haas:spring2011:common:course_objectives
ASM
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate:
- an understanding of the concepts of assembly
- understanding the impact of number systems
- familiarity with how assembly impacts programming
- experience implementing solutions in assembly
- familiarity with the role of the C library
- experience making system calls in assembly
- familiarity with the organization of a computer system
- experience using registers, stacks, and branches
COMPESS
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify different types of hardware and discuss what role that hardware plays
- List milestones of computer history
- Perform binary and hexadecimal conversions
- Perform addition and subtraction in binary and hexadecimal
- Explain how input, output, and storage devices work, and be able to compare and contrast different types of these devices
- List the parts of the CPU and what factors affect the CPU's performance
- Explain how the internet works, and identify the hardware and software required for connectivity and web publishing
- Identify the difference between application and system software, and explain how they interact
- Identify all the threats to your computer and explain ways to safeguard your computer
- Explain LAN, MAN, WAN in relation to topologies, communications transmissions, protocols, and communication media
- Identify ethical problems in computing
- Understand the basics of program development and describe programming language paradigms
- Understand logical and physical file management and more advanced file maintenance techniques (DBMS)
- Identify and explain the parts of the system development lifecycle
- Explore jobs in IT and understand the responsibilities that are associated with these jobs
CPROG
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
- demonstrate structured and object-oriented problem solving concepts
- understand the difference between procedural and object-oriented languages
- write procedural and object-oriented programs
- know the difference between structures and classes
- demonstrate understanding of parameter passing in functions
- know how to use arrays and pointers
- understand PIE (Polymorphism, Inheritance, Encapsulation)
- understand the concepts of operator and function overloading
- write programs using templates
- demonstrate the use of standard libraries
DATA
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Discuss the representation and use of primitive data types and built-in data structures
- Describe how the data structures are allocated and used in memory
- Describe common applications for each data structure described in class
- Implement the user-defined data structures in a high-level language
- Compare alternative implementations of data structures with respect to performance
- Write programs that use the following data structures: arrays, linked lists, stacks, queues, and binary trees
- Compare and contrast the costs and benefits of dynamic and static data structure implementations
- Choose the appropriate data structure for solving a given problem
HPC0
During the process of the course, the student will be able to:
- understand the impact of HPC on the field
- value interdisciplinary interaction in problem solving
- apply effective visualization techniques to view data
- understand key concepts of a distributed system
- recognize and relate how data may be generated
- compare the tradeoffs & advantages in concurrency
- identify processing considerations
- demonstrate problem solving capabilities
HPC1
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate:
- demonstrate concept comprehension
- information sharing through documentation
- understanding the nature of an HPC environment
- apply troubleshooting skills
- gain experience with real world system issues
- demonstrate knowledge of Linux & Open Source
- demonstrate awareness of networking concepts
- perform system and network administration
- demonstrate awareness of security issues
- demonstrate scripting skills to automate tasks
- collaborative work on a project or task
HPC2
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate:
- demonstrate continued concept comprehension
- information sharing through documentation
- understanding the nature of an HPC environment
- apply improved troubleshooting skills
- gain experience with real world system issues
- demonstrate knowledge of Linux & Open Source
- demonstrate awareness of networking concepts
- perform system and network administration
- demonstrate awareness of security issues
- demonstrate scripting skills to automate tasks
- collaborative work on a project or task
SYSNET
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate:
- understanding of concepts to mix them together
- effective use of communication capabilities
- capability of contemplating/measuring performance
- proficiency with tools to accomplish tasks
- ability to suggest troubleshooting strategies
- application of changes as a result of testing
- problem solving activities
- ability to document processes and tasks
SYSPROG
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
- better understand file I/O for efficient data processing
- utilize capabilities built into the operating system
- write programs that interact with and spawn processes
- use pipes and sockets to communicate and share data
- demonstrate knowledge of concurrency
- design programs that handle signals
- explore efficient solutions to data- and processing- intensive problems
UNIX
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate:
- familiarity with the structure of UNIX systems
- the ability to accomplish/automate tasks
- exposure to command-line tools and utilities
- experience the connection between UNIX and C
- understanding of the UNIX philosophy
- exposure to Open Source concepts and ideals
- familiarity with important system concepts
- exposure to computer security
- understanding and use of pattern matching
- problem solving activities
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