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Effective Term:
Winter 2015 through Spring 2016
Course Number:
EET 178
Course Title:
Computing Environments for Technicians
Credit Hours:
5
Lecture Hours:
40
Lecture/Lab Hours:
0
Lab Hours:
30

Course Description

Surveys complex computing environments where computers, operating systems, programming languages and network connections integrate. Includes projects involving command line, terminal applications, programming, hardware identification, troubleshooting and system analysis. Includes a 3-hour per week laboratory. Audit available.

Intended Outcomes for the course

Students who complete the course should be able to:

  1. Identify the purpose of, and physically locate, all the major components within a computing system in order to troubleshoot, repair or replace parts. 
  2. Use shell commands and scripting languages for applications prototyping and development.
  3. Write short programs to solve electronics problems and format information.
  4. Apply the basic operations of computer networks including commonly used transmission media.

Outcome Assessment Strategies

Assessment methods will be defined by the instructor during the first week

of class. Typically, in-class quizzes, online quizzes, exams, and homework assignments

will be used. laboratory assessment will be by reports and/or practical

skills testing.

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

  • Introduction

  • Windows GUI/Command Line

  • Introduction to Raspberry Pi (RPi)

  • Linux Terminal

  • Python

  • RPi GPIO

  • Regex

  • Processors

  • BIOS and Memory

  • Motherboards

  • Drives/Power Supplies

  • Networking

  • Security