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MACHINE ORGANIZATION AND PROGRAMMING

COMPSCI/ECE 354
Course Description

An introduction to fundamental structures of computer systems and the C programming language with a focus on the low-level interrelationships and impacts on performance. Topics include the virtual address space and virtual memory, the heap and dynamic memory management, the memory hierarchy and caching, assembly language and the stack, communication and interrupts/signals, compiling and assemblers/linkers.

Prerequisties

COMPSCI/ECE 252 and (COMPSCI 300 or 302) or graduate/professional standing or declared in the Capstone Certificate in Computer Sciences for Professionals

Satisfies
Credits

3

Offered

Fall, Spring

Grade Point Average
2.99

-1.53% from Historical

Completion Rate
95.56%

1.68% from Historical

A Rate
18.94%

-33.56% from Historical

Class Size
586

105.74% from Historical

2025 Fall Grade Distribution

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