1COM0051: Computer Systems Architecture
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This module starts on Monday 25jan2010 (UH week 18).
(For the other modules you are taking, check the messages from those
module teams and/or check what is posted on the StudyNet sites
for those modules - we are not all doing the same thing!)
For this module, you will have 2 lectures each week, which everybody
should attend.
There are also several tutorial sessions and several
practical sessions, and you need to attend ONE of each. We need to
control the numbers in each of these sessions, but you are all doing
different combinations of modules, so I will allocate you to
sessions depending on which other modules you are enrolled on. I will
email each of you with your allocated sessions soon, once the timetable
has been finalised.
We will be running all classes from the start of the semester.
All the module notes are on the Module Notes and Books page.
You will need to either read the notes online or download and print them.
Each week, you should at least skim through the notes before coming to the
lecture and you will need to bring a printed copy of the tutorial sheet to
your tutorial.
This is a level 1, 15-credit module running in Semester B.
Class Contact Arrangements
In most weeks there will be two hours of lectures, where material is presented and described.
Each student also has one hour of tutorial and one hour of practical timetabled each week.
The tutorials will generally be spent doing exercises on the material from the previous week's
lectures as well as providing an opportunity to ask for help or for some item to be covered
again in a smaller group.
You will be given work to do in the practicals that will enhance your understanding of
the material you are learning. Some of the questions in the test and the exam will be almost
trivial if you have done the practicals and almost impossible if you have not.
Directed Learning
Finally, there will be guided reading and exercises to do in your own time. In the
lectures, we do not present every aspect of everything you are expected to
learn. You should be spending an average of around 7 or 8 hours per week
working on a 15-credit module like this, so you will need to find time to work outside the timetabled classes.
The module team
(All staff are also contactable by leaving a note at Information Sciences Reception.)
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Patrick Quick (Boggle)
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