CS 203 - Computer Organization - Fall 2001

12/10/2001: Office hours for exam week will be as follows: TRF 11-1.

Instructor: Dr. James Glenn
Office: Pardee 328
Office Hours: M 12-2:30, W 11:30-1, R 4-5, or by appointment
E-mail: glennj@cs.lafayette.edu
Phone: (610)330-5415

Times and Locations: Lecture TR 11-12:15 in Pardee 227, Lab TR 9:30-10:45 in Pardee 320

Text: Structured Computer Organization (4th ed.) by A. Tanenbaum

Prerequisite: CS 103 - Principles of Computer Science II

Description:A study of digital logic, computer components, internal and external memory, computer arithmetic, instruction sets, interrupts, and microprogramming.

Topics:

• History (Ch. 1)
• Binary Numbers (Appendix A)
• Computer Components (CPUs, memory, peripherals) (Ch. 2)
• Number Formats (Apps. A, B)
• Digital Logic (Ch. 3)
• Microarchitecture (Ch. 4)
• Instruction Sets (Ch. 5)

Grading:

• Homeworks 10%
• Labs 20%
• Projects 15%
• Midterm Exams 30% (2 @ 15% each - tentative dates Thu 10/4 and Thu 11/15)
• Final Exam 25% (Wed 12/12 at 9am in Pardee 227)

Academic Honesty: You may discuss homework assignments with other current CS 203 students, but the work you submit should reflect your own understanding of the problem (you should be able to reproduce your work in a coherent manner on your own). Discussions of lab assignments are permitted as long as code is not involved. No help from anyone other than the instructor is allowed on any other work (projects and exams). Students must follow the college's Principles of Intellectual Honesty described in the student handbook.