Computer Technology
72 hours face to face + blended
One teaching period or equivalent
Hawthorn
Overview
Students will become familiar with the design, programming, operation, and design constraints of computing hardware.
Requisites
Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Pathways Teaching 3
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
21-October-2024
31-January-2025
31-January-2025
Last self-enrolment date
03-November-2024
Census date
15-November-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-December-2024
Results released date
11-February-2025
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Read and write assembly language programs for a simple microcomputer
- Identify the hardware components of a computer and the functions they perform
- Describe the overall behaviour of compilers, assemblers, linkers and interpreters
- Argue some of the trade-offs between hardware and software that occur in computer system design
Teaching methods
All applicable locations
Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
---|---|---|---|
On-campus |
2 | 12 weeks | 24 |
On-campus Class |
4 | 12 weeks | 48 |
Unspecified Activities Independent Learning |
6.5 | 12 weeks | 78 |
Total | 150 |
Assessment
Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
---|---|---|---|
Assignment | Individual/Group | 50-60% | 1,2,3 |
Laboratory Practicals | Individual | 5-15% | 1,2 |
Test | Individual | 35-45% | 1,2,3,4 |
Content
- Assembly language programming
- An introduction to program timing considerations and interrupts
- Serial and parallel input /output
- Memory types and organisation
- Basic computer organisation: Von Neumann and Harvard architectures
- The internals of a microcomputer using a RISC CPU
- An introduction to interfacing to the analogue world
- A block diagram of a complete CPU
- An introduction to data storage technologies
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.