| Course Title: Operating Systems |
| Start Date: 01/21/2020 End Date: 05/05/2020 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2020 |
| Description: An introduction to the issues involved in orchestrating the use of computer resources. Topics include operating system design principles and abstractions, memory management and virtual memory, resource scheduling, and concurrency. Course emphasis: understanding the implications of OS design on the programs you run and write (i.e., on their security, performance, etc.). |
| Distribution(s): II - Math & Sciences |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Barbara Lerner | blerner@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020 | Lecture | Monday and Wednesday | 11:00AM - 12:15PM | KNDD - Kendade | 305 | Weekly |
| 01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020 | Fourth Hour of Class | Friday | 11:00AM - 11:50AM | KNDD - Kendade | 305 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: COMSC-221 and COMSC-225. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 28 | Enrollment: 22 | Available: 6 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces Author: Arpaci-Dusseau, Remzi H., and Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau Copyright: 2015 Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: Arpaci-Dusseau Books |
Required | 0.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: The required text is available in a variety of formats: ranging in price from FREE for an online version through $36 for a hardcover book. See the author website (http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~remzi/OSTEP/) for all the options. |