Advice for my first course in Discrete Signal Processing?

[snatchingthepi]

Summary:: I'm about to take my first course in DSP. It is a one term graduate course using the 4th edition of Proakis.

I'm about to take my first course in DSP. It is a one term graduate EE course using the 4th edition of Proakis. Does anyone with experience in this have useful advice for such a course? Having never taken such a class, I don't really know what to expect from the subject.

 

[jedishrfu]

Next best thing would be to check a Coursera course on it and what students have to say as well what the course teaches:

https://www.coursera.org/learn/dsp1/reviews

 

[mpresic3]

There is a good chance you will be using MATLAB toolboxes or Python, or other software for homework. You may try to get a head's up from the prof as to what software will be used, so you can become familiar with it. I never used Proakis, but I am a bit familiar with Oppenheim and Schaefer. I cannot say anything about Proakis but it is probably newer. I bought the Oppenheim and Schaefer in 1984.

My understanding is z-transform is used a lot. Matrix powers replace theMatrix exponential, etc.

 

[snatchingthepi]

Thank you both very much.