Course Language:
İngilizce
Course Objectives:
Acquaint students with basic concepts on which the stored program digital computer is formulated including the functional units of a computer (hardware), the flow (buses) and storage (memory management) of information, the representation and manipulation of numbers in binary octal and hexadecimal form, the Intel 80x86 architecture, assembly and machine language, Boolean Logic.
Course Content:
This course covers advanced topics in computer organization and architecture, latest developments in the computer hardware technologies, peripheral devices, computer arithmetic and assembly programming.
Course Methodology:
1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion, 4: Lab Work
Course Evaluation Methods:
A: Testing, B: Laboratory C: Homework D: Project
Vertical Tabs
Course Learning Outcomes
| Learning Outcomes | Program Learning Outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods | |||
| Information Systems graduates know the basic components of hardware and their logic of operation. | 3,4,6 | 1,3,4 | A,B,C | |||
| Information Systems graduates know how to develop applications in different hardware environments. | 2,3,4,6 | 1,2,3,4 | A,B,C,D | |||
| Information Systems graduates have the knowledge and the skills to solve the basic problems of information processing, within the framework of discrete mathematics | 3,6 | 1,3,4 | A,B,C | |||
| Knows different number systems and Boolean logic. | 2,6 | 1,3,4 | A,B,C | |||
| Knows the Intel x 86 architecture, machine language and assembly language in this environment. | 3,6 | 1,3,4 | A,B | |||
| Knows commonly occurring problems in hardware and operating systems and can perform maintenance. | 9,6,3 | 1,2,3,4 | A,B,C,D | |||
Course Flow
| COURSE CONTENT | ||
| Week | Topics | Study Materials |
| 1 | Introduction to Computer Systems, Computer System Structures and Architecture | ACM 111 |
| 2 | Brief History of Computers, The Four Generations, Improvements in Chip Organization and Architecture, The Evolution of the Intel x86 Architecture. Amdahl’s Law | ACM 111 |
| 3 | Computer Function and Interconnection with emphasis on interrupts, buses, various levels of caches, I/O buffers, controllers. | ACM 111 |
| 4 | The Computer Motherboard and its constituent components. | ACM 111 |
| 5 | Disassembling assembling components of a PC. Building a PC | Weeks 3,4 |
| 6 | Peripheral units: Disk Drive Storage, Printers, Basic Networking | ACM 111 |
| 7 | MIDTERM EXAMINATION | |
| 8 | Portable Systems, Installing and Upgrading PC Components, Optimizing PC Performance and Preventative Maintenance | ACM 111 |
| 9 | Hardware Troubleshooting, Operating System Installation, Software troubleshooting. | Operating Systems |
| 10 | Number systems and Base Transformation, Computer arithmetic, Memory Storage of integral and floating point numbers, Overflow and Underflow | MATH 171-2 |
| 11 | The 80x86 chip and Assembler Language - The MOV and INT Instructions, Labels and Jumps. | ACM 221 |
| 12 | Variables and Strings. Mathematical Operators | ACM 222 |
| 13 | Laboratory on Computer arithmetic and Assembler Language | Weeks 11,12 |
| 14 | Digital and Logical Circuits | |
| 15 | REVIEW AND MIDTERM EXAMINATION | |
Recommended Sources
| RECOMMENDED SOURCES | |
| Textbook | Computer Organization and Architecture, Designing for Performance, Eighth Edition, William Stallings, Prentice Hall. |
| Additional Resources |
A+ Complete Lab Manual, Third Edition; Donald R. Evans and Scott Johnson ISBN:0782142516
Computer Architecture, A Quantitative Approach, Fourth Edition, John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson |
Material Sharing
| MATERIAL SHARING | |
| Documents | Presentations and Laboratory Sheets |
| Assignments | Homework Sheets |
| Exams | Old exam questions are furnished |
Assessment
| ASSESSMENT | ||
| IN-TERM STUDIES | NUMBER | PERCENTAGE |
| Mid-terms | 2 | 66 |
| Quizzes | 4 | 16 |
| Assignment and Labwork | 10 | 18 |
| Total | 100 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE | 40 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE | 60 | |
| Total | 100 | |
Course’s Contribution to Program
| COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM | |||||||
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | Information Systems graduates have the knowledge and the skills to design and develop the complete systems for multi-media visual user interface. (ACM 112,262) | ||||||
| 2 | Information Systems graduates have advanced the knowledge and skills to design, develop and install the application systems for multi-media. (ACM365, 368,473) | X | |||||
| 3 | Information Systems graduates have the knowledge and the skills to design, develop and apply algorithms and data structures to solve the basic problems of information processing, within the framework of discrete mathematics (ACM 221,222). | X | |||||
| 4 | Information Systems graduates have the knowledge and the skills to design and develop computer applications, based on user specificed requirements, using modern structured development tools and install them on various hardware platforms and deploy their usage.(ACM 311,322) | X | |||||
| 5 | Information Systems graduates have the knowledge and the skills to design and develop computer applications, based on user specificed requirements, using modern object-oriented development tools and install them on various hardware platforms and deploy their usage(ACM 321). | X | |||||
| 6 | Information Systems graduates know the logic of computer operating systems, the basic set of system commands, how to control access to system resources by users of different departments and how to monitor the running of jobs in the system (ACM 369, 370). | X | |||||
| 7 | Information Systems graduates have the knowledge and the skills to design and develop data models serving different requirements, database applications that would access and process data using various types of software, including queries, reports and business applications.(ACM 211, 364) | X | |||||
| 8 | Information Systems graduates have the knowledge and the skills to design and develop business applications that would provide data acess, modification and processing for data kept in enterprise database systems (ACM 221,364). | ||||||
| 9 | Information Systems graduates have the knowledge about computer networks, and have the skills to design, develop and monitor computer networks, how to configure them and how to maintain their performance. (ACM 361, 362, 363, 463, 464) | X | |||||
| 10 | Information Systems graduates have the knowledge and the skills to design and develop visual user interfaces for the web, web-based applications for n-tier client/server configurations, how to deploy them in enterprises (ACM 365, 368, 412). | x | |||||
ECTS
| ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION | |||
| Activities | Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Mid-terms | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Quizzes | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Homework | 10 | 3 | 30 |
| Final examination | 2 (Including reparation) | 2 | 4 |
| Total Work Load | 138 | ||
| Total Work Load / 25 (h) | 5.52 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 6 | ||
None