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CSE 442 — COMPUTER SYSTEM ORGANIZATION AND DESIGN (CUR-061)

CSE 442 — COMPUTER SYSTEM ORGANIZATION AND DESIGN is a DePaul University catalog course in Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media. Overview of the design of hardware elements of computer systems. Topics include instruction set design, processor micro-architecture and pipelining, cache and virtual memory organizations, protection and sharing, I/O and interrupts, and multithreaded architectures, and embedded systems. CSC 407 is a prerequisite for this class.

Summary 🟡 ✓

  • Resource type: course
  • College / school: Cyber-Physical Systems Engineering
  • College/School: Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media
  • Curriculum section: Engineering / Computer Science / CDM
  • Catalog: CSE 442
  • Last Verified: 2026-05-28

Access (availability): 🟢 Green — open or routine · 🟡 Yellow — appointment or affiliation · 🔴 Red — restricted · ⚪/⚫ White/Black — not yet classified

Verification: ✓ confirmed · ~ likely · ? needs review · ✕ archived

Course access

  • Access: 🟡 Yellow — Needs an appointment or affiliation
  • Rationale: Catalog lists formal prerequisites, co-requisites, or program-status requirements.
  • Prerequisites:
  • CSC 407 is a prerequisite

Verification

Catalog description

Overview of the design of hardware elements of computer systems. Topics include instruction set design, processor micro-architecture and pipelining, cache and virtual memory organizations, protection and sharing, I/O and interrupts, and multithreaded architectures, and embedded systems. CSC 407 is a prerequisite for this class.

Resource relevance

Hands-on labs, fabrication, instrumentation, or physical production technology described in the official catalog course description.

Notes

Catalog course key: CSE 442. Course offerings and schedules are not verified in this pass.