MCS-284: Computer Organization (Fall 2021)

Instructor

• Lectures:
  • MCS-284-001, MTRF 9.00AM - 9:50AM, in Olin 317 (In-person Lectures)

Please note that this semester, due to Covid-19, the schedule will be much more flexible. Right now we plan to meet (in-person) everyweek on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9.00AM - 9:50AM, in Olin 317. However, there will be days the lectures will be online; those tend to be the days we work on projects (lab days). I will make an annoucement in class in those cases and send out an email to you. The online lectures will be held via ZOOM. ZOOM ID: 915 937 1822. Otherwise, all lectures wil be in-person.

Office: OHS 306

Phone: x7473

Homepage: http://homepages.gustavus.edu/~lyu/

Office Hours:

• Mondays 12:30PM - 1:30PM.
• Tuesdays 2:30PM - 3:30PM.
• Wednesdays 9:00AM - 10:00AM.
• Fridays 12:30PM - 1:30PM.

Weekly Schedule:

Night Tutors

Other than my office hours, I have arranged for both online and in-person night tutors. You will find that there are quite a few night tutoring sessions weekly. I encourage you to attend as many as possible.

Your night tutors are Filip Belik, Maddie Sandish, Ha Le and Thomas Hugart.

The detail for the virtual tutoring sessions are as follows:

• In-person tutoring:
  • Tuesdays from 7:00PM to 9:00PM, with Thomas Hugart, in Olin 326.
  • Thursdays from 7:00PM to 9:00PM, with Ha Le, in Olin 326.
  • Sundays from 7:00PM to 9:00PM, with Filip Belik, in Olin 326.

• Virtual tutoring:
  • Mondays from 5:00PM to 7:00PM, with Maddie Sandish, via https://hellogustavus.zoom.us/j/83936523100?pwd=czZGUDlGVTY2WXhmWUxEZnNqQm9xUT09

One of the biggest challenges students face in this course is dealing with the complexity of the lab assignments. To be clear, you will need to finish four very challenging assignments, thus, the key for surviving in this course is to utilize the help offered outside of the classroom. More on that in Course Information