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CIT210: Fundamentals of Computer Systems

CIT210 – Computer Hardware is a 3-credit unit course. The course is compulsory in the first semester. It will take you 15 weeks to complete the course. You are to spend 65 hours of study for 13 weeks while the first week is for orientation and the last week is for end of semester examination. You will receive the course material you can read online or download and read off-line. The online course material is integrated into the Learning Management System (LMS). All activities in this course will be held in the LMS. All you need to know in this course is presented in the following sub-headings.

Core
Teacher Of Course
Information Of Course
Category
Duration Time
1 Semester
Level
200 Level
Includes

The course objectives are to:

  • Understand the standard computer system hardware architecture as explained by John Von Neumann
  • Be familiar with diver computer hardware devices, components, interconnectivity, and services
  • Understand the future trends of computer hardware advancement
  • Comprehend the fundamental computer hardware categories, including peripheral devices, processing units, and memory or storage devices.