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Course Info for ENGR - 303 - 20, Spring 2023
Class number: 2981 Title: Analog and Digital Comm Department: Engineering
Career: Undergraduate Component: Laboratory Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.25
Enrollment limited to 15 Current enrollment: 5 Available seats: 10
Start date: Wednesday, January 25, 2023 End date: Friday, May 12, 2023 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: R: 1:30PM-4:10PM, MECC - 320 Instructor(s): Cheng, Lin
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C- or better in Engineering 212L and Mathematics 234 or permission of instructor.
Distribution Requirement: Meets Natural Science Requirement
Course Description:
This course introduces basic topics in modern communication theory, including characterization of signals in the time and frequency domains, modulation theory, information coding, and digital data transmission. Topics focus on modulation techniques, including amplitude modulation, frequency modulation, and pulse code modulation. Basic probability theory and statistics are presented to provide the tools necessary for design applications, for instance when binary data is transmitted over noisy channels. Computer programming in a high-level language (e.g., MATLAB) is used to solve assignment problems.