Transfer functions and block diagram algebra -- First-order systems -- Second-order systems -- Second-order system time-domain response -- Higher-order systems -- System type: steady-state errors -- Routh's method, root locus -- Rules for plotting the root locus -- System design using the root locus -- Frequency response and nyquist diagrams -- Nyquist stability criterion -- Nyquist analysis and relative stability -- Bode diagrams -- Bode analysis, stability, and gain and phase margins -- Time response from frequency response -- Frequency-domain specifications and closed-loop frequency response -- Control system design: case studies

1. Linear control systems