This is a companion text to "Modern Control Systems", by Richard C. Dorf. Designed to demonstrate the software approach to the analysis and design of control systems, this work covers MATLAB and the Control System Toolbox. Robert Bishop explains design approaches to control systems synthesis using MATLAB scripts. Additionally, Bishop includes extensive examples, that are taken directly from Dorf's book, to illustrate theoretical systems concepts. His thorough coverage provides a foundation for the application of MATLAB to control systems.