CYCS 2230 - Basic Computer Organization

This course introduces concepts of computer architecture and assembly language. CISC and RISC instruction sets, along with associated hardware issues (e.g., data representation and instruction formats, instruction pipelining, register windows, context switching, and memory management) will be discussed., The student will program in both assembly language and the C programming language as well as interfacing the two languages.

Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: CYCS 1110 with a grade of “C” or better.

Credits: 3 hours

Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Cybersecurity.