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    Jul 31, 2025  
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke 2024-2025 Catalog 
    
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke 2024-2025 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CSC 2250. Fundamentals of Computer Systems (3 credits)


This foundational course provides a comprehensive understanding of computer architecture from arithmetic logic unit design to memory organization with an emphasis on assembly-level programming and machine code representation. This course covers topics related to MIPS32 architecture including, but not limited to, instruction set architecture, arithmetic design, machine language, assembly language, addressing modes, file structures, I/O, memory management, assemblers, linkers, and loaders, datapath and control, pipelining, and memory hierarchy. PREREQ: C or better in CSC 1760 or CSC 2050