COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND OPERATING SYSTEMS (4 SCU)

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this course, students are expected to be able to define the components of the general computing system architecture, identify the configuration of the parameters required to set an underlying computing system, apply appropriate method to achieve a correct result of a mathematical computation, classify Operating System techniques according to its principles, describe available methods and protocols to perform a computing job, assess the efficiency of techniques for managing computing resources, describe a comparative discussion of various approaches to process scheduling and provide a survey of threats and mechanisms for providing computer and network security.

Topics:

The course is designed to explain about computer architecture, which includes Computer Evolution and Performance, Computer Interconnection Structures, Computer Arithmetic, Instruction Sets, CPU Structure and Function, RISC, Control Unit Operation, Micro programmed Control, Multiprocessors, Digital Logic, Internal and External Memory, I/O, Operating Systems Support, and File Management.

Pre-requisite(s): None