Calendar Description

Principles of Operating Systems

An introduction to operating systems principles. Performance measurement; concurrent programs; the management of information, memory and processor resources.

Prerequisites: Computer Science 331 and one of 325 or 455 .

Note: Computer Science 325/455 is waived as a prerequisite for students concurrently enrolled in Computer Engineering 415.

Course Textbook

Operating Systems Concepts (sixth edition), Peter Baer Galvin, Greg Gagne, A Silberschatz, (John Wiley and Sons)

Course Evaluation

Assignments	30%
Midterm Exam	30%
Final Exam	40%

Note: A letter grade will be determined by calculating the sum of all of the percentages.