Lectures:
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MWF |
12:00PM |
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12:50PM |
Cudahy 412 |
Office Hours:
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Course instructor
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Prof. Dennis Brylow |
Mon |
3:00PM |
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4:00PM |
Cudahy 380 |
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Mon |
7:00PM |
- |
8:00PM |
Cudahy 380 |
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Wed |
3:00PM |
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4:00PM |
Cudahy 380 |
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Fri |
11:00AM |
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12:00PM |
Cudahy 380 |
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Textbook:
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Essentials of Computer Architecture.
Douglas Comer. Prentice-Hall
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Readings will be regularly assigned from the textbook.
Lectures will assume that students have already read
the assigned chapters. In addition, some of the
written homework problems may be assigned out of the
book. Some of these problems also make excellent exam
questions.
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Course Outcomes:
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Upon completing this course, students will be able to:
Understand the principles underlying computer hardware systems,
and appreciate how these principles shape software;
Define and describe the purpose of major components in
modern computer hardware, and understand how these components
work together to accomplish computing;
Read and write assembly languages for two common
computer processors, and employ these assembly languages
to solve programming problems.
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Grading Policy:
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Homework
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60% |
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Pop Quizzes
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5% |
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Exam #1
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10% |
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Exam #2
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10% |
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Exam #3
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15% |
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Students must pass BOTH the exam portion of the grade AND and
homework assignment portion of the grade to pass the course
overall.
Assignments are to be completed individually, except when
specifically noted otherwise. You may discuss course topics
with your collegues, but written work and programmed code
is not to be shared.
Academic dishonesty (claiming another person's work as your
own) will not be tolerated. Infractions will result in immediate
failure of the course, and referral to the Dean's office.
If you are not certain what constitutes fair play and what
will be considered academic dishonesty, please ask the instructor.
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