CISP 2410 - Assembly and Computer Organization

4 sem hrs cr

This course examines the structure of digital computers, introduction to machine language, number representations, symbolic coding and assembler language, register sets, instruction types, addressing modes, input-output subroutines, segmentation, paging and introduction to operating systems.  Prerequisite: CISP 1010  

In rare and unusual circumstances, a course prerequisite can be overridden with the permission of the Department Lead for the discipline.

Transfer (UT) or Non-Transfer Course (UN): UT

By the end of the course, students will be able to…

• have a knowledge of computer history with special emphasis on microprocessor history and the changes that the microprocessor has made to world and national history.
• develop logical thinking and critical analysis in the design and implementation of combinational and sequential logic circuits.
• understand and use numbers using Boolean algebra and digital arithmetic.
• have an understanding of the scientific method in implementing digital logic experiments.
• be familiar with the beginning of a concentrated study of the organization of computer systems.
• use abstract and logical thinking skills by solving computer problems using assembly language programs.