CDA 3101

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Introduction to Computer Organization

3 credits

Offered: Fall, Spring & Summer

Computer and Information Science & Engineering

Instruction sets, assembly, CPU datapaths, pipelining, and memory hierarchy. Bridges programming and hardware; prerequisite for Operating Systems.

Typical workload: ~9 hrs/week outside class

Do not delay. 8 courses sit downstream of it in the prerequisite graph. Pushing it back can push back everything behind it.

Why students take this

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Scheduled in 3 of 81 UF model plans, usually in semester 4 (sophomore year).

Computer Engineering

Computer Science, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering

Computer Science, CLAS

Prerequisites

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You need one of MAC 2233, MAC 2311, or MAC 3472, and COT 3100 first.

Usually taken with

Courses UF model plans put in the same semester as CDA 3101.

What it unlocks

8 courses list this as a prerequisite (directly or downstream).

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Career relevance

Critical for: Cybersecurity Engineer

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