For the most part we'll be sticking closely to the Sklar text and working in order through the book. The numbers in brackets refer to sections in the book
Digital communications overview (1.1)
Mathematical descriptions of deterministic signals (1.2, 1.3, 1.4)
Mathematical descriptions of random signals (1.5)
Linear systems (1.6)
Analog-to-Digital conversion (2.4, 2.5)
Pulse modulation (2.6)
Baseband modulation/line coding (2.8)
Baseband detection [matched/correlating detection] (3.1, 3.2)
Intersymbol Interference (3.3)
Equalization (3.4)
Bandpass modulation (4.1, 4.2)
Bandpass detection (4.3, 4.4, 4.5)
Multicarrier Modulation
Error performance (4.7, 4.8, 4.9)
Linear block codes (6.3, 6.4)
Cyclic codes (6.7)
Convolutional codes (7.1, 7.2, 7.3)
Convolutional decoders (7.4, 7.5)