CS 208: Computer Science Fundamentals

Provides an introduction for Computer Science/Computer Information Systems majors/minors. Includes hardware and software systems, numbering systems, mathematical and logical binary operations, and basic concepts of computer organization. Introduces program development environments.

Required Textbooks and course materials
Schneider, G. Michael and Gersting, Judith L. (2006). Invitation to Computer Science – C++ Version, 4th Edition. Thompson Course Technology, ISBN-10: 1-4239-0141-X, ISBN-13: 978-1-4239-0141-9
Companion Site

CS208 Supplemental Materials (Regis University)

Lecture Slides and class presentations

Week		Part 1: Computer Systems Overview Part 2: Numbering Systems (decimal, binary, octal, hexadecimal, ASCII)
Week		Part 1: Arithmetic Operations Part 2: Signed Numbers Part 3: Floating Point Numbers Part 4: Logical and Shift Operations
Week		Part 1: Program Design Part 2: Software Programming Part 3: Introduction to the C++ Programming Language, part 1
Week		Introduction to the C++ Programming Language, part 2
Week		Introduction to Assembly Language Programming and the Model Assembler
Week		Part 1: Introduction to Operating Systems Part 2: Introduction to UNIX
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Week

Homework Assignments First Night Assignment - Please see the course syllabus.

Homework 1: Numeric Representations
Homework 2: Arithmetic Operations and Floating Point Numbers
Homework 3: Introductory C++ Programming, part 1
Homework 4: Introductory C++ Programming, part 2
Homework 5: Introductory Assembly Language Programming, part 1
Homework 6: Introductory Assembly Language Programming, part 2

C++ Compilers, Model Assembler and related information/tools Any ANSI standard C++ compiler may be used, however, Dev-C++ is recommended for this course. For more advanced users, the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler provides a richer feature set. I've also included a guide for each compiler to guide you through getting started with creating a "Hello World" program.

Dev-C++ 5.0 beta 9.2 (4.9.9.2) with Mingw/GCC 3.4.2
"Hello World" example

Microsoft Visual C++ Express Edition
"Hello World" example

The Model Assembler used for the course is available here, either as a zip file or a larger self-extracting executable. A guide to using the Model Assembler can be found in the Supplemental Course Materials.

Model Assembler (76K zipped file)
Model Assembler (101K self-extracting executable)

Cygwin is a free Linux style environment for Windows.

Install Cygwin
Cygwin Home and Documentation
Cygwin Frequently Asked Questions