This document provides an overview of the ME 176 Control Systems Engineering course. It will be taught by Leonides De Ocampo and use the 5th edition of the textbook "Control Systems Engineering" by Norman Nice. The course consists of 3 credit hours over 15 weeks, with 2 hours of lecture and 3 hours of lab each week. Students will be evaluated through four long exams, lab submissions, and bonus assignments. The course will cover topics like modeling systems, transient response analysis, stability analysis, and design techniques over its four quarters.