Systems Programming and Machine Organization

Harvard Extension School

CSCI E-61

Section 1

CRN 17148

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This course covers the fundamentals of computer systems programming. It provides a solid background in data representation, systems programming, operating systems, and machine organization and design. The course centers on C++ programming, with some assembly language. Topics include data representation, assembly and machine programming, storage hierarchy and caching, kernel programming and virtual memory, process management, and concurrency (including threads and networking).

Credits: 4

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Term

Fall Term 2025

Part of Term

Full Term

Format

Online

Credit Status

Graduate

Section Status

Open

Instructor Info

Eddie Kohler, PhD

Microsoft Professor of Computer Science and Harvard College Professor, Harvard University


Meeting Info

9/2 to 12/20

Participation Option: Online Asynchronous

In online asynchronous courses, you are not required to attend class at a particular time. Instead you can complete the course work on your own schedule each week.

Deadlines

Last day to register:

Additional Time Commitments

Optional sections to be arranged.

Prerequisites

CSCI E-26, CSCI E-50, or some experience programming in C++ or C.

Notes

The recorded lectures are from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences course Computer Science 61. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Mondays and Wednesdays, 2:15-3:30 pm starting September 3 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. Class sessions for this course may include students enrolled in the FAS companion course. Accordingly, when you participate in live class sessions, you will do so alongside both Division of Continuing Education (DCE) and FAS students. If you participate in a way that causes you to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to DCE students enrolled in this course or FAS students enrolled in the companion course, according to the policies of the two schools on accessing recordings of class sessions.

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CRN Section # Participation Option(s) Instructor Section Status Meets Term Dates
17148 1 Online Asynchronous Eddie Kohler Open Sep 2 to Dec 20

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