CISC 301 - Operating Systems

(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: CISC 211 and 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 include operating systems principles, computer architecture, concurrency threads, CPU scheduling and dispatching, memory management techniques, computer security and system administration using Windows XP, Unix and Linux. Offered Fall and Spring Semester, annually.