May 25, 2025  
2024-2025 University Catalog 
    

COMSC 210 - Principles of Computer Organization & Lab


Prerequisites: COMSC 111  or (COMSC 110   and SEC 207  ) or permission of instructor
Presents a detailed picture of contemporary computer systems with an emphasis on their hierarchical structure and the interplay between their hardware and software subsystems. Topics include digital logic; the architecture of processor, memory, and I/O subsystems; and the implementation of HLL abstractions. Parallel and RISC architectures may also be examined. Programming is in C/C++ and assembly language.

4 credits
Spring



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