<p>How hard is the math you do in Signals and Systems for example compared to doing calculus 2 integration techniques?</p>
<p>If it interests you, you will learn the math.</p>
<p>Yeah, you'll find the math a lot easier when you're using it to do something you like.</p>
<p>The math is pretty easy in EE on a topical level, but actually getting answers can be a bit of a grind. That's what we have computers for, though.</p>
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<p>The problem is that - at the beginning, the math isn't presented with any applications.</p>
<p>Yes what sirkit said is very true, you will be learning mostly theory in the beginning which is harder to grasp if you aren't taught any practical application.</p>
<p>Engineering majors at my school take multi-variable calculus, linear algebra, differential equations, and everything before that if they need it. I've heard Systems and Signals is a very math intensive (Fourier?) sub-field of EE... though you won't see any of the really tough math in undergrad.</p>
<p>When I took S&S, we used Oppenheim and Willsky's text. Most people taking the class had already taken single variable calc, multivariable calc, and diff eqs. Complex variables and linear algebra were useful coreqs. If you're having trouble with this class, there is a lot of online help available, such as MIT's OCW. There are also lots of review books, practice books, etc.</p>