CSD 415 Operating Systems Concepts

5 credits

This course teaches the major functional components of a modern, general purpose operating system, including the process management, memory management, and I/O subsystems. Process management topics include process and thread creation and termination, process scheduling, inter-process communication, and signal handling. Memory management topics include virtual memory and paging. I/O topics include file systems, sockets, I/O scheduling, network protocols, and device drivers.

Prerequisites: CSD 322 and admission to the BAS IT:CSD program

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Download, configure, compile, and install an operating system from source code on the Internet
Explain the boot process
Name the major subsystems of an operating system
Describe the major data structures used by an operating system
Write system-level code to interface with devices
Explain process scheduling
Write multi-process applications that share information using inter-process communication mechanisms
Write thread-safe, multi-threaded applications
Discuss and describe deadlock scenarios
Explain virtual memory
Write programs that communicate using sockets
Write programs that store information to disks using the I/O system (memory mapped files)
Design and implement programming projects as a member of a team

Program Outcomes
This course teaches to the following program outcomes:

demonstrate competency in software engineering, software testing principles, and quality assurance techniques
identify, evaluate, and apply efficient algorithms and technologies required for developing software system
demonstrate ability to understand and integrate contributions to the architecture design of a large software system
be prepared to obtain an entry-level position at a software development company

Total Hours: 60 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 40 Guided Practice (Lab or Clinical) Hours: 20