NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Annandale Campus
IST 220 03N – Microcomputers: Operating Systems,
Architecture and Hardware
(3-hour credit course)
Prerequisite: IST
100
January 14, 2002 – May 10, 2002 (Spring Semester
2002)
Meets on Thursdays in room CC 0234 from 1930 - 2220.
Instructor: Asst. Professor Leon J. Nicely, Sr.
E-mail: ljnicelysr@worldnet.att.net
Office Hours: 1 hour before class in room
223 or by appointment.
Time of contact outside
office:
Students may call my office number at anytime.
If I am not available, please leave a voice mail message. Student may contact me in the evenings at my
home before 9:00 p.m.
Required Text: The Architecture of Computer
Hardware and Systems Software
By Irv Englander
Course
description and/or objective: This course is designed to provide students with an
understanding of microcomputer architecture, including hardware, system
software and digital mathematics. Major
computer hardware components and operating system functions will be discussed.
COURSE
REQUIREMENTS:
·
2 Deliverables - 20% (10% each)
·
3 Tests - 60% (20% each)
·
Project
20%
Grading
Criteria:
·
A 90 – 100
·
B 80 – 89
·
C 70 – 79
·
D 60 –69
·
Failure:
below 60
All students must turn in deliverables, tests, final
and presentations at the scheduled time. Except in the case of extreme
emergencies or the prior approval of instructor, no late assignments will be accepted!
No late assignments will be accepted!
No late assignments will be accepted!
Academic
integrity:
Academic dishonesty cannot be condoned.
When such misconduct is established as having occurred, it subjects you
to possible disciplinary actions ranging from admonition to dismissal, along
with any grade penalty of the instructor might, in appropriate cases,
impose. Procedural safeguards of due
process and appeals are available to you in disciplinary matters. Section X of the NVCC 1999 – 2000 Student
Handbook cites numerous “acts” that are viewed as academic dishonesty. Please review!
Attendance
policy:
Education is a cooperative endeavor between a student and his or her
instructor. Instructors plan a variety
of learning activities to help their students’ master the course content. Your contribution is to participate in these
activities within the framework established in the class syllabus. Successful learning requires good
communication between students and instructors; therefore, regular classroom
attendance is essential and required.
It is your responsibility to inform me prior to an
absence from class. You are responsible for making up all course work missed
during an absence. In the event of
excessive unexplained absences, you may be administratively withdrawn from the
course.
Last day to
apply for graduation: January 25, 2002
Last day for
schedule adjustments with refund: January
25, 2002
Last day to
withdraw without grade penalty: March 21,
2002
Fire/Emergency Evacuation
Procedures:
You will find a framed emergency evacuation plan on one of the walls in each of
the classrooms. This describes the
procedures that should be followed, and it diagrams both the primary and
secondary routes that are to be used, in case you need to evacuate the
building. Students will be reminded of
these procedures at the outset of the first class.
If
any student/s have special needs that require my attention please do not
hesitate to discuss your situation with me.
