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CS-2506: Introduction to Computer Organization

Description: An introduction to the design and operation of digital computers. Instruction formats and construction, addressing modes, instruction execution, memory hierarchy operation and performance, pipelining, input/output, and the relationships between high level programming languages and machine language. A grade of C or better is required in CS pre-requisite 2505 and 2114.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: (CS-2114 or ECE-3514) and (CS-2505 or ECE-2564) and (MATH-2534 or MATH-3034)

Required By: CS-3214, CS-3274

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 25

Average GPA: 2.80 (B-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 15.22%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 7.00%

William D Mcquain202121.3%37.2%23.1%2.8%2.0%13.7%2.844
Jerald L Thomas202228.1%49.2%8.7%0.0%7.0%7.0%2.931
John E Wenskovitch202331.5%40.1%16.3%2.4%5.2%4.6%2.946
Xun Jian202315.5%38.2%28.3%5.1%5.5%7.4%2.577
Wu Chun Feng201928.1%28.9%24.8%6.7%0.8%10.7%2.861
Dimitrios S Nikolopoulos202430.4%38.0%21.5%2.1%3.7%4.3%2.925
Allyson L Senger202423.0%36.7%27.5%5.4%5.5%1.8%2.681

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Fall 2019Spring 2020Fall 2020Spring 2021Summer I 2021Fall 2021Spring 2022Summer I 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Summer I 2023Fall 2023Spring 2024Term050% W