In CS 202 you will learn how a computer works, how it is constructed,
and how it can be programmed at the lowest level - in machine
language, or assembly. You will also design digital circuits, and
learn about caches, pipelines, optimization, and buffer-overflow
attacks.
Prerequisites: CS 201 (or concurrently)
Suggested course(s) to take next: CS 302, CS 312
Computer architecture taught me that it's miraculous computers don't crash millions of times per second. Networks taught me that it is miraculous any two computers can communicate at all.
-- Tim Bahls '06
CS 202 is a fun class - it demystifies the computer by showing how all of its components are constructed and work together. We even construct a complete circuit for a very simple computer!
-- Prof. Scharstein
