Computer Science 152

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Title	Computer Architecture and Engineering
Instructors in Charge	David E. Culler, John Wawrzynek
Units	5
Prerequisites	61C.
Description	Instruction set design, Register Transfer. Computer design project requiring about 100 hours. Data-path design. Controller design. Memory system. Addressing. Microprogramming. Computer arithmetic. Survey of real computers and microprocessors.
Exam Files	Available
Newsgroup	ucb.class.cs152

Sections Instructor Teaching Effectiveness How worthwhile was this course?

Spring 2008 Asanovic 6.4 / 7 ± 0.3
6.6 / 7 ± 0.3

Fall 2006 Lazzaro 6.0 / 7 ± 0.3
6.2 / 7 ± 0.3

Fall 2005 Lazzaro 6.5 / 7 ± 0.3
6.5 / 7 ± 0.4

Spring 2005 Lazzaro 6.3 / 7 ± 0.6
6.9 / 7 ± 0.4

Fall 2004 Lazzaro (1/2) 6.2 / 7 ± 0.6
6.0 / 7 ± 1.5

Fall 2004 Patterson (2/2) 6.2 / 7 ± 0.6
6.3 / 7 ± 1.3

Spring 2004 Kubiatowicz 6.4 / 7 ± 0.3
6.6 / 7 ± 0.3

Fall 2003 Patterson 6.3 / 7 ± 0.3
6.2 / 7 ± 0.4

Spring 2003 Kubiatowicz 6.5 / 7 ± 0.3
6.6 / 7 ± 0.3

Fall 2002 Katz 5.3 / 7 ± 0.6
4.8 / 7 ± 0.8

Spring 2002 Brodersen 5.0 / 7 ± 1.2
5.7 / 7 ± 0.8

Fall 2001 Kubiatowicz 6.5 / 7 ± 0.4
6.0 / 7 ± 0.6

Spring 2001 Kubiatowicz 6.5 / 7 ± 0.2
6.4 / 7 ± 0.3

Fall 2000 Brodersen 5.5 / 7 ± 0.5
5.2 / 7 ± 0.6

Spring 2000 Brodersen 5.7 / 7 ± 0.4
6.4 / 7 ± 0.3

Fall 1999 Kubiatowicz 6.7 / 7 ± 0.2
6.5 / 7 ± 0.3

Spring 1999 Kubiatowicz 6.5 / 7 ± 0.2
6.5 / 7 ± 0.2

Fall 1998 Brodersen 5.8 / 7 ± 0.4
6.0 / 7 ± 0.3

Spring 1998 Wawrzynek 5.5 / 7 ± 0.6
6.1 / 7 ± 0.4

Fall 1997 Patterson 6.6 / 7 ± 0.2
6.4 / 7 ± 0.2

Spring 1997 Jeong 3.8 / 7 ± 0.5
5.6 / 7 ± 0.7

Fall 1996 Culler 6.3 / 7 ± 0.3
6.5 / 7 ± 0.3

Spring 1996 Culler 6.4 / 7 ± 0.2
6.5 / 7 ± 0.2

Fall 1995 Section 1 Patterson 6.3 / 7 ± 0.6
6.6 / 7 ± 0.6

Fall 1995 Section 2 Patterson 6.5 / 7 ± 0.3
6.6 / 7 ± 0.3

Spring 1995 Section 1 Kong (1/2) 6.7 / 7 ± 0.2
6.7 / 7 ± 0.2

Spring 1995 Section 1 Patterson (2/2) 6.7 / 7 ± 0.2
6.7 / 7 ± 0.2

Spring 1995 Section 2 Kong (1/2) 6.0 / 7 ± 0.0
6.5 / 7 ± 6.3

Spring 1995 Section 2 Patterson (2/2) 6.3 / 7 ± 1.5
6.5 / 7 ± 1.7

Spring 1994 Section 1 Wawrzynek 5.9 / 7 ± 0.7
5.6 / 7 ± 0.8

Spring 1994 Section 2 Wawrzynek 5.4 / 7 ± 0.7
5.9 / 7 ± 0.7

Fall 1993 Section 1 Culler 6.0 / 7 ± 0.3
6.0 / 7 ± 0.5

Fall 1993 Section 2 Culler 5.8 / 7 ± 0.4
5.8 / 7 ± 0.5

Spring 1993 Ramamoorthy 3.6 / 7 ± 1.1
6.1 / 7 ± 0.6

Fall 1992 Section 1 Wawrzynek 5.7 / 7 ± 0.5
5.9 / 7 ± 0.4

Fall 1992 Section 2 Wawrzynek 5.2 / 7 ± 0.4
5.5 / 7 ± 0.4

Spring 1992 Section 1 Wawrzynek 4.8 / 7 ± 0.4
5.5 / 7 ± 0.4

Spring 1992 Section 2 Wawrzynek 5.5 / 7 ± 0.4
6.2 / 7 ± 0.3

Fall 1991 Section 1 Culler 6.2 / 7 ± 0.4
5.9 / 7 ± 0.5

Fall 1991 Section 2 Culler 5.5 / 7 ± 0.4
5.6 / 7 ± 0.4

Spring 1991 Section 1 Ramamoorthy 4.4 / 7 ± 0.5
5.4 / 7 ± 0.9

Spring 1991 Section 2 Ramamoorthy 3.9 / 7 ± 1.0
4.9 / 7 ± 1.0

Fall 1990 Section 1 Culler 5.6 / 7 ± 0.5
6.4 / 7 ± 0.3

Fall 1990 Section 2 Culler 5.4 / 7 ± 0.4
5.2 / 7 ± 0.6

Spring 1990 Section 1 Oklobdzija 3.2 / 7 ± 0.6
5.0 / 7 ± 0.5

Spring 1990 Section 2 Oklobdzija 3.9 / 7 ± 0.6
5.1 / 7 ± 0.6

Fall 1989 Section 1 Ramamoorthy 4.5 / 7 ± 0.9
5.6 / 7 ± 1.0

Fall 1989 Section 2 Ramamoorthy 3.9 / 7 ± 0.7
5.2 / 7 ± 0.6

Spring 1989 Section 1 Katz 6.2 / 7 ± 0.3
5.4 / 7 ± 0.3

Spring 1989 Section 2 Katz 6.4 / 7 ± 0.2
6.1 / 7 ± 0.3

Fall 1988 Ramamoorthy 3.2 / 7 ± 0.5
5.1 / 7 ± 0.5

Overall Rating Teaching Effectiveness How worthwhile was this course?

Computer Science 152 5.9 / 7 ± 0.0
6.1 / 7 ± 0.0

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