History of control and feedback, linear systems, dynamic systems, modeling and analysis, electrical and mechanical systems, block diagram and signal flow graphs, continuous and discrete time representation, time domain and frequency domain analysis, root-locus, Bode plot, phase and gain margins, polar plots, Nyquist plots, concept of stability, controllability, observability, transfer function approach to modeling, transient analysis and frequency domain analysis, quantization and error effects, design of control systems, design specifications, lead and lag compensator, PI, PD, PID controllers, state-space representation of dynamic systems, state space transfer function, design based on state space models, quadratic optimum control.