Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2024-2025
COMP 222 - INTRO TO COMPUTER ORGANIZATION
Long Title: INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER ORGANIZATION
Department: Computer Science
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory
Credit Hours: 4
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Prerequisite(s): COMP 140
Description: This course introduces students to the organization of computer systems in order that they gain an understanding of how a computer system executes their programs. Students will learn how to write small-scale programs in C, how to read the translation of those programs into assembly language, and how those programs are executed at the machine level. Specific topics covered will include data representation at the machine level, static versus dynamic memory allocation, instruction set architecture and the encoding of instructions in memory, linking relocatable object files to create executable files, pipelining within the processor, and caching within the memory system. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for COMP 222 if student has credit for ELEC 220.