Introduction and motivation -- Review of signal-processing basics -- Review of diode physics and the ideal (and later, nonideal) diode -- Bipolar transistor models -- Basic bipolar transistor amplifiers and biasing -- Bandwidth estimation techniques and the method of open-circuit time constants -- Advanced transistor amplifier techniques -- High gain bipolar amplifiers and BJT current mirrors -- Introduction to mosfet devices and basic MOS amplifiers -- Bipolar transistor switching and the charge control model -- Review of feedback systems -- Basic operational amplifier topologies and a case study -- Review of current feedback operational amplifiers -- Analog lowpass filters -- Review of passive components and a case study in PC board layout -- Other useful design techniques and loose-ends.