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Virginia Tech

ECE-5484: Fundamentals of Computer Systems

Description: Fundamental principles and concepts of computer systems. Computer hardware; Boolean logic; number systems and representation; design and operation of digital logic; analysis of instruction set architectures and computer organization; and specification of data communication and networking standards. Master of Information Technology (MIT) students only. Pre: Graduate Standing.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: ECE-5494, ECE-5485, MGT-5824

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 22

Average GPA: 3.42 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 42.54%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Kendall E Giles202368.0%26.1%3.4%0.0%2.6%0.0%3.536
Nektaria Tryfona202475.5%21.6%1.9%0.0%1.0%0.0%3.662
Alkan Soysal202353.5%32.0%8.4%1.3%4.7%0.0%3.232
Leonard A Smith202241.0%43.5%11.9%1.7%2.0%0.0%3.164
Yaling Yang201761.1%25.0%9.4%1.1%3.5%0.0%3.372
Jeffrey S Ransbottom202252.6%34.9%8.0%1.2%3.3%0.0%3.322
David P Mcpherson202070.6%23.5%3.6%0.0%2.2%0.0%3.553
Scott F Midkiff201977.4%15.1%3.8%0.0%3.8%0.0%3.601

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