Faculty Contact Information:
This distance education class begins October 31, 2005 and ends January 29, 2006. There will be a break from December 24, 2005 through January 1, 2006 inclusive. There are 12 weeks of instruction not counting the break.
INSTRUCTOR: Edmund I. Deaton
e-mail: edeaton@faculty.ed.umuc.edu
phone: 49 (0)6224 926 165 (h) 49 (0)17626 160 591 (c)
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Consultation:
The course uses Web Tycho, a sophisticated system to enhance the delivery of distance education courses. Our main method of communicaton and consultation will be through Web Tycho.
Students may also email or telephone the instructor.
The instructor anticipates accessing Web Tycho and reading email at least several times a week.
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Required Texts and Readings:
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Englander, I. (2003). Architecture of Computer Hardware & Systems Software, (3rd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons.
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Supplementary Readings:
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The standard for papers in the graduate program is the APA style. All participants in this course and all graduate INSS, MGMT, PUAD, and ECON courses should have a copy of the style guide:
American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th Edition. Washington DC: Author. All graduate students should be prepared to utilize the UMUC online library at http://www.umuc.edu/library/. The library contains a large number of full text academic journals that are free of charge and immediately available. The library homepage also contains a number of links related to improving students' research and writing skills.
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Recommended Journals:
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Publications of the various professional societies (such as ACM -- the Association for Computing Machinery, the IEEE Computing Society, and the various management professional societies) are strongly recommended. In addition, there are many trade journals (such as eWEEK) that MIS professionals should become familiar with, many of these being published both weekly and on-line.
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Course Description:
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3 semester hours credit. Prerequisites: Undergraduate programming and college algebra, or permission of the Program Director. Provides an overview of basic computer concepts as they apply to MIS professionals. Emphasis is on basic machine architecture including data storage, manipulation, the human-machine interface including the basics of operating systems, algorithms and programming languages. In addition, the basic concepts of data organization including data and file structures are examined. Emerging trends in computer technology and their impact on organizational information systems are also discussed.
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Course Goals:
Upon completion of the course, participants should:
1. Understand basic principles of computer architecture
2. Understand major operating system concepts, including the interrelationships between operating systems and computer hardware
3. Understand concepts of programming languages
4. Understand computer logic and data representation
5. Be conversant with the terminology describing computer hardware and software
6. Understand how computer peripherals work
7. Understand basics of network architectures
8. Understand new developments in computer technology
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Course Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course the student will be able to:
1. Define the basic terms and processes related to computer systems architecture
2. Discuss components of an operating system
3. Describe the mechanisms by which an operating system manages hardware and software resources
4. Describe progression of operating system development
5. Describe the various types of programming languages
6. Describe the processes of translating and executing a program
7. Describe the process for developing applications
8. Describe basic methods of data representation
9. Describe the characteristics of data storage technology and how it influences the performance of computer systems
10. Describe the use of buffers and caches to improve computer system performance
11. Describe the use of data compression to improve computer system performance
12. Describe the concepts of file systems
13. Describe the characteristics and implementation of input and output devices
14. Describe the basic concepts of communication protocols
15. Summarize the advantages and disadvantages of distributed computing systems
16. Describe the technological trends in computer development
17. Discuss ethical issues in computing
18. Research current topics in computing
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Grading Information:
Grades for this course will be assigned as follows:
A 90% and above
B 80 – 89%
C 70 – 79%
F Below 70%
Please note that Bowie State University does not use "D" for graduate students. The grade is used to designate academic failure. F(n) is used to designate failure for non-completion. Grades of Incomplete or Withdrawal are governed by UMUC-Europe policies. For further details, please refer to the UMUC-Europe Graduate Catalog, available in your local Education Center or online at http://www.ed.umuc.edu/general_info/publications/catalogs.
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Course Requirements:
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Graduate school at the masters level focuses on helping students obtain the education needed for success as professionals in their chosen fields. Thus, UMUC-Europe Graduate Programs and Bowie State University share the common goals of promoting excellence in academic scholarship through thoughtful inquiry and the skillful application of knowledge and theory for the betterment of society.
In order to maximize your graduate educational experience in general and this course in particular, you are required to:
10% - Participate in classroom discussions and do minor assignments
25% - Complete a graduate level project
25% - Complete graduate level programming assignments
40% - Complete two written examinations equally weighted
NB: There is no proctored examination for graduate courses.
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Description of Course Requirements:
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Participate in classroom discussions: You are expected to come to class prepared to engage in all discussions in a professional and informed manner. Usually this requires two to three hours for every hour of a face-to-face class and approximately ten hours of preparation per week for a DE class.
Complete graduate level projects or programming assignments, write graduate level papers or case studies: You are required to conduct professional-level research, including appropriately citing works of others and avoiding plagiarism. Resubmission of course work from previous classes (whether or not taken at UMUC, UMUC-Europe or BSU), partially or in its entirety, is not acceptable in this course and will result in an automatic failure on the assignment.
Orally/visually present prepared material: You are required to present your results in a professional manner. In a face-to-face course, this typically means an oral presentation accompanied by appropriate visual material. In a DE class, this means creating a visual/textual presentation for your instructor and classmates.
Complete one or more written examination(s): The examination process in this class will assist you in developing the writing and critical thinking skills necessary for successfully passing the comprehensive exam required of all graduate students. The examination questions used for this course will either be taken directly from past comprehensive exams or written as though to be included on a comprehensive exam.
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Course Schedule:
Course Schedule:
This schedule presents 12 units or modules, with each unit corresponding to a full week of DE.
All chapter references are to the course text.
SESSION 1 Part 1, 31 October - November 6,2005: Introduction and Course Overview
- Introductions
- Review of Syllabus
- Clarification of goals, objectives and requirements
- Orientation to the subject
- Overview of Computer Systems
Reading: Chapter 1
SESSION 1, Part 2: Data in the Computer
- Number Systems
- The related number systems bases 2, 8 and 16
- Numeric conversions between number bases
Reading: Chapter 2
SESSION 2 Part 1, November 7-13: Data in the Computer
- Data Formats
- Alphanumeric Character Data
- Image Data
- Other types of data
Reading: Chapter 3
SESSION 2, Part 2: Data in the Computer
- Representing Integer Data
- One's Complement and Two's Complement representations
- Arithmetic using Two's complement representations
- Floating Point Numbers
- Normalization and Formatting of Floating Point Numbers
- The IEEE 754 Standard
- Arithmetic using floating point representation
Readings: Chapters 4 and 5
SESSION 3, November 14-20: Computer Architecture and Hardware Operation
- The Little Man Computer
- Operation of the Little Man Computer
- Sample Programs using the Little Man Computer
Readings: Englander Chapter 6
The Little Man Computer can be downloaded from
http://www.cba.uri.edu/faculty/vvm/
(The instructor will provide the "key" to make the program really operable. Please do not request the key from the author.)
This site also has a lot of information about the program.
Another site with information:
http://www.atkinson.yorku.ca/~sychen/research/LMC/LMCHome.html
SESSION 4, November 21-27: Computer Architecture and Hardware Operation
- The CPU and Memory
- Components of the CPU
- The Memory Unit
- The Fetch-Execute Instruction Cycle
- Instruction word formats
- CPU Architecture, CISC and RISC
Readings: Chapters 7 and 8
SESSION 5, November 28 - December 4, 2005: Computer Architecture and Hardware Operation
- Input/Output Devices
- Interrupts
- Bus Architecture
- Peripherals
- The Hierarchy of Storage
- Displays and Printers
Readings: Chapters 9 and 10
SESSION 6, Part 1, December 5-11: Mid Term Examination on work to date
SESSION 6, Part 2: Computer Architecture and Hardware Operation
- Modern Computer Systems, Clusters and Networks
- High Performance Computing
- A detailed system example (Chapter 12 gives three system examples. One system will be chosen for study.)
Readings: Chapters 11 and 12
SESSION 7, December 12-18: The Software Component
- An overview of Operating Systems
- What the operating system does
- The Bootstrap
- Some history of operating systems
Reading: Chapter 13
SESSION 8, December 19-23: The Software Component
- The User View of the Operating System
- Purpose of the User interface
- User functions
- Types of User interfaces
- Command and scripting languages
Reading: Chapter 14
BREAK December 24 through January 1, 2006
SESSION 9, January 2-8: The Software Component
- The internal operating system
- Processes and threads
- CPU scheduling
- Memory management
- Virtual storage
- Some details on an operating system (Chapter 18 gives some details on three operating systems, paralleling the three systems from chapter 12. It is suggested that you pick one for discussion.)
Readings: Chapters 15, 18
SESSION 10, January 9-15: The Software Component
- File Management
- Logical and physical views of files
- Logical access
- Physical file storage
- The directory structure
Reading: Chapter 16
SESSION 11, January 16-22: The Software Component
- Programming Tools
- Program Editors
- Program Translation
- Assemblers
- Metalanguages
- Linking and loading
Reading: Chapter 17
SESSION 12, Part 1, January 23-29: Wrapping it up
SESSION 12, Part 2: The end
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Academic Policies:
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The University has a license agreement with Turnitin.com, a service that helps prevent plagiarism from internet resources. I may be using this service in this class by either requiring students to submit their papers electronically to Turnitin.com or by submitting questionable text on behalf of a student. If you or I submit part or all of your paper, it will be stored by Turnitin.com in their database throughout the term of the University's contract with Turnitin.com. If you object to this temporary storage of your paper, you must let me know no later than two weeks after the start of this class. Please Note: If you object to the storage of your paper on Turnitin.com, I may utilize other services to check your work for plagiarism The official university policy on Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty can be found at http://www.umuc.edu/policy/aa15025.shtml. Section I.C. states: "Faculty may determine if the resubmission of course work from previous classes (whether or not taken at UMUC), partially or in its entirety, is acceptable when assigning a grade on that piece of course work. Faculty must provide this information in their written syllabi. If the resubmission of course work is deemed to be unacceptable, a charge may not be brought under this Policy and will be handled as indicated in the written syllabi."
Please refer to Description of Course Requirements for specific information on how resubmissions will be treated in this course and to the UMUC-Europe Graduate Catalog for information on the following:
Academic Integrity
Course Load
Exception to Policy
Grade Appeal Process
Make-up Examinations
Nondiscrimination
Students with Disabilities
Code of Civility
Hard copies of the catalog are available at your local Education Center.
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Faculty Bio:
INSTRUCTOR: Edmund I. Deaton
Dr. Deaton received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from The University of Texas. He has been teaching and doing research in Computer Science since 1980. After many years at San Diego State University he retired in 1992. He was a visiting professor at Hope College, Holland, Michigan during 1993-1995. He spent two years at Oklahoma State University from 1980 to 1982 as a visiting professor and visited there again in 1992. He worked as a management consultant with a Southern California consulting firm for several years in the 1980's. He specialized in database design for governmental entities. He has been with the University of Maryland, European Division since 1995. He teaches in the graduate MIS program and also teaches undergraduate computer science courses. His academic specialty is data base design. His primary hobbies are hiking and Alpine climbing. Although based in Heidelberg, he calls Rota, Spain home and hopes to be assigned there for some time each year. He is currently living in Heidelberg, Germany and will be there at least until the end of this course.
e-mail: edeaton@faculty.ed.umuc.edu
phone: 49 (0)6224 926 165 (h) 49 (0)17626 160 591 (c)
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