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On successful completion of this course students will be able to:

 

1	Demonstrate an understanding of the layered and modular nature of computer systems
2	Design the core components of a computer from basic components
3	Understand and Apply knowledge of how computers represent programs and data
4	Explain how a computer executes a program
5	Write assembler and machine code
6	Understand the translation process from higher level representations into machine language
7	Explain how Input/output operations are implemented, and describe some basic I/O devices

 
The above course learning outcomes are aligned with the Engineers Australia .
The course is designed to develop the following Elements of Competency: 1.1   1.2   1.3   1.5   1.6   2.1   2.2   2.3   3.1   3.2   3.3   3.4   3.5   

The textbook for the course is: The Elements of Computing Systems, second edition, by Noam Nisan and Shimon Shocken, MIT Press, 2021, ISBN13-978-0-262-53980-7.

It is highly recommended that you buy this book. It is available in soft cover form and available electronically as an e-book. If you have access to the first edition, use that instead. There is no significant difference in the material covered by both editions.

The first six chapters of the textbook are on the Nand2Tetris website used by the course but we will be using materials in chapters beyond this.

The primary electronic resource for the course is the MyUni pages. These pages link to other electronic resources you will need such as the web submission system.

The course will be taught using a combination of pre-recorded lectures, lecture review quizzes, workshops, quiz exams, programming exams and programming assignments. There is no end of semester written exam.

You are expected to read the relevant chapters of the text book before and after each lecture, and to actively participate in workshop activities.

The lecture review quizzes will be open during the week that they are due. Please check the course website regularly so you do not miss the lecture review quiz due dates.

To get the most out of the workshop sessions you need to prepare in advance and make sure that you focus on the workshop material during the workshop. This is the best time to get direct feedback on and assistance with the practical skills covered in the workshop. If you do not attend the workshops and ask questions, you may not be properly prepared for the programming assignments.

The programming assigments build on the practical skills shown in the workshops and give you an opportunity to demonstrate what you are learning. To get the most out of the programming assignments it is important to reflect on what you may be learning whilst attempting them by keeping a logbook that records how you developed your work.

You are expected to spend 10 hours per week on the course. This includes:

• attending all of your enrolled classes,
• up to 2 hours per week on lecture preparation / review,
• up to 5 hours per week on the assignments and workshop preparation, and
• any remaining time working on the following week's material.

The lecture topics, quizzes, workshop descriptions and assignment descriptions are all available on the course website.

A schedule is available on the course website but specific due dates are only available in each quizz, workshop description or assignment description.

Assessment Task	Weighting (%)	Individual/ Group	Formative/ Summative	Due (week)*	Hurdle criteria	Learning outcomes
Practical Assignments	35	Individual	Summative	2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11		1. 2. 3. 5. 6.
Practical Exams	20	Individual	Summative	4, 8		1. 2. 3. 5. 6.
Written Examination	45	Individual	Summative	Exam Period	Min 40%	1. 4. 7.
Total	100

* The specific due date for each assessment task will be available on MyUni.

This assessment breakdown is registered as an exemption to the University's Assessment for Coursework Programs Policy. The exemption is related to the Procedures clause(s):

This course has a hurdle requirement. Meeting the specified hurdle criteria is a requirement for passing the course.

Hurdle Requirement: If your overall mark for the course is greater than 45 F but, your mark for the Written Exam is less than 40%, your overall mark for the course will be reduced to 45 F.

Supervised Quiz Exams

These quiz exams will test your understanding of the lecture, workshop and assignment material. The scheduled workshop times in weeks 4 and 8 will be used to run 45 minute supervised quiz exams which each contribute 7% to your final course grade. Remote students will be monitored using zoom (a webcam will be required to show who is taking the exam).

Replacement Quiz Exams

If a student is eligible for a replacement exam as demonstrated by appropriate written evidence, eg a medical certificate, they will be eligible to take a replacement session over the course of the following week. The time and date of the session will be determined by the course coordinator once the number of eligible students has been determined.

Programming Assignments

All programming assignments require you to write programs that will be assessed by a combination of automatic assessement by Gradescope as well as manual review of code style, development progress and test cases. Details are provided in each assignment specifcation.

Late Penalties

Programming Assignments

All programming assignments must be submitted using the School of Computer Science online Submission System. Details are included in each assignment description on the course website.

Submissions made to a 'Submit Here' assignment are allocated a set of marks by a test script that are then used to separately calculate a a mark for each sub-assignment. Each sub-assignment has its own due date that is also used to cap the mark given to a specific submission, based on how many days late it is, as follows:

• up to 1 day late — mark is reduced to 75%, marks below 75% are not affected.
• up to 2 days late — mark is reduced to 50%, marks below 50% are not affected.
• up to 3 days late — mark is reduced to 25%, marks below 25% are not affected.
• More than 3 days late — mark is reduced to 0.

Notes:

• For each sub-assignment, you get the best mark awarded for any of your submissions after late penalties. Marks awarded for a particular submission cannot reduce the marks awarded for any other submission.
• We use the time at which a particular revision is submitted to the Web Submission System to determine late penalties not when the revision was committed to your svn repository.
• We expect to be able to return the final marks of each assignment within three weeks of the final due date.
• Any extensions will be displayed in the web submission system against specific sub-assignments and automatically used to adjust any late penalties.
• Extensions under a Disability Action Plan may be automatically granted at the start of semester. Failure to submit a DAP within the first two weeks of semester may result in any extension requests being refused.

Quiz Exams

Students who do not attend an exam will be dealt with on a case by case basis subject to appropriate documentation being provided. Late submissions for any exam will receive a mark of 0.

Myuni Grade Book

The programming exam marks will be collated and published in the myuni grade book after the last student has completed the exam.

The programming assignment marks will be collated and published in the myuni grade book when the final submissions have been marked. Note, these may appear to be different from those in the web submission system because of the individual weightings applied to the milestone and final submission marks. A grade book comment may be included that describes how the components were used to calculate the final assignment mark.

All quiz exams will be muted after they are taken. After the last student has completed the quiz exam, a separate myuni assignment will be used to publish the quiz marks. A grade book comment may be included that describes a breakdown of the quiz exam marks by question categories and it may also include some general feedback. Access to the original quiz exam attempts will not be permitted.

A provisional final mark for the course may be published in the myuni gradebook which may be different to the final official result that is published later. The final official results will only be available through  after the end of semester examiner's meeting has reviewed the marks.