CSC 2370

Assembly Language Programming

Fall 98
Hardy Hall 4
5:30 - 6:45pm MW

Instructor: Dr. Pettit email: mpettit@aug.edu
Office: Skinner Hall, D-6
Phone: 737-1738
Office Hours: 10-11 M-F, and by appointment (normally on campus at least 9-5)

Course Description: Computer structure, machine language, instruction execution, addressing techniques, and digital representation of data. Symbolic coding and assembly systems, macro definition and generation, and program segmentation and linkage. Systems and utility programs, and programming techniques. Programming assignments to illustrate machine structure and programming techniques.

Prerequisite: CSCI 2302(CSC 212); corequisite: MAT 303

Textbook: Mastering Turbo Assembler, Second Edition
by Tom Swan

Material: Three floppy disks - one for assignments, one for backup, and one to turn in
Micro Chart - Plastic Reference Card

Grading: Based on 100-90% A, 89-80% B, 79-70% C, 69-60% D, 59-0% F There will be approximately one program per week starting about the seventh week. Most of the assignments will be part of a large project. You probably will not be able to catch up if you fall behind on the assignments. 1/3 of the grade will come from 3 hour exams, 1/3 from the programming assignments, and 1/3 from the final exam.

Class Attendance: Most courses are easier if you attend class every day. College policy is that if you miss 10% of the classes, an instructor can withdraw you from his/her course. My policy is that I will not withdraw you from my course unless you have missed at 10% of the classes and it is obvious that you have quit coming to class by missing a test. If you miss a test and have missed a lot of classes, inform me of your intentions to either continue or not continue with the course. Note: if you withdraw or I withdraw you after midterm (except under unusual circumstances), you will receive a grade of WF, which counts the same as a F. The best way to avoid any questions and trouble is to make your decision whether to continue in your courses before midterm, and fill out a Withdrawal Form for any course from which you wish to withdraw.

Tape recorders may be used as long as it does not disrupt class.

If in any class you need special accommodation due to a disability inform your instructor and contact the Coordinator of Disability Services in Counseling and Testing at 737-1471.

You are expected to be civil to the others in the college community: the other students, the faculty, and the staff.

Academic Honesty: You may want to review the Academic Dishonesty policy in the catalog. For this course, you are expected to write your own programs. You may discuss among yourselves style, approaches, and methods but the code should be your own. The last test and the final exam will contain a significant portion that is dependent on your ability to write assembly language programs.

Dates: August 26 - Last day for class changes
Sept. 7 - Labor Day Holiday
October 15 - Midterm - last day for withdrawal with a W
Nov. 25 - Thanksgiving Holiday
Dec. 9 - Last class
Dec. 14 - Monday 6:15 - 8:15 pm Final Exam