Syllabus till December 2004

The basic objective of this course is to introduce the student to the computer and its terminology, and to guide him/her through the functioning of the black box termed as Computer. Therefore, this course covers some introductory topics such, as history of computers, data representation, Boolean algebra, etc. and gradually guides the students to the computer architectural aspects. This course also covers details on the microprocessors. This course not only introduces you to these topics but takes you further down to the concept of recent most popular architectures such as Parallel Processing and Reduced Instruction Set Computers.

The Practicals in this course are mainly focused on logical organisation of computers and Assembly language. The approximate time needed for these Practicals will be in the range of 3060 hours. The course is supported by two video programs: History of Computers and Introduction to Computers. This course contains 4 printed blocks only.