Elizabethtown College

Elizabethtown College Syllabus

EGR/CS 230 Computer Architecture and Hi-Tech Fundamentals

Spring 2020

An introduction to Computer Engineering including hi-tech fundamentals, trends, and computer architectures. Ethical impacts in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.

Prerequisite: Computer Science 121 or permission of instructor

Professor: Joseph T Wunderlich PhD

Associate Professor of Engineering and Computer Science

Computer Engineering Program Coordinator

Architectural Studies Program Coordinator

Offices: E284E, E273
Office: 717-361-1295
Email: wunderjt@etown.edu

Website: http://users.etown.edu/w/wunderjt

Office Hours & Calendar: http://users.etown.edu/w/wunderjt/schedules/CALENDAR3_s20_web.htm

Meeting Times

Our standard class time is 200 minutes per week for a 4-credit, 4 contact-hour course; however we have 240 minutes scheduled (MWF 2:00-3:20pm), so we will meet MWF 2:00pm-2:55pm most days, and 2:00-3:25pm for exams and project presentations.

Required Readings

A reading packet is required to be purchased from the bookstore, which includes lecture notes, and required readings from many sources including:

David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessey, "Computer Organization & Design," 5th. ed., Morgan Kaufmann, October 10th 2013. (ISBN: 0124077269).

The order will be placed after the first week of class to get a count of students in the class so that paper will not be wasted (i.e., an earlier count could have been too high), and to not require the copy center to later make new copies (if an earlier count was too low).

Grading

· Two midterm exams = 20% each (Due dates to be announced)

· Homework’s = 10% (Due dates to be announced)

· Semester paper and talk = 20% (Due date to be announced)

· Comprehensive Final Exam = 30%

COURSE GRADE:
(60-62)=D-, (63-67)=D, (68-69)=D+, (70-72)=C-, (73-77)=C, (78-79)=C+, (80-82)=B-, (83-87)=B, (88-89)=B+, (90-92)=A-, (93-100)=A
(with any fractional part rounded to the nearest integer)

Semester Project

Due date to be announced. Late penalties apply. Individual project or groups of two.

Paper must be in two-column, single-spaced, 10-point font using IEEE formatting shown here: http://users.etown.edu/w/wunderjt/IEEE_CONF_PAPER_FORMATTING.pdf. Paper should be 4 to 6 pages (2 to 3 if you received approval to build something and it works – however not required or recommended for this course). Include:

· An Abstract (one or two paragraphs)

· An Introduction section

· A number of discussion sections

· A Conclusions section

· A bibliography (a list of citations) – call it “References.” Excessive use of Wikipedia and non-scholarly citations will be penalized. (USE LIBRARY and GOOGLE SCHOLAR ! )

· Appendices for supporting materials (simulation code, sketches, data collected, manufacturers literature, etc.)

For presentation, use PowerPoint. It should take 10 minutes; Penalty applied if 15 minutes exceeded. Tips on presentations:

· Minimize unnecessary details; A picture is worth a thousand words -- an equation or graph can be worth more

· Less than 30 words per slide

· Don’t have too many slides

On final presentation day, submit before you present:

1. A printed stapled copy of your PowerPoint presentation; six slides per page

2. A printed stapled copy of your paper

Disabilities

Elizabethtown College welcomes otherwise qualified students with disabilities to participate in all of its courses, programs, services, and activities. If you have a documented disability and would like to request accommodations in order to access course material, activities, or requirements, please contact the Director of Disability Services, Lynne Davies, by phone (361-1227) or e-mail daviesl@etown.edu. If your documentation meets the college’s documentation guidelines, you will be given a letter from Disability Services for each of your professors. Students experiencing certain documented temporary conditions, such as post-concussive symptoms, may also qualify for temporary academic accommodations and adjustments. As early as possible in the semester, set up an appointment to meet with me to discuss the academic adjustments specified in your accommodations letter as they pertain to my class.

Class Cancelation

Any non-emergency class cancelation will be announced via email at least a two hours before class time, in addition to signage posted by Department Administrative Assistants. Any makeup work will be announced to insure all intended course content is covered.

Religious Observations

The College is willing to accommodate individual religious beliefs and practices. It is your responsibility to meet with the class instructor in advance to request accommodation related to your religious observances that may conflict with this class, and to make appropriate plans to make up any missed work.

Academic Honesty

Elizabethtown College Pledge of Integrity: "Elizabethtown College is a community engaged in a living and learning experience, the foundation of which is mutual trust and respect. Therefore, we will strive to behave toward one another with respect for the rights of others, and we promise to represent as our work only that which is indeed our own, refraining from all forms of lying, plagiarizing, and cheating." See the 2016-17 Elizabethtown College Catalog, “Standards of Academic Integrity” (Academic Integrity at Elizabethtown College, 11^th ed. (https://www.etown.edu/offices/dean-of-students/files/academic-integrity-handbook.pdf).