KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA

Ministry Of Higher Education

Al–lmam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic
University
GIRL’S EDUCATION CENTRE
College of Computer and Information
Sciences
Computer Science Department

CS 224: Computer Organization

Semester 2- year 1431/1432 h

Level 3 IS 273-274-275

Instructors Information

Instructor: T. Wojdan M. AL-Saeedan

Room: 4036
Office: 1
Email: wojdan_alsaeedan@yahoo.com
walsaeedan@acm.org
Office hours:SUN: 3rd lecture
MON: 2nd lecture and 3rd lecture
TUE: 3rd lecture
Teacher Assistance: T.A. Basmah AL-Soli
Room: 4034
Office: 8
Email: basmah.cs@gmail.com
Course Web Page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSC224

Course Objectives

Objectives
 Have an understanding of logical circuits.
 Learn the fundamentals of computer organization.
 Have an understanding of machine language and the way the instructions are executed
by the processor.
 Be able to program in a selected assembly language.

Textbook

Primary textbooks:
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 Morris Mano, Computer System Architecture, 3 ed, Prentice Hall.
 Ytha Yu, and Charles Marut, Assembly Language Programming and Organization of
the IBM, McGRAW-HILL.

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Reference books:
 Behrouz A. Forouzan, Foundation of Computer Science from Data Manipulation to
Theory of Computation, THOMSON.
 M. Morris Mano, and Michael D. Ciletti, Digital Design, Prentice Hall.

Grading policy

 Midterms: 30%
 Seminar Project (study and discussion of certain topics on the Computer
Organization): 10%
 Quizes and Labs: 20%
 Final: 40%

Policies

Course Policies:
 If you are absent from a class, you should present your excuse (signed by the
committee of excuses) no later than two weeks from your absence. Late excuses will
not be accepted.
 For midterms:
o If you have an approved circumstance to be absent from the midterm exam,
you will be allowed to enter a comprehensive makeup exam.
o You should present your excuse (signed by the committee of excuses) no later
than a week from your absence. Late excuses will not be accepted. If you fail to
meet the deadline, you will get a zero on the exam.
o There is no make-up for the make-up.
o If you miss both the 1st Mid and the 2nd Mid, You have the chance to do just
one makeup exam.

Plagiarism Policies:
Each student is expected to do his own work on all of the course material and each team is
expected to do their own work (not collaborate with others outside the team), otherwise each
person involved will be subject to the University Dishonesty Policy.

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Weeks Plan

Topic
Week Start date
1 9 Rabia I The course overview
12 Feb
16 Rabia I Number Representation
2
19 Feb
23 Rabia I Operations on Bits
3
26 Feb
30 Rabia I Digital Logic Circuits(Part#1)
4
5 March
7 Rabia II Digital Logic Circuits(Part#2)
5
12 March
14 Rabia II Digital Components(Part#1)
6
19 March
21 Rabia II 1-Digital Components(Part#2)
7
26 March 2- Quiz#1
1- Register Transfer and Microoperations
28 Rabia II (Part#1)
8
2 April
2- Wednesday 2 Jumada I: Midterm # 1
5 Jumada I Vacation
9
9 April
12 Jumada I Register Transfer and Microoperations
10
16 April (Part#2)
19 Jumada I Basic Computer Organization and Design
11
23 April (Part#1)
1- Basic Computer Organization and Design
26 Jumada I
12 (Part#2)
30 April
2- Quiz#2
4 Jumada II 1- IBM PC Assembly Language
13
7 May 2- Wednesday 8 Jumada II: Midterm # 2
1- Saturday 11 Jumada II: Seminar Project
11 Jumada II submission
14 2- Seminar project presentation
14 May
3- IBM PC Assembly Language
18 Jumada II Final lab
15
21 May
Final Exam?