Books
The required text in this class is:
Boulanger, Richard (ed). (2000.) The Csound Book: Perspectives in Software Synthesis, Sound Design, Signal Processing, and Programming. MIT Press: Cambridge, MA. ISBN 0-262-52261-6.
A recommended text is:
Dodge, Charles, and Thomas A. Jerse. (1997.) Computer Music: Synthesis, Composition, and Performance. Schirmer-Thomson Learning. ISBN 0-02-864682-7.
A wonderful (but gargantuan, 1200+ page) text is:
Roads, Curtis. The Computer Music Tutorial. MIT Press: Cambridge, MA. ISBN 0-262-68082-3.
A more general reference text is:
Rossing, Thomas D. (1929.) The Science of Sound. Addison-Wesley Publishing. (1990.) 2nd ed. ISBN 0-201-15727-6
Others to recommend? See also Resources.