Example courses of study in signal processing

A student interested in signal and image processing will most likely minor in Electrical Engineering. The sample course study below assumes and EE minor. Other relevant choices for a minor include Computer Science and Statistics.

• Year 1, fall semester:
  • Math 413 or Math 611,
  • Math 433 or Math 671,
  • EE 425 (Digital Signal Processing),
  • EE 411 (Random signals in communications and signal processing).
• Year 1, spring semester:
  • Math 414 (or 612),
  • Math 434 (or 672),
  • EE 548 (Digital Image Processing).
• Year 2, fall semester:
  • Math 611 or EE 562 (Fundamental Information Theory) or EE 577 (Artificial Neural Networks)
  • EE 526 (Advanced Signal Processing),
  • EE 411 (Random Signals in Communications and Signal Processing) or Math 671 (Probability Theory) or CS 621 (Matrix Computations)
• Year 2, spring semester:
  • Math 612 (Complex Analysis),
  • EE 563 (Communications Networks) or Math 672 (Probability Theory),
  • EE 567 (Topics in Digital Communication)
  • EE 549 (Visual Motion Seminar)
• Year 3, fall semester:
  • Math 615 (Mathematical Methods in Physics) or OR 650 (Applied Stochastic Processes) or T&AM 612 (Methods of Applied Mathematics 3),
  • CS 621 (Matrix Computations)
  • EE 562 (Fundamental Information Theory) or EE 577 (Artificial Neural Networks) or EE 564 (Decision Making and Estimation)
• Year 3, spring semester:
  • Math 616 (Mathematical Methods in Physics) or T&AM 613 (Methods of Applied Mathematics 4) or CS 622 (Nonlinear equations and optimization)
  • EE 521 (linear systems) or other EE elective
  • elective

Other relevant EE courses include:

• EE 467 & 468 -- Communication Systems
• EE 471 & 472 -- Digital Control systems
• EE 561 -- Error Correcting Codes