CSCI 405
Operating Systems

Course Description:

CSCI 405  Operating Systems    Three Credit Hours
     Prerequisites: CSCI 223 and CSCI 305
     Required for B.S. degree in computer science.
     An introduction to the concepts of modern operating system design, the architectural features of modern computer systems, and a study of the implementations of these components in actual operating systems. Topics include data structures and algorithms to support process control, concurrency, and scheduling; memory management, including virtual memory architectures; I/O and file management; and networks and distributed systems.

Major Topics:

• Hierarchical organization of memory
• Hardware features that provide controlled allocation of resources
• Processes and threads management
• CPU scheduling
• Cooperating processes synchronization
• Memory management
• Virtual memory
• File system management
• Disk structure and scheduling
• Protection

Course Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this course, a student will be able to

• Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of process control and scheduling algorithms
• Explain the concepts of mutual exclusion, deadlock, memory management, virtual memory, file management, and distributed processing
• Analyze the mechanisms used to support protection and security of resources
• Describe the specific services associated with networking and distributed operating systems.

Textbook:

Operating System Concepts (Seventh Edition) by Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Galvin and Greg Gagne, John Wiley & Sons, 2005.

Projected Schedule:

Every Fall

Recent Syllabi:

Fall 2007, Banik