Digital Logic Design COSC-3325

Instructor:       Dr. Mahmoud K. Quweider

Office:               SETB 1.550, Tel: x-6630

Office Hours:  M, W: 1 PM -2 PM

                         Also by appointment

Description:  The objective of this course is to present students with the basic building blocks and techniques necessary for the design of digital electronic circuits. Topics include fundamentals of binary arithmetic, Boolean logic, logic gates, and Combinational and Sequential logic. Multiplexers, Decoders, Read-Only Memories (ROMs), Programmable Logic Arrays (PLAs), Counters, Sequencers, Shift Registers, Random Access Memory (Rams) and Arithmetic Logic Units (ALUs).

Prerequisite:  COSC - 2312 Foundations of Computer Science; COSC - 2318 Programming Structures                         II; MATH - 2313 Calculus I.

Course text:    Logic and Computer Design Fundamentals. M. Morris Mano & Charles Kime:                          Prentice-Hall Publishing Company, 2^nd Edition, 2000

Software:        Logic Works 4.0 is installed in the computer lab and will be used for the course Lab                         projects.

Grading:          Projects                                                                          00%

                         4 Midterm Tests                                                             80%

                         Final Examination (Comprehensive)                          20%

Attendance is mandatory.  Make-up Exams are only allowed with a valid excuse and will not follow the same format of regular exams.

Final grade is determined based on the following scale:

         >= 90      A            80-89.99   B

        70-79.99 C             60-69.99 D  

         < 60 F

Disability Services:             

Students with disabilities, including learning disabilities, who wish to request academic adjustments in this class should notify the disability services office early in the semester so that the appropriate accommodations may be made. In accordance with federal law, a student requesting academic adjustments must provide documentation of his/her disability to the disability services counselor. For more information, call or visit the counseling center at Tandy 205 (956 544 8292).

Academic Honesty:

 Although students are encouraged strongly to work together to learn the course material, all students are expected to complete homework, labs, quizzes and exams individually.

Dates To Remember: