>The prof noted that it's almost all EE folks, with a few others, but didn't mention Comp Sci. Can anyone comment on why there were seemingly no Comp Sci people in this class? Wouldn't this be 'core' to Comp Sci?
Why would it? Core CS deals primarily with discrete mathematics. Outside of a DSP or image processing course, there's little reason for a CS student to encounter the Fourier or other transforms.
I took a class on Scientific Computing (required) which went over a lot of core algorithms in various fields, including FFT. I wouldn't be surprised if a good portion of programs had something similar.
Why would it? Core CS deals primarily with discrete mathematics. Outside of a DSP or image processing course, there's little reason for a CS student to encounter the Fourier or other transforms.