361 Computer Organization. A detailed study designed to teach the building blocks of a computer system and basic computer organization concepts. Subjects include hardware, machine code, assembly language, compilers, operating systems, and high-level languages, as well as digital logic, performance issues, and binary arithmetic. Systems Engineering concepts for the design and implementation of computing projects. Project life cycle studies include rapid prototyping paradigms as well as the classical cycle of requirements, design, implementation, and testing phases.
Project management is discussed, including considerations in selecting hardware platforms.
The methodologies are reinforced through a group project. The Drury University Home Page is provided by the Web Office and Computer Services .