Same for when I studied Electrical Engineering - we had analyzed circuits, and solved diff. equations the lengthy way, often times a real pain in the ass (the m

Same for when I studied Electrical Engineering - we had analyzed circuits, and solved diff. equations the lengthy way, often times a real pain in the ass (the more complex a network was). Then in our electronics class we were introduced to Laplace transforms, and it almost felt like cheating. For some reason, we got the formal introduction to transforms (Fourier, Laplace, Z, etc.) the semester after in our calculus and diff. eq classes, but method was simple and intuitive enough that anyone with Calc 1 could jump into it - at least for the application of electronics.