignment/Quiz** | **Lab (tentative)** |
| **Sep. 10, 2013** | Introduction to Signals | Sections 1.1 - 1.4 | [[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~mohammad/3451F13/docs/chapter1.pdf|HO#1.1]][[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~mohammad/3451F13/docs/HO1-2-c.pdf|HO#1.2]] | - | - |
| **Sep. 17, 2013** | Introduction to Systems | Sections 2.1 - 2.3 |[[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~mohammad/3451F13/docs/chapter2.pdf|HO#2.1]]  | HW 1 distributed | Lab 1 |
| **Sep. 24, 2013** | Convolution Integral | Sections 3.1 - 3.7 |[[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~mohammad/3451F13/docs/chapter3.pdf|HO#3.1]]   | HW 1 due (Quiz 1) | Lab 2 (Lab 1 due) |
| **Oct. 01, 2013** | CT Fourier Series | Sections 4.1 - 4.6  |[[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~mohammad/3451F13/docs/chapter4.pdf|HO#4.1]]   | HW 2 | Lab 3 (Lab 2 due) |
| **Oct. 08, 2013** | Fourier Transform CT| Sections 5.1 - 5.7  |[[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~mohammad/3451F13/docs/chapter5.pdf|HO#5.1]]   | HW 2 due | Lab 3 |
| **Oct. 15, 2013** | Laplace Transform | Sections 6.1 - 6.10  | [[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~mohammad/3451F13/docs/chapter6.pdf|HO#6.1]]  | HW 3 (Quiz 2) | Lab 4 (Lab 3 due) |
| **Oct. 22, 2013** | Design of CT Filters | Sections 7.1 - 7.4 | [[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~mohammad/3451F13/docs/chapter7.pdf|HO#7.1]] | HW 3 due | Lab 4 |
| **Oct. 29, 2013** | **Mid-term Exam** |   ||||
| **Nov. 05, 2013** | Sampling and Quantization | Sections 9.1 - 9.3 |[[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~mohammad/3451F13/docs/chapter9.pdf|HO#9.1]] | HW 4 (Quiz 3) | Lab 5  |
| **Nov. 12, 2013** | Convolution Sum | Sections 10.1 - 10.5 | [[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~mohammad/3451F13/docs/chapter10.pdf|HO#10.1]] | HW 4 due | Lab 5 |
| **Nov. 19, 2013** | DT Fourier Transform | Sections 11.1 - 11.7 | [[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~mohammad/3451F13/docs/chapter11.pdf|HO#11.1]]   | HW 5 | Lab 5 (Lab 4 due) |
| **Nov. 26, 2013** | The Z Transform | Sections 13.1 - 13.6 | [[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~mohammad/3451F13/docs/chapter13.pdf|HO#13.1]]  | - | Lab 5 due |
| **Dec. 03, 2013** | The Z Transform | Sections 13.1 - 13.6 |    | HW 5 due (Quiz 4) | - |

======  Review Notes  ======
  - [[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~mohammad/3451F13/docs/introcomplex5pdf.pdf|Review of Complex Numbers]]


======  Animation  ======

This is a nice flash animation explaining how convolution is computed for CT signals. Click on this [[http://www.jhu.edu/signals/convolve/|link]] to access the animation. You will need to enable Java in your browser.

Addition learning objects designed by Prof. Amir Asif on important concepts in signals and systems can be found at this [[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~asif/spc/LO.htm|link]].