BUS2120

Computer concepts and software systems ( 6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL)

Leader: Gordon Lowe

Offered:
Clayton First semester 2006 (Day)
Malaysia First semester 2006 (Day)
South Africa First semester 2006 (Day)

Synopsis: Number systems (decimal, binary, hexadecimal), computer data representation, hardware components of a computer - CPU, ALU, registers, memory, I/O devices, the fetch/execute cycle - the Little Man Computer, 80x86 architecture, memory addressing, assembly language programming, code generated by the assembler, interrupts - internal CPU, external, software, operating systems and their functions, use of the stack. (subject to approval).

Assessment: Assignments: 30% + Examination (2 hours): 70% + Students must pass the examination in order to pass the unit.

Contact Hours: Two x 1hour lecture/week, one x 1hour laboratory/week

Prerequisites: A first year programming unit

Prohibitions: CPE1002, CSE1307, CSE2324, CSE3324, GCO1815, GCO2812, CSE3304, CSC1030, CSC1072, RDT1400