LeMoyne-Owen College
Division of Natural Sciences, Mathematics
and Computer Science

Syllabus for COSI 320 A
Computer Organization
Fall Semester 2008
Dr. Vivek Savur

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Grading Scale

Course Schedule

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Problems and Solutions

Textbook:

STRUCTURED COMPUTER ORGANIZATION by Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Fifth Edition, 2004

Prerequisite:

COSI 240 AND COSI 310 or Permission of the Instructor

Course Objective:

This course includes processor, memory I/O devices, digital logic level, micro programming, conventional machine level, and introduces computer architecture. Knowledge of assembly language is very useful but not essential.

Credit:

Three Semester Hours.

Class Meetings and Grading:

This class will meet from 9:05 AM to 10:00 AM on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at Gibson-Orgill Hall Room 103. There will be a 3 tests, last on the day of the final, which will be on WEDNESSDAY, DECEMBER 3 FROM 8:00 TO 9:50.

Test 1 out of 100 50% Highest

Test 2 out of 100 30% Middle Grading Scale:

Final out of 100 20% Lowest Over 105 “A”

Quizzes out of 20 90 – 104.9 “B”

Total out of 120 75 – 89.9 “C”

60 – 74.9 “D”

Rank ______ out of GRADE ______ Below 59.9 “F”

Office
Room 100B, GOH  Phone: Extension 419or (901) 435-1385

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Course Schedule:

Week Material

1         Chapter 1,  Appendix A
2         Chapter 2, Appendix B, ASCII Modems
3         Chapter 3
4         Chapter 4
5         Chapter 4
6         Chapter 5
7         Chapter 5, ***MID-TERM*** Thursday October 4
8         Fall Break, Chapter 6
9         Chapter 6
10       Chapter 6, Chapter 7
11       Chapter 7
12       Chapter 7, Chapter 8
13       Chapter 8
14       Review
15       FINAL EXAM on Wednesday December 3, 2008  8:00 - 9:50

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