g_harrison@vger.nsu.edu (George C. Harrison, Norfolk State University) (05/19/91)
We have FOUR (undergraduate) courses that have some significant __overlap__: 1) Assembly Language: This course mostly concentrates on programming in some sort of assemply (usually VAX (VMS) MACRO) (perhaps as many as 7 programming assignments) REQUIRED 2) Computer Organization: Generic stuff like CPU structures, memory, I/O, etc. .. Mostly HARWARD oriented REQUIRED NO PROGRAMMING 3) Computer Architecture: Different types of comp arch mainly based on different CPU architectures OPTIONAL NO PROGRAMMING 4) Operating Systems: General theory of operating systems, processes, memory (main and secondary), I/O, etc (usually one HUGE simulation program required) REQUIRED Does anyone with similar experiences have any suggestions on how these courses could possibly be combined or modified to make them relatively independent of each other. George... George C. Harrison, Professor of Computer Science Norfolk State University, 2401 Corprew Avenue, Norfolk VA 23504 Internet: g_harrison@vger.nsu.edu Phone: 804-683-8654