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C S 10
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE & ORGANIZATION · 4.5 units · used in 72 transfer pathways
Where this page’s information comes from
- Foothill catalogcourse record · 2026-2027
- FHDA class listingsFall 2026 sections
- Cherrypickercourse matching and pathway links — our analysis
About this course
Introduction to the organization, architecture, and machine-level programming of computer systems. Topics include mapping of high-level language constructs into assembly code, internal data representations, numerical computation, virtual memory, pipelines, caching, multitasking, MIPS architecture, MIPA assembly language code, interrupts, input/output, peripheral storage processing, and comparison of CISC (Intel) and RISC (MIPS) instruction sets.
Sections this term
Fall 2026 · updated Sep 3, 3:00 PM UTCC S 10COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE & ORGANIZATIONWaitlist2 sections · 0 seats reported · 1 instructor
- CRN 20320 · 01Waitlist · 0
- CRN 20652 · 02Full · 0
Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.
Prerequisites
- One of the following: C S 1A
- or2A
- or3A.
Catalog wording: “One of the following: C S 1A, 2A or 3A.”
Advisory: “Advisory: C S 1C or 2C.”
Transfer pathways that use C S 10
ASSIST maps C S 10 to a requirement in 72 published pathways from Foothill College — 24 shown.
- LIBERAL ARTS AND ENGINEERING STUDIESFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- COMPUTER SCIENCEFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- MATHEMATICSFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- Computer ScienceFoothill → San Francisco State
- Computer ScienceFoothill → UCLA
- Computer EngineeringFoothill → UCLA
- Linguistics and Computer ScienceFoothill → UCLA
- Computer Science and EngineeringFoothill → UCLA
- Computer Science B.S., Software Engineering ConcentrationFoothill → CSU Monterey Bay
- Computer Science B.S., Game Development ConcentrationFoothill → CSU Monterey Bay
- Computer Science B.S. Online Degree CompletionFoothill → CSU Monterey Bay
- Computer Science B.S., General Computer ScienceFoothill → CSU Monterey Bay
- Computer Science B.S., Data Science ConcentrationFoothill → CSU Monterey Bay
- Computer Science B.S., Network & Security ConcentrationFoothill → CSU Monterey Bay
- Computer ScienceFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
- Computer ScienceFoothill → CSU Fullerton
- Assistive Technology MinorFoothill → UC Santa Cruz
- Robotics EngineeringFoothill → UC Santa Cruz
- Computer EngineeringFoothill → UC Santa Cruz
- Computer Science: Computer Game DesignFoothill → UC Santa Cruz
- Bioelectronics and Biophotonics MinorFoothill → UC Santa Cruz
- Computer Science MinorFoothill → UC Santa Cruz
- Computer Engineering MinorFoothill → UC Santa Cruz
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