ICS 312 Spring 2026

Readings "Passive" learning opportunities

This page collects together all of the “readings” associated with individual modules.

In this site, readings represent “passive” learning opportunities, as opposed to experiences, which represent “active” learning opportunities. In many courses, readings and experiences together constitute the “assignments”.

Module: Getting Started

Guided tour of Morea course websites

About Morea

Screencast 4 min

Syllabus

Detailed syllabus for this course

Syllabus

Getting Started

Course objectives, logistics, administrivia

Lecture notes

The Linux command-line

A set of pointers to material about the Linux command-line

Lecture notes Tutorials Games

Module: Integers & Computers

Background/Review on Integers and Bases

Bases, decimal, binary, hexadecimal, conversions, arithmetic

Lecture notes Reading: PCASM 1.1, 2.1.1

Screencast: Background/Review on Integers and Bases

18min Screencast On Lamaku View by 08/27 before class

Integers bases (Practice)

Practice Problems

Practice problems

Representation of Integers

2’s complement

Lecture notes Reading: PCASM 1.1, 2.1.1

Screencast: Representation of Integers

35min Screencast On Lamaku View by 08/27 before class

Integers and their Representation (Practice)

Practice Problems

Practice problems

Module: Computer Architecture

History

Quick history of computers

Lecture notes

Architecture

Computer archicture, assembly, assembler, compiler

Lecture notes Reading: PCASM 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3

Module: NASM Basics

NASM Basics I

use of registers, basic instructions

Lecture notes Reading: PCASM 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.3.4

NASM Basics I (Practice)

Practice Problems

Practice problems

NASM Basics II

declaration of data, endianness

Lecture notes Reading: PCASM 1.3.5

NASM Basics II (Practice)

Practice Problems

Practice problems

NASM Basics III

programs that use registers and memory

Lecture notes Reading: PCASM 1.3.5

NASM Basics III (Practice)

Practice Problems

Practice problems