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2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Cosc 284 - Computer Architecture and Organization

3 Credits

Prerequisite(s): COSC 113. The course covers the basics of modern computer organization and architecture. 
The emphasis is on understanding the interaction between computer hardware and software at various 
levels. Students will learn data representation concepts, computer arithmetic, essential digital logic 
circuits, assembly language, register transfer notation, and topics on memory systems and 
organization. The course also covers introductory concepts on pipelining, parallel and multiprocessing 
architecture, and similar computing models