2021-2022 Undergraduate Bulletin

CSCI 274 Computer Architecture

3 hours 

This course will discuss the relationship between software and the hardware on which it operates, dealing with fundamental issues in computer architecture and design. The material covered will range from the primitive operations of modern computing machines to important security issues relating to the design of computer architectures. Along the way, we will study binary arithmetic, instructional sequencing, the management of computer memory, and the fundamentals of input and output.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENG 101; CSCI 271 or MAT 271

Corequisite

CSCI 271 or MAT 271