Contact time will be split between lectures that present new material and supervised tutorials with access to the required hardware and software.
Independent study will involve reading course notes prior to delivery and attempting exercises designed to demonstrate new theoretical topics
2 lectures and 2 tutorials per week.
Tutorials normally delivered in groups of 20 students.
(1:n)2 (1:20)2

Computer Systems Architecture. A Networking Approach. Rob Williams. 2006, Addison Wesley, ISBN-10: 0321340795
Computer Systems Architecture. Robert M Newman, Elena Gaura, Dominic Hibbs. 2005, Crucial, ISBN-10: 1904995098

Tutorial Room, Lecture Theatre, Electronics or Technology Lab.

None.

Structure and role of a modern PC based operating system and its use to support media peripherals and services

Elementary concepts of Data Communications and networks from LANs to WANs, network components and support issues for media applications

Structure and components of a typical modern PC

Introduction to logic gates leading onto registers, number systems, adders, processors, in detail on memory mapping, I/O, media peripherals/ interactive gaming peripherals and their interfaces.

The selection and understanding of the various types of graphics cards and displays available and acceleration/buffering techniques.

1. A class Test of length 45 minutes and weighted 50% in week 12, assessing Learning Outcomes 1 and 3.

2. A case study; 50% Typically a report of 1500 words researching, analysing and justifying the selection of suitable hardware/software to perform a specified task, assessing Learning Outcomes 2 and 4.