Experiences in Teaching DSP First in the ECE Curriculum

In this paper we describe experiences gained from teaching an introductory electrical engineering course based on digi-tal signal processing rather than the traditional flrst course in analog circuit theory. We will discuss our motivation for teaching DSP flrst, before covering analog circuits and systems. We will describe the style of the course and point out di–culties, as well as advantages, in this organization of basic material. At Georgia Tech and Rose-Hulman, this be-ginning course has been required of all computer engineer-ing majors. Finally, we will make some comments about extending this approach to encompass a wider range of stu-dents from other disciplines. 1