CSCI 305
Computer Organization and Programming
Course Description:
CSCI 305 Computer Organization and Programming
Three Credit Hours
Prerequisites: CSCI 202 and MATH 206
Required for a B.S. degree in computer science.
An introduction to computer architecture and assembly language programming.
Relationship of the conventional machine level of a modern computer system with its other layers.
Topics are chosen from addressing; machine instructions; I/O; subroutines; parameters; recursion;
stacks; coroutines; exceptions; interrupts; number systems and arithmetic; and the physical,
digital, and the microprogramming levels.
Major Topics:
- Data representation
- IA-32 processor architecture
- Data transfer and addressing
- Integer arithmetic
- Procedures and the runtime stack
- Conditional processing
- Macros
- Computer architecture overview and history
- Computer systems organization
- Digital logic and circuits
- Microarchitecture
- Instruction set architecture
Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, a student will be able to
- Explain the basic concepts and functional components of computer organization (processor, input/output devices, memory hierarchy, system bus, etc.)
- Discuss computer organization in terms of the various levels (digital logic level, microprogramming level, instruction set level, etc.)
- Represent numbers in various bases (decimal, binary, hex, octal) and convert between bases
- Explain the representation and storage of signed and unsigned numbers in a computer (two’s complement, big/little endian, etc.)
- Identify and explain the opcodes, addressing techniques, and calling conventions of an assembly language
- Write macros and understand the role of macros versus procedures
- Create, assemble, debug, test and execute assembly language programs.
Textbooks:
- Assembly Language for Intel-Based Computers (Fifth Edition) by Kip R. Irvine, Prentice Hall, 2006.
- The Essentials of Computer Organization (Second Edition) by Linda Null and Julia Lobur, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2006.
Projected Schedule:
Every Fall
Recent Syllabi:
Fall 2007, Moore
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