Instructor: Albert L. Crawford
Office: Cheshire 118
Phone: (919) 516-4048
Office Hours: MWF 9:00 - 11:00
E-mail: alcrawford@es.st-aug.edu
Web page: www.CrawfordEnterprise.com/StAug/index.html

Class Information and Assignments

1. Sample Test over Chapters 1 and 2
2. Retake Information
3. Instructions for the Microsoft Assembler
4. Outline for Major Examination II
5. Programming Assignment 2
6. Outline for Major Examination III
7. Outline for Final Examination

Class Time and Place: TT 9:30 - 10:45 in Cheshire 2.

Text: "Assembly Language Programming and Organization of the IBM PC" by Ytha Yu and Charles Marut.  Published by McGraw-Hill.

Course Description: This course introduces the basic principles of computer systems, data representation, numbering systems, instruction execution, symbolic coding, data word definition, laterals, location counter, indexing, indirect addressing, relative addressing, and assembly systems.  Students will learn to write programs in assembly language.  Prerequisites: CIS 203, CIS 240.

Course Goals and Objectives
Students will by the end of the course,

Understand the basic organization of a digital microprocesser

Have a working knowledge of the internal representation of

• integers
• floating point values
• characters
• instructions

Understand the instruction cycle of a digital compter

Understand the relationship between an assembler instruction and a machine instruction

Be able to write basic programs in assembler

Understand computer logic operations

Course Schedule:

• Chapter 1, Microcomputer Systems -- 1 week
• Chapter 2, Representation of Numbers and Characters -- 1.5 weeks
• Chapter 3, Organization of the IBM Personal Computers -- 1.5 weeks
• Examination I
• Chapter 4, Introduction to IBM PC Assembly Language -- 2 weeks
• Chapter 5, The Processor Status and the FLAGS Register -- 2 weeks
• Examination II
• Chapter 6, Flow Control Instructions -- 3 weeks
• Chapter 7, Logic, Shift, and Rotate Instructions -- 2 weeks
• Other topics -- 2 weeks
• Final examination

• Projects: The emphasis on the course will be the organization of a digital computer.  There will be a number of assembly programming projects that will be aimed at the use of the basic components of the Intel processor.  These projects will be weighted at 20 points each.  It is expected that all projects be turned in on time.
• Quizzes: There will be several in class quizzes given throughout the semester. These will be weighted from 0 to 20 points each. These may be either announced or unannounced. No makeups will be given for quizzes.  If you miss a quiz your grade will be zero for that quiz.
• Exams: There will be two regular hour exams during the semester. These exams will be weighted at 100 points each.
• Final: The final examination will be weighted at 150 points and will cover the material from the entire course with the material from the last third of the course being given the most weight.
• Grades: All grades will be based on a 90, 80, 70, 60 percentage of all points for grades of A, B, C, and D. Any "curves" that will be placed on the grades will be made on the individual tests and not at the end of the semester. Such curves are not likely.

• Makeup of work: Should an absence be known ahead of time the student should so inform the instructor and get his approval. This includes, but is not limited to, scheduled school events.Work that is due during such an absence should be turned in prior to the absence or sent to class with a classmate. If an exam is scheduled during such an absence the student must make arangements for the makeup at least a week prior to the exam date and may be required to take the exam early.
• Makeups for missed regular exams will not be given unless the reason for the absence is determined by the instructor to be valid and necessary. It is the students responsibility to make the reason for the absence known to the instructor as soon as is reasonably possible.
• Course Requirements: It is expected that all assignments be complete and turned in on time. Late or incomplete assignments will be given a score of -100% until they are completed. At that time they will be given a score of zero.
• Cheating: I do not expect this paragraph to apply to anyone. However, in the very unlikely event that a student is caught cheating please see the student handbook for the penalties that the instructor has the authority to apply.

Attendance: You are expected to attend class. Any unexcused absence is considered excessive. If such absences reaches three or more the student will receive a half of a letter grade reduction for each absence beyond two. Attendance will be taken at the beginning of each class.

Note: The above syllabus is subject to change at the instructor's discretion