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SC1006 - Computer Organisation and Architecture

Lecture Clarity:
(4/5)
Content Relevance:
(4/5)
Content Difficulty:
(4/5)
Overall Workload:
(4/5)
Team Dependency:
(1/5)

Course Summary​

Taken in AY23/24 Sem 2 Course breakdown:

  • 40% Lab quiz (10% * 4 labs)
  • 30% Midterm (First part quiz)
  • 30% Final (Second part quiz) This course has 2 parts First part is about Assembly and how CPU handles tasks, allocate memories, then at the end you will know how the computer translates codes to machine language Second part is about different parts of the computer such as CPU, DMA, Hard disk, etc.

Workload​

Workload is not that high but the midterm is where everyone suffer. It is hard if you do not understand the structure and the link from the start.

Projects​

No projects. You just need to do the lab beforehand, or pay extra attention to the lab sessions in order to do the lab quizzes well.

Tips to Do Well​

Attend the lecture for the first half. It is the key to excellence. Prof Aly is just awesome! He gives very clear explanations about everything and give a lot of practise questions from basic to more advanced. The structure of the questions and the type of questions he asks during the lecture is not only very similar to those in the midterm quiz, but also help you understand the concept really well.

Based on reviews by BGNM, JAJ