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IIT 386 — COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND DESIGN (CUR-379)

IIT 386 — COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND DESIGN is a DePaul University catalog course in IIT Partnership. This course covers basic concepts and state-of-the-art developments in computer architecture: computer technology, performance measures, instruction set design, computer arithmetic, controller and datapath design, memory systems, pipelining, array processing, parallel processing, multiprocessing, abstract analysis models, input-output systems, relationship between computer design and application requirements, and cost/performance trade-offs.

Summary 🟢 ✓

  • Resource type: course
  • College / school: Illinois Institute of Technology (Engineering)
  • College/School: IIT Partnership
  • Curriculum section: Engineering / Computer Science / CDM
  • Catalog: IIT 386
  • Last Verified: 2026-07-01

Course access

  • Access: 🟢 Green — Open or routine access
  • Rationale: No formal prerequisites listed in catalog description; open to any student meeting university registration rules.
  • Prerequisites: None listed in catalog description

Verification

Catalog description

This course covers basic concepts and state-of-the-art developments in computer architecture: computer technology, performance measures, instruction set design, computer arithmetic, controller and datapath design, memory systems, pipelining, array processing, parallel processing, multiprocessing, abstract analysis models, input-output systems, relationship between computer design and application requirements, and cost/performance trade-offs. Students will complete a project implementing a version of multiple-cycle processor. Credit will be given for either ECE 485 or CS 470 , but not both (Taught at IIT as ECE 485). (4.5 quarter hours)

Resource relevance

Catalog course linked to map themes/programs: illinois_institute_of_technology_dual_degree.

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Notes

Catalog course key: IIT 386.

Catalog context

  • Programs: illinois_institute_of_technology_dual_degree
  • Recent schedule: Not offered in the queried registrar terms