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EECS 1520 - Computer Use: Fundamentals

Section R, Winter 2015

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science


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Lecture & Schedule

Week 1 (week of January 5, 2015)
January 5, 2015 Lecture Material: Introduction & Computing History (PART I)
Assigned Reading: Text: Chapter 1
January 7, 2015 Lecture Material: Computing History (PART II)
Assigned Reading: Text: Chapter 1.2
January 9, 2015 Lecture Material: Computing History: Software

File Systems and Directories
Assigned Reading: Text: Chapter 1.2
Text: Chapter 11.1, 11.2
Week 2 (week of January 12, 2015)
January 12, 2015 Lecture Material: Binary Values and Number Systems
Assigned Reading: Text: Chapter 2
January 14, 2015 Lecture Material: Binary, Octal and Hexadecimal Numbers

Practice problems on Binary Values and Number Systems
Assigned Reading: Text: Chapter 2
January 16, 2015 Lecture Material: Continue on notes from January 14 + Glade Manual Ch. 1
Assigned Reading: Text: Chapter 2
Glade Manual: Chapter 1
Week 3 (week of January 19, 2015)
January 19, 2015 Lecture Material: Introduction to Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet
Assigned Reading: Glade Manual: Chapter 1
January 21, 2015 Lecture Material: No lecture notes
Assigned Reading: Glade Manual: Chapter 1
January 23, 2015 Lecture Material: Data Representation: Negative Numbers
Assigned Reading: Text: Chapter 3
Week 4 (week of January 26, 2015)
January 26, 2015 Lecture Material: Glade Manual: Chapter 2
Assigned Reading: Glade Manual: Chapter 2
January 28, 2015 Lecture Material: Notes on Glade Manual: Chapter 2 exercises
Assigned Reading: Glade Manual: Chapter 2
January 30, 2015 Lecture Material: Data Representation: Part II
Assigned Reading: Text: Chapter 3
Week 5 (week of February 2, 2015)
February 2, 2015 Lecture Material: Continue on Friday's lecture notes
Assigned Reading: Text: Chapter 3
February 4, 2015 Lecture Material: Glade Manual: Chapter 3 exercises
Assigned Reading: Glade Manual: Chapter 3
February 6, 2015 Lecture Material: Notes on Glade Manual: Chapter 3 exercises
Assigned Reading: Glade Manual: Chapter 3
Week 6 (week of February 9, 2015)
February 9, 2015 Lecture Material: Gates and Circuits: Part I
Assigned Reading: Text: Chapter 4
February 11, 2015 Lecture Material: Test #1, no lecture notes
February 13, 2015 Lecture Material: Glade Manual: Chapter 4 exercises
Assigned Reading: Glade Manual: Chapter 4

READING WEEK (week of February 16, 2015)


Week 7 (week of February 23, 2015)
February 23, 2015 Lecture Material: Gates and Circuits: Part II
Assigned Reading: Text: Chapter 4
February 25, 2015 Lecture Material: Glade Manual: Chapter 5 exercises
Assigned Reading: Glade Manual: Chapter 5
February 27, 2015 Lecture Material: Gates and Circuits: Multiplexers and S-R Latch
Assigned Reading: Text: Chapter 4
Week 8 (week of March 2, 2015)
March 2, 2015 Lecture Material: Computing Components
Assigned Reading: Text: Chapter 5
March 4, 2015 No class
March 6, 2015 No class

Week 9 (week of March 9, 2015)
March 9, 2015 No class
March 11, 2015 Lecture Material: Glade Manual: Chapter 6 exercises
Assigned Reading: Glade Manual: Chapter 6
March 13, 2015 Lecture Material: Notes on Glade Manual: Chapter 6 exercises
Assigned Reading: Glade Manual: Chapter 6
Recorded Lecture: Week9-3 lecture audio file
Week 10 (week of March 16, 2015)
March 16, 2015 Lecture Material: Computing Components: Part II
Assigned Reading: Text: Chapter 5
March 18, 2015 Lecture Material: Operating Systems
Assigned Reading: Text: Chapter 10
Recorded Lecture: Week10-2 lecture audio file
March 20, 2015 Lecture Material: Notes on Glade Manual Ch. 7 exercise
Assigned Reading: Glade Manual: Chapter 7


Week 11 (week of March 23, 2015)
March 23 2015 Lecture Material: Database Management Systems
Assigned Reading: Text: Chapter 12.3
Recorded Lecture: Week11-1 lecture audio file
March 25 2015 Lecture Material: Notes on Glade Manual Ch. 8 exercise
Assigned Reading: Glade Manual: Chapter 8
Recorded Lecture: Week11-2 lecture audio file
March 27 2015 Lecture Material: Review on test #2
Week 12 (week of March 30, 2015)
March 30 2015 Lecture Material: Networking
Assigned Reading: Text: Chapter 15
Recorded Lecture: Week12-1 lecture audio file
April 1, 2015 Lecture Material: Test #2, no lecture notes
April 3, 2015 Lecture Material: Good Friday, no lecture
Week 13 (week of April 6, 2015)
April 6 2015 Lecture Material: Networking (II)
Assigned Reading: Text: Chapter 15
April 8 2015 Lecture Material: Notes on Glade Manual Ch. 9
Assigned Reading: Glade Manual: Chapter 9
Recorded Lecture: Week13-2 lecture audio file
April 10 2015 Lecture Material: Notes on floating point number representations
The World Wide Web
Assigned Reading: Text: Chapter 3.2
Text: Chapter 16.1, 16.2

Week 14 (week of April 13, 2015)
April 13 2015 (LAST CLASS) Lecture Material: Review for exam