Something a little bit like this? http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-033-computer-system-engineering-spring-2009/ http://

Something a little bit like this? http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-033-computer-system-engineering-spring-2009/ http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-comput... Not exactly a history course, but emphasis is on thinking about system-level issues, with plenty of reading (including both classic & newer papers) and writing (of essays, not code).