| Date | Event | Topic | Text | PS Posted | PS Due |
| Sept. 9, 2009 | Lecture 1 | Introduction: an Overview | Ch.1 M1 | PS1 | |
| Sept. 14, 2009 | Lecture 2 | Least Squares Optimization | Ch.2 Ch.3 M2 | ||
| Sept. 16, 2009 | Lecture 3 | Operator Norm and Robustness | Ch.4 Ch.5 M3 | PS2 | PS1 |
| Sept. 21, 2009 | Lecture 4 | Singular Value Decomposition and Model Reduction | Ch.4 Ch.5 M4 | ||
| Sept. 23, 2009 | Lecture 5 | Catching up on Linear Algebra | PS3 | PS2 | |
| Sept. 28, 2009 | Lecture 6 | Dynamic System Models | Ch.6 Ch.7 M5 | ||
| Sept. 30, 2009 | Lecture 7 | Linear State Space Models | Ch.7 Ch.8 | PS4 | PS3 |
| Oct. 5, 2009 | Lecture 8 | Solutions of LTI State Space Equations | Ch.10 Ch.11 | ||
| Oct. 7, 2009 | Lecture 9 | Transfer Matrices | Ch.12 | PS4 | |
| Oct. 13, 2009 | Lecture 10 | Catching up on System Models | |||
| Oct. 14, 2009 | Midterm 1 | Exam covering PS1-PS4 [ sample questions ] [ solutions ] | PS5 | ||
| Oct. 19, 2009 | Lecture 11 | Lyapunov Functions and Storage Functions | Ch.13 | ||
| Oct. 21, 2009 | Lecture 12 | Lyapunov Equations | Ch.14 | PS6 | PS5 |
| Oct. 26, 2009 | Lecture 13 | Local Stability by Linearization | |||
| Oct. 28, 2009 | Lecture 14 | I/O Stability and System Norms | Ch.15 Ch.16 M6 M7 | PS7 | PS6 |
| Nov. 2, 2009 | Lecture 15 | Feedback Inteconnections of Systems | Ch.17 | ||
| Nov. 4, 2009 | Lecture 16 | Performance Measures in Feedback Control | Ch.18 | PS8 | PS7 |
| Nov. 9, 2009 | Lecture 17 | Small Gain Theorem | Ch.19 | ||
| Nov. 16, 2009 | Lecture 18 | Robust Stability and Performance | Ch.20 Ch.21 | PS8 | |
| Nov. 18, 2009 | Midterm 2 | Exam covering PS1-PS7 [ sample ] [ hints ] [ answers ] | PS9 | ||
| Nov. 23, 2009 | Lecture 19 | Catching Up on Robustness Analysis | |||
| Nov. 25, 2009 | Lecture 20 | Reachibility | Ch.22 Ch.23 | PS10 | PS9 |
| Nov. 30, 2009 | Lecture 21 | Observability | Ch.24 | ||
| Dec. 2, 2009 | Lecture 22 | Balanced Truncation | Ch.26 | PS10 | |
| Dec. 7, 2009 | Lecture 23 | Pole Placement | Ch.28 Ch.29 | ||
| Dec. 9, 2009 | Lecture 24 | Summarizing and Catching Up | |||
| Week of Dec. 14 | Final | [ Sample problems ] Exam covering PS1-PS10 [ Q3 ] |