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COMP 222 002 (CRN: 15073)
INTRO TO COMPUTER ORGANIZATION
Long Title: INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER ORGANIZATION
Department: Computer Science
Instructor: Cox, Alan L.
Meetings:
3:00PM - 3:50PM MWF (24-AUG-2026 - 4-DEC-2026)
4:00PM - 5:15PM W (24-AUG-2026 - 4-DEC-2026)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 4
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Prerequisites: COMP 140
Section Max Enrollment: 95
Section Enrolled: 95
Enrollment data as of: 26-APR-2026 6:35PM
Final Exam: Scheduled Final Exam-OTR Room
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.