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General Course Information
A summary of general information about the course
- Textbook :
- Modern Operating Systems by Andrew S Tanenbaum.
We will not be able to cover the entire text. You should read the whole book anyway as there is quite a bit of important information in it that anyone working in the field of computing should be at least somewhat familiar with. The Timeline page has information on the specific chapters we will be covering and when. You should read the chapters before the week in which the material will be covered.
- Class Times :
- We will meet for lecture in 204 Mondays and Fridays and use the lab in 207 Tuesdays and Thursdays.
1:00 pm - 1:50 pm MTW Computer Engineering Bldg. 204 1:00 pm - 1:50 pm Th Computer Engineering Bldg. 207 - Assignments :
- See the Assignments area for specifics of each assignment. You should start the assignments now. (Well, go ahead and finish reading the web pages about the course here, but then start the assignments). See the Information for Students pages for information on how to submit the assignments, how they are graded and other important information. As questions arise on each assignment, I may be modifying the assignment text, so watch the assignments (and the "recent changes" navigation block) to see if such changes have been posted to the web site.
- Important Information on Assignments :
- I know I said it above, but START ALL THE ASSIGNMENTS NOW. The due dates for the last two assignments are fairly close together and you will almost certainly NOT be able to finish the last one if you start it only after submitting the next to last one.
- Outcomes :
- The successful student in this course will have a basic understanding of the most important facets of modern operating systems, of how operating systems work, and of how they interact with the user and the hardware. Such success will be demonstrated by completing several programming projects that simulate various Operating Systems tasks, and by preparing a short research report on the literature in the field.
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