Spring 2006 CIS 150 Schedule 
This class schedule may be modified as the class progresses through the quarter. Additional information, tips, guidance, etc., will be provided to all students during the quarter as it becomes available to facilitate course completion.
April 4 Class Introduction, Reading: Chapter 1 – How Computers Work. Diagram I/O ports
April 6 Continue Chapter 1 – How Computers Work, Reading: Chapter 2. Identify and diagram major motherboard components.
April 11 Chapter 2 “How Hardware and Software Work Together.” Reading: Chapter 3. Understand and document the bootstrap and POST, Device Manager and System Information.
April 13 Chapter 3 Power Supplies Reading: Chapter 4. Identify and diagram all PC hardware components. In-class disassembly and re-assembly of a PC. NOTE: This PC must work when you finish.
April 18 Finish Chapter 3; Start Chapter 4 - The System Board - Centrino, Hyper-threading, etc. Identify all system board components and understand how they work together
April 20 Finish Chapter 4 Reading Chapter 5, Quiz 1 due
April 25 Test 1 (Chapters 1-4), Start Chapter 5 Read Chapter 6
April 27 Chapter 6, System BIOS and CMOS setup, Drive Geometry; Read Chapter 7
May 2 PC Assembly Socket 370-Slot 1 Architecture PCs
May 4 Chapter 8, Read Chapter 9
May 9 ASUS socket 370 Celeron PC assembly, Quiz 2 due. Study for test
May 11 Test 2 (Chapters 5-8), Review I/O and video - practical applications - start chapter 9
May 16 Chapter 9. Multimedia. Read Chapter 10
May 18 Chapter 10, 11 - Read Chapter 11.
May 23 Chapter 11, Read Chapter 12.
May 25 Chapter 12, Read Chapter 13. Quiz 3 due.
May 30 Test 3 (Chapters 9-12), Chapter 13. Read Chapters 14, 15
June 1 Chapters 14, 15.
June 6 PC Assembly Intel Socket 478, AMD Socket A, SATA, SCSI Read Chapter 16
June 8 PC Assembly 64-bit systems, Hyper-threading
June 13 Final system setup and tear down. Quiz 4 due.
June 15 Final (Test 4) 5:30 PM Thursday ; Reports due