Northern Virginia Community College Alexandria

Instructor: Pablo R. Ibar,

M.S.

ITE 221_ 102A (11526)

Wednesday Class 10:30

am to 2:10 pm

PC HARDWARE AND O/S ARCHITECTURE

pribar@nvcc.edu

Summer / 2015 First six week

STB Division. Room #362 (Mail Box,

available)

First 6-Week Session

Last day to drop with tuition refund or change to audit (Census Date)**May 26
Last day to withdraw without grade penalty June 13
Class and examinations end June 24

IF CLASSES ARE CANCELED DUE TO EMERGENCIES, PLEASE ACCESS BLACK BOARD FOR
ANNOUNCEMENTS, INTRUCTIONS, VIRTUAL LECTURE, AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.

Welcome to PC Hardware and O/S Architecture course at Northern Virginia Community College. This
course is a hybrid course where a significant portion of the learning activities are moved online, and time spent
in the classroom is reduced but not eliminated. The course blends in-class teaching with online learning.

This Hybrid course will meet on the dates assigned. Students will be required to build up a case study
project on telecom technologies as the hybrid section of this course.
All students will do a require research projects on material not covered in class. The
Instructor will cover main topics related to the course; students are required to study the
assigned chapter before class.
As a Hybrid course component, students will make up 21 hours with a self lecture and study that match
the ITE 221 class objectives
Course Objective
This is an introductory course that will provide an overview of computer systems
architecture. It will teach students von Newman architecture and newer technologies,
including microprocessors, data bus, control bus, and address bus, memory
management, data representation, storage devices, and functions of the operating
system.
Course Description
This course teaches the nature computer organization and architecture. A
methodological approach to understand a broad use of technologies will be attained
through lectures, self study, exercises, and review questions.

Instructional Materials

Systems Architecture. Stephen D. Burd. Six Edition.

ISBN-13: 978-0-538-4733-4
ISBN-10: 0-538-4733-1
Office Hours
Before class, preferable by appointment. For additional office hours check office hours
posting at the Business Division.
Requirements and Evaluation
Mid Term
Final Exam
Research Project
HYBRID Component
Grade Scale: 90-100 A

35%
35%
15%

80-89 B

Week 4
Week 6
Weekly Presentations
15% Due Week 5

70-79 C

60-69 D

below 60 F

Remember, Hybrid Component and Project will be part of the Mid Term and Final examination.
Late projects will be penalized with 25% of the grade. No late projects will be accepted more
than a week late
If you copy and paste from any source a grade of zero will be assigned.
Academic dishonesty:

Cheating (giving or receiving information and the unauthorized use of notes) will result in an
automatic grade 0 (zero.)
General Information
For attendance, weather, important dates, safety, grading guidelines, academic integrity and
others please, refer to the College Catalog and the Student Guide. Also, most of this information
can be found in the Schedule of Classes Summer 2015
Important
Special needs and accommodations. Please, let me know if any special problems or needs.
If you are seeking Accommodations based on a disability, you should provide a disability
data sheet, which can be obtained from the Counselor for special needs.
It is your sole responsibility to verify that you are registered in this course.
Attendance: It is your responsibility to make up for any missed class lecture. Note that
some material covered in class will not appear in the text.
Students that do not attend the first three weeks of classes will be withdrawn from the
course.
Two, is the maximum number of times that a student can take the same class.
Please, turn off your cell phones or set it to vibrate mode
Phone: 703 845 6555. Highly advised to better use e-mail to contact me.

The previous/following course outline is tentative and changes can be made

throughout the semester.

Attendance
Please read college policies regarding attendance.

SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE
TOPIC

CHAPTER

ITE 221
DATE

1.

INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE

DATA REPRESENTATION
BINARY MATH

2
3

Week 1

2.

PROCESSOR TECHNOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURE

DATA AND NETWORK TECHNOLOGY

4
8

Week 2

3.

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Overview

Resource Allocation

Process Management

CPU Allocation

Memory Allocation
COMPUTER NETWORKS

11

Week 3

4.

FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

Directory Structure
Storage Allocation
MID TERM

12

Week 4

5.

INTERNET AND DISTRIBUTED APPLICATION SERVICES

GROUP PROJECT PRESENTATIONS

13

Week 5

6.

REVIEW / FINAL EXAMINATION

Week 6

HYBRID COMPONENT SELF LECTURING

INDEPENDENT ACTIVITIES DURING THE WEEK = 21 hours self teaching
You will need to complete 4 modules as your independent activities. Please, read the instructions
below.
Power Point lectures of chapter summaries are in blackboard under Course Documents
www.nvcc.edu/home/pribar/ITE_221_HYBRID
Please, read and study the chapters below (modules):
Module 1
Read and study chapter 5.
Review Power points lecture presentation on Data Store Technology
Review videos and Internet links posted on blackboard under Course Documents
Do Quiz 1: Answer the Review Questions on Page 192,193
Module 2
Read and study chapter 6.
Review Power points lecture presentation on System Integration and Performance
Review videos and Internet links posted on blackboard under Course Documents
Do Quiz 2: Answer the Review Questions on Page 234, 235
Module 3
Read and study chapter 7.
Review Power points lecture presentation on Printing and Display Concepts
Review videos and Internet links posted on blackboard under Course Documents
Do Quiz 3: Answer the Review Questions on Page 273
Module 4
Read and study chapter 10.

Review Power points lecture presentation on Application Development

Review videos and Internet links posted on blackboard under Course Documents
Do Quiz 4: Answer the Review Questions on Page 401