Course Essentials

Class meetings:
Mondays and Wednesdays 12:30PM - 1:45PM, 60 Fifth Ave, Room 150
(attendance is mandatory).

Recitations:
Tuesdays 8:00AM - 9:15AM, CIWW 109
(attendance is mandatory - if you don't think you can make it to an 8am recitation, plan your schedule so that you can register for a different section of this course).

Recitation leader: Chhavi Yadav

Office hours:
Joanna: Mondays 9:30 - 11:00am, Thursdays 1:30 - 3:00pm, (or you can schedule an appointment if these times do not work for you) (423 CIWW)
Chhavi: Tuesday 9:15 - 11:15 am (412 CIWW)
Arnav: Wednesdays: 10:00 - 12:00 am (412 CIWW)

Class discussion board: Piazza
Post all course related questions to the discussion board. If you have questions related to your grading, contact your instructor directly (office hours or email).

How to get help? Ask questions on discussion forums (Piazza)! Ask questions in recitations and during lectures! Talk to us (we cannot help, unless we know there is an issue). See the tutors and/or instructors during posted office hours! Make sure you let us know as soon as you feel lost in the course. Do not wait till you start getting failing grades because it might be too late by then.

Course Description

Computer Systems Organization

CSCI-UA 201 Prerequisite: Data Structures (CSCI-UA 102). 4 points. Covers the internal structure of computers, machine (assembly) language programming, and the use of pointers in high-level languages. Topics include the logical design of computers, computer architecture, the internal representation of data, instruction sets, and addressing logic, as well as pointers, structures, and other features of high-level languages that relate to assembly language. Programming assignments are in both assembly language and other languages.

Important Dates

Midterm Exam (these dates may change is there are any schedule changes):
week of March 5 (most likely on Wednesday)

Final Exam: (date and time subject to change by CAS, check the dates posted by the department here )
Wednesday, May 09, 12:00pm-1:50pm, Room 109 CIWW