Learning Outcomes What you will know

This page collects together all of the “outcomes” associated with individual modules. Outcomes identify what students will know and be able to do if they master the material.

Computer Architecture

Develop a sense of the historical developments that have led to the computers we have today
Understand the principle of the Von Neuman architecture
Understand the concept of an Instruction Set Architecture (ISA)

Referencing modules: Computer Architecture

Assessed by: Quiz #2 Assessment

Computers and Numbers

Master conversions between bases and additions in different bases
Understand how integers are stored in computers, differentiating unsigned and signed numbers, and ranges of values

Referencing modules: Integers & Computers, Multiplication and Division, Numerical Overflow

Assessed by: Quiz #1 Assessment, Quiz #4

X86 architecture

Understand the history and significance of the X86 architecture

Referencing modules: Computer Architecture

NASM

Understands the basics of assembly instructions mov, add, sub, inc, and dec
Understand the directives to define .data and .bss segments with NASM
Understand Endianness
Be able to trace programs with memory operations and indection

Referencing modules: NASM Basics

Assembly Programming

Be able to develop assembly programs using a main classes of instructions and programming idioms.

Referencing modules: Bit Operations, Data Casting, Control Structures, First NASM Program, Multiplication and Division, Numerical Overflow

Assessed by: Quiz #5, Quiz #3 Assessment, Quiz #4,

Assembly and High-level Languages

Understand some of the relations between high-level programming languages and assembly language

Referencing modules: Bit Operations, Data Casting, Numerical Overflow

Assessed by: