ITEC 1011 – Section M –
Winter 2001
Course Information
Hardware and software technology for handling information; system architecture for single user, central and networked systems; telecommunications; human computer interface; storage systems; operating systems; applications software.
This course introduces the variety of contemporary information technologies involving computers, networks, and telecommunications that are commonly used to handle information flows, processing, and storage in typical organizations. Both hardware and software technologies are covered. Emphasis is on the uses of components as "black boxes": their external behavioural capabilities and use, rather than their internal construction. Assignments will involve issues of comparing, choosing among, and combining information technology components to solve particular information problems. Lab work will involve working on open-ended problems using standard applications and languages. Some programming will be required.
Topics include:
· Number systems - binary, hexadecimal, octal, decimal; conversions; twos complement; floating point, coding systems
· CPU architecture - ALU, control unit, registers, buses, instruction set, addressing modes
· Peripheral devices - CRTs, keyboards, magnetic and optical disks, printers, modems, pointing devices.
· Operating systems - Windows, DOS, unix, file systems
· Programming languages - Java
· Multi-media - audio, video, animation, file formats, authoring
· Networks - components, topologies, internet, world wide web
· Communications – serial, parallel, synchronous, asynchronous, protocols
The following is the required textbook for the course:
The Architecture of Computer Hardware and Systems Software : An Information Technology Approach (2nd ed.), by Irv Englander, published by John Wiley & Sons, 2000.
· Final exam - 45%
· Midterm exam - 35%
· Lab work - 10%
· Homework assignments - 10%
· April 4, in class, closed book, calculators not permitted
· Thursday, May 17, 7:00-9:00 p.m., SFH
· Wednesdays, 2:30 – 4:20, SLH A
· First lecture, February 28
· Last lecture, May 9
· The third lecture hour for the M section of ITEC 1011 will be in the form of a “lab”. You should attend the lab either at 12:30, or 1:30 on Fridays in the Gauss Lab (Ross, S110)
· Students registered in lab section 99 do not have a lab. (However, they are still required to complete all lab assignements, and submit them as per instructions posted.)
· First lab: Friday, March 2
· Last Lab: Monday, May 11
· No lab on Friday April 13 (Good Friday)
· The lab will take place in Gauss lab (Ross S110). Note: Entrance to the Gauss lab is via your York Card, which must be enabled for “lab access”.
· Thursday, April 11
Scott MacKenzie, Associate Professor
Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics
Ross N603
Office Hours: Wednesdays 1:00 – 2:30, Fridays 11:30 – 12:30
Dan Beamish
Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics
Ross N508
736-2100 Ext. 40616
ta1011m@pascal.math.yorku.ca
Office hours: To be announced
Asrat Gashaw
Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics
Ross N624
ta1011m@pascal.math.yorku.ca
Course Web Site
http://www.yorku.ca/mack/itec1011m-w01/