COMSC 217 - Computer Architecture

4 credits

The course covers the study of computer architecture history, computational machines and computer systems design. Topics covered include: CPU and ALU designs and operations, variations, of digital circuitry design and functionality, computing number systems, register operations, control logic, assembly programming and assembler design, memory organization, instructions sets and control unit design. Students will work on projects that implement computer architecture designs and specifications.

Lecture Hours: 4
Prerequisites:

COMSC 101 - Computer Programming 1  with a grade of “C” or higher, and MATH 135 - College Algebra with Trigonometry  or higher.