NUST eLearning

Computer Architecture and Organization aims to develop a deeper understanding of the hardware environment upon which all of computing is based, and how a hardware layer is interfaced to the software layers that comprise the applications that perform modern computing. Students need to understand computer architecture to develop programmes that can achieve high performance through a programmer’s awareness of hardware functional components, their characteristics and limitations. In selecting a system to use, students should be able to understand the trade-offs among various components, such as CPU clock speed, cycles per instruction, memory size, and average memory access time

This course is designed to provide knowledge and skills necessary to computerise manual accounting procedures. Proper record-keeping using any accounting package is essential and enables one to produce financial statements of an organisation.

By the end of this course of study, students should be able to:

• Describe a computer and identify its basic structure.
• Use a computer effectively to source for information and to solve problems.
• Use and apply computer application packages for word-processing, spreadsheets, presentation and presentation graphics,
• Use mathematical/numerical data processing packages to assist in carrying out engineering tasks (e.g. Mathcad, Mat lab etc.)
• Use common software applications as tools in solving engineering problems.
• Use computer applications as tools to assist in carrying out engineering tasks.
• Use mathematical packages to solve engineering problems (e.g. Microsoft Excel, MathCAD)
• Apply engineering problem-solving techniques to analyze and develop basic algorithms