CISC 301 - Operating Systems

(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: C or higher in CISC 211 and C or higher in CISC 233
Description: This course provides an introduction to the design and implementation of operating systems. The student is exposed to different operating systems on various computer platforms and is expected to develop a significant operating system programming project in this area. Topics may include operating systems principles, computer architecture, concurrency threads, CPU scheduling and dispatching, memory management techniques, computer security and system administration. Offered Fall and Spring semester, annually.