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| MODULE DESCRIPTOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title | |||
| Computer Architecture and Programming | |||
| Reference | EN1542 | Version | 2 |
| Created | November 2023 | SCQF Level | SCQF 7 |
| Approved | June 2021 | SCQF Points | 15 |
| Amended | April 2024 | ECTS Points | 7.5 |
| Aims of Module | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| To equip students with the skills to articulate computer architecture concepts and proficiently design, test, and implement software programs in high-level languages to address engineering challenges. | |||
| Learning Outcomes for Module | |
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| On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to: | |
| 1 | Describe foundational principles of computer architecture and hardware. |
| 2 | Implement modular structured programs in a high-level programming language to prescribed standards and specifications. |
| 3 | Define the characteristics of a typical programming language, algorithms and data structures and the process of software development. |
| Indicative Module Content |
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| Hardware: Fundamentals of computer architecture (such as Von Neumann architecture), instruction set, memory hierarchies, main memory organisation, cache organisation, parallelism, pipelining, and hazards. Software development: algorithms, source and object code, compilers, the edit-compile-execute cycle, software design, testing, standards and documentation. Syntax of a high-level language: constants and variables, data types, pointers, arrays and data structures; program expressions and statements, input and output, selection and repetition control structures; modular programming, library and user functions, parameter passing, macros. |
| Module Delivery |
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| This module is taught using a structured programmed of lectures, tutorials and laboratory exercises supplemented by directed reading and student-centred learning. |
| Indicative Student Workload | Full Time | Part Time |
|---|---|---|
| Contact Hours | 60 | N/A |
| Non-Contact Hours | 90 | N/A |
| Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours | N/A | N/A |
| TOTAL | 150 | N/A |
| Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body |
| ASSESSMENT PLAN | |||||
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| If a major/minor model is used and box is ticked, % weightings below are indicative only. | |||||
| Component 1 | |||||
| Type: | Coursework | Weighting: | 50% | Outcomes Assessed: | 2, 3 |
| Description: | Coursework of software development | ||||
| Component 2 | |||||
| Type: | Examination | Weighting: | 50% | Outcomes Assessed: | 1 |
| Description: | Closed book assessed tutorials or online quizzes. | ||||
| MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR | ||||||||
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| Explanatory Text | ||||||||
| Each component comprises 50% of the module grade. To pass the module, a D grade is required. | ||||||||
| Coursework: | ||||||||
| Coursework: | A | B | C | D | E | F | NS | |
| A | A | A | B | B | E | E | ||
| B | A | B | B | C | E | E | ||
| C | B | B | C | C | E | E | ||
| D | B | C | C | D | E | E | ||
| E | E | E | E | E | E | F | ||
| F | E | E | E | E | F | F | ||
| NS | Non-submission of work by published deadline or non-attendance for examination | |||||||
| Module Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites for Module | None. |
| Corequisites for module | None. |
| Precluded Modules | None. |
| INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
|---|---|
| 1 | F. Wempen, "Computing Fundamentals: Introduction to Computers," Sybex, January 2015. ISBN: 9781119039716. |
| 2 | WEERT, P.V. and GREGOIRE, M., 2016. C++ standard library quick reference. Berkeley, CA: Apress. |
| 3 | HORTON, I., 2014. Beginning C++. Berkeley, CA: Apress. |
| 4 | SUTHERLAND, B., 2015. C++ recipes: a problem-solution approach. Berkeley, CA: Apress. |