COSC 065 Hardware Systems
Course Instructor:
Dennis Brylow
Email: brylow at mscs dot mu dot edu
Office: Cudahy 380
MW 2:00PM - 2:50PM, CU 412
F 2:00PM - 3:50PM, CU 412
Mon/Wed 3:00PM - 4:00PM
Mon 7:00PM - 8:00PM
Fri 11:00AM - 12:00PM
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.
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.
Grades will be calculated using the following formula:
Homework |
60% |
Pop (Reading) Quizzes |
5% |
Exam #1 |
10% |
Exam #2 |
10% |
Exam #3 |
15% |
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.
The instructor reserves the right to adjust this schedule as necessary.
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