ISE 218: Fundamentals of Information Technology

Stony Brook University – Summer 2025

Monday, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 6:00 pm – 8:15 pm Zoom Conference Call

Weekly Course Schedule

The following course schedule schedule is tentative and subject to change. Except where noted, readings are taken from Essentials of Computer Organization (5th edition) by Linda Null and Julia Lobur.

Modern Computer Architecture and Organization by Jim Ledin, ISBN ISBN 978-1-83898-439-7

Homework assignments, lecure notes and other materials are posted on Piazza.

# Date Lecture Topics and Agendas Homework Assignments and Quizzes
1 5/28
  • Course Overview
  • Unit 1: Hardware Basics
  • Homework #1 out (due 06/03)
2 5/29
  • Unit 2: Data Representation (cont.)
  • Homework #2 out (due 6/8)
3 6/02
  • Unit 2: Data Representation (cont.)
4 6/04
  • Unit 3: Basics of Computer Architecture
  • Homework #3 out (due 6/14)
5 6/05
  • Unit 4: Instruction Set Architecture
6 6/09
  • Unit 4: Instruction Set Architecture (cont.)
  • Quiz #1 (Unit 1-2) - Respondus
  • Homework #4 out due 6/14
7 6/11
  • Unit 5: Memory
8 6/12
  • Exam #1 Review Session
  • Unit 5: Memory (cont.)
  
9 6/16
  • Exam #1 - Respondus (Unit 1-4)
10 6/18
  • Unit 6: Input/Output Systems
  • Homework #4 out due 6/23
11 6/19
  • Unit 7: System Software
12 6/23
  • Unit 7: System Software
  • Homework #5 out due 6/27
13 6/25
  • Unit 8: Network Organization and Architecture, Cloud Computing
  • Quiz #2 (Unit 5-6) - Respondus
  • Homework #6 out due 6/28
14 6/26
  • Unit 9 a: Specialized Computing Domains
 
15 06/30
  • Unit 9 b: Domain-Specific Computer Architectures
16 07/02
  • Unit 10: Performance Measurement and Analysis
    • Review (Unit 5-10)
 
17 07/03
  • Exam #2 - Respondus (Units 7-9)
    • July 03 - 6:00 PM to 8:15 PM