| L1: Introduction | 1.1–1.5 | | |
| L2: Stability and robustness | 1.6, 2.1–2.5, 3.1, 3.4–3.5 | 10.1–10.3, 10.5 | |
| L3: Specifications and disturbance models | 5.1–5.6, 6.1–6.3 | 12.1–12.2 | |
| L4: Control synthesis in the frequency domain | 6.4–6.6, 8.1–8.2 | 12.3–12.4 | |
| L5: Case study: DVD player | | | "Sensing and Control in Optical Drives – How to Read Data from a Clear Disc" |
| L6: Controllability/observability, multivariable poles & zeros | 3.2–3.3, 3.5–3.6 | | |
| L7: Fundamental limitations | 7.2–7.9 | 14.2–14.4 | "Bicycle Dynamics and Control" |
| L8: Decentralized control | 8.3 | | |
| L9: Linear-quadratic control | | 7.5 | |
| L10: Kalman filtering | 5.7 | 8.5 | "A New Approach to Linear Filtering and Prediction Problems" |
| L11: LQG control | 9.1–9.4 | | |
| L12: Youla parameterization, internal model control | 8.4 | | |
| L13: Synthesis by convex optimization | | | "Linear Controller Design: Limits of Performance via Convex Optimization" |
| L14: Controller simplification | 3.6 | | |
