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Course Context
CS220 is part of our CS for Transfer (ADT) degree and Software Development (certificate and associates) degree, often a transfer requirement for a Bachelors in CS, EECS, etc.
Catolog Description
This course introduces how computer hardware and software interact, focusing on the design, organization, and performance of computer architecture. Topics typically include computer organization, instruction sets, memory addressing, representation of numeric and non-numeric data, interrupts, computer arithmetic, and interfacing with hardware and programming in assembly language and other low-level languages to build embedded systems. C-ID COMP-142.
Course Outline of Record
Here is the official public record of what our course covers, learning objectives and outcomes, and some example methods. Faculty have academic freedom on how this course is taught, but are required to meet these requirements.