Computer Architecture

This course will introduce the concepts, techniques, methods, and design of computer systems. Students in this course will learn various computer components, parallel computing, architecture versus organization, logic modules, central processing unit (CPU) and datapath implementation, memory structures and timing, input and outputs (I/O), interrupts, protocols, instruction cycles and the control unit, security, assembly language programming, and parallel computing.
Prerequisites: EN 102, COM 101, and CS 202 or CS 205