| Syllabus | general information, grades, instructor, etc | CSC 220 |
We meet Monday and Wednesday nights 6:30 pm - 8:20 pm at Carnegie 113. The first class is Monday September 15th.
Our text is "Structured Computer Organization" by Andrew S. Tannenbaum. There are two web sites related to the text:
We'll learn about the 6 levels present in most modern-day computers as presented in our text: digital logic, microarchitecture, instruction set architecture, operation system, assembly language, and problem-oriented language level. Our programming assignments will be in assembly language.
The official CSC department description is:
| 220 Computer System Concepts (3.00) Basic computer architecture including combinational circuits, instruction sets, microprogramming and assembly language, I/O (devices, busses and interrupts), and memory systems and organization. Programming required. Prerequisite: CSC 161. Recommended: CSC 230. Offered: Annually. |
My name is Bill Krieger. I am a part-time professor at North Central. Some info:
Go:
| Percent | Points | |
| Class/quiz/homework | 10% | 100 |
| Programs | 20% | 200 |
| Exam 1 | 20% | 200 |
| Exam 2 | 20% | 200 |
| Final exam | 30% | 300 |
| TOTAL | 100% | 1,000 |
Your letter grade will be determined using the North Central guidelines:
| Percent | Grade |
| 93 - 100% | A |
| 90 - 92% | A- |
| 87 - 89% | B+ |
| 83 - 86% | B |
| 80 - 82% | B- |
| 77-79% | C+ |
| 73 - 76% | C |
| 70 - 72% | C- |
| 60 - 69% | D |
| 0 - 59% | F |