Course Catalog - 2024-2025

     

ELEC 220 - FUND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Long Title: FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Department: Electrical & Computer Eng.
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory
Distribution Group: Distribution Group III
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Description: An overview of computer engineering, starting with fundamental building blocks including transistors, bits, data representation, logic and state machines, progressing to computer organization, instruction sets, interrupts, input/output, assembly language programming, and linkage conventions, and ending with an introduction to architectural performance enhancements and computing services. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ELEC 220 if student has credit for COMP 222.
Course URL: http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~elec220