Online Course Syllabus CS430 Operating Systems. Important Notes:

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1 Upon completion of this course, the student will: CS430 Online Course Syllabus CS430 Operating Systems Important Notes: This document provides an overview of expectations for this online course and is subject to change prior to the term start. Changes may also occur during the term due to faculty or SPS Distance Learning course updates. Some links may only be active once the term starts. For this course you must check the Regis Bookstore: for the most current online course material information. Course Description Course Description Prerequisites Course Outcomes Forum Student Responsibilities Required Course Materials Course Outline Grading Criteria Assignments This course covers the organization and operation of computer systems, including batch processing, interactive processing, multiprogramming systems, storage management, data sharing in main storage, resource control, file systems, and processor scheduling. Prerequisites CS341 - Data Structures Please note that CS208 and CS241 are prerequisites to CS341, so knowledge of the subjects covered in those courses will also be assumed. Course Outcomes Top of page Top of page

2 Identify and list the goals and major elements of an operating system. Explain the implications of concurrent processing on an operating system. Define and explain the difference between buffering and spooling. Define multi-programming and explain how it is accomplished. Evaluate the need for protection and describe where and how it can be accomplished. Describe the implications of CPU scheduling and evaluate the performance of alternative algorithms for scheduling different types of applications. Define deadlock; list methods to identify system deadlock; and identify and distinguish between the pros and cons of deadlock prevention, avoidance, and detection. Identify the purposes behind, and distinguish between methods of, memory management. Explain virtual memory and its relationship to paging. Describe methods of secondary file management and the effects on the performance of the operating system. Explain the interaction between the operating system and the structure used for file systems. List the implications of distributed hardware on the operating system. Evaluate the tradeoffs in placing the burden of supporting system functions in hardware, the operating system, the application software, and on the user. Describe the basics of an operating system and determine the environment in which this operating system would best perform. Required Course Materials Required Text Silberschatz, A., Galvin, P. and Gagne, G. (2005). Operating System Concepts (7th ed.) Wiley & Sons; ISBN: Software Microsoft PowerPoint (part of Microsoft Office) or the free PowerPoint Viewer Link to PowerPoint Viewer(Microsoft site) The Forum Top of page Top of page

3 The forum is your primary link with other students and your facilitator. Your facilitator will post any information and/or additional assignments to the forum. You will communicate with your facilitator and the other students in the class via the forum. Each student is expected to participate weekly in the following ways: 1. By posting answers to assigned forum discussion questions. 2. By responding to instructor-initiated questions. 3. By posting questions about the course materials. 4. By responding to the postings of other students. You should always check the forum for information immediately on Monday morning. It would also be a good idea to get into the habit of checking the forum every time you log in. Student Responsibilities The accelerated pace of the SPS Undergraduate Program courses assumes that students take a great deal of responsibility for their own learning outcomes. Students are expected to complete all assigned reading, review all course content pages in the week-by-week section of the course each week, and actively participate in forum discussions and group activities. Outside of class, students should expect a minimum of hours per week of study, homework assignments, and/or projects. Top of page Course Outline CS430 provides information on an essential part of the computer system the operating system. The emphasis in this course is on how operating systems work, not on learning a specific operating system or coding an operating system. Consequently the course focuses on tradeoffs encountered in designing an operating system, and how those tradeoffs impact various types of applications running under the operating system. The course will start with a brief historical perspective of the evolution of operating systems, and then cover the major components of most operating systems. Particular emphasis will be given to three major OS subsystems: process management (processes, threads, CPU scheduling, synchronization, and deadlock), memory management (segmentation, paging, swapping), file systems, and operating system support for distributed systems. Topics that will be covered are: Operating Systems Overview

4 Computer System Architecture Operating System Components and Services Process Concepts Job and Processor Scheduling Concurrent Process Synchronization Process Deadlocks Real Memory Organization and Management Managing Virtual Memory File System Concepts File System Implementation I/O Subsystems Secondary Storage Organization & Management Tertiary Storage Devices Protection Concepts Operating System Security Distributed Systems Top of page Grading Criteria Evaluation Criteria Your final grade will be based on the points you accumulate during the course on the following assignments/activities. Late points will be deducted for late submission of assignments. Assignment/Activity Percent of Grade Quizzes (4) 40%. Note: Number of points varies by quiz. Each quiz is 10% of the grade.

5 30%. Note: Maximum of 100 points. Discussion Forum 30%. participation Total. 100%. Grading Scale The course instructor will use the following grading scale: A A B B B C C C D D D- 59 or lower F Academic Dishonesty Regis University is committed to intellectual integrity in its academic pursuits. Sanctions may, therefore, be imposed by the School for Professional Studies Undergraduate faculty, departments, or programs for cheating (defined as using inappropriate sources of information on a test) or plagiarism (defined as presenting as one s own, the ideas, words, or products of another). Such sanctions may include a failing grade on the assignment, failure of the course, or expulsion of the student from the course or the department. Please be sure that every item you submit for grading is entirely your own work.

6 Top of page Online Course Assignments CS430 Week: About this Page The Course Assignments page includes a schedule of assignments for each week of the course. The Course Assignments page does not provide the specific details and instructions that you need to complete assignments. For specific information about each assignment, go to Week by Week. Course Dynamics Weekly assignments that you must work on and complete include the following: - Prior to the start of each week, before Monday, complete the textbook reading assignment for the week. Also, in Week by Week, read the online content pages for the week. - Post answers to the Discussion Forum questions by end of day Thursday. Read other student entries and post additional comments by end of day Sunday. - To check your learning and prepare for the bi-weekly quizzes, answer the self-assessment questions provided for each topic in the Week by Week. Quizzes - At the end of weeks 2, 4, 6, and 8, take the online Quiz. Your facilitator will tell you the dates on which each quiz is available. - The is due in Week 7, by end of day Sunday. Interim assignments related to the are listed below. Week 1

7 Initial Assignments Read the online course Syllabus and tour of the Discussion Forum, and the course Assignments page. Introduce yourself in the Discussion Forum. See details in Week by Week. In Silberschatz and Galvin, read the following: Chapters 1 and 2. Read the Week 1 content pages in Week by Week. By end of day Sunday, read other student responses and post at least two responses to the Discussion Forum. See Week by Week for details. Read the description of the, linked at the end of Week 1 in Week by Week. By end of day Sunday, your facilitator with the names of your top two choices of operating systems that you would like to research for your. See details in Week by Week. Week 2

8 In Silberschatz and Galvin, read the following: Chapters 3, 4 and 5. Read the Week 2 content pages in Week by Week. By end of day Sunday, read other student responses and post at least two responses to the Discussion Forum. See Week by Week for details. Quiz Take the online quiz, which covers the material from weeks 1 and 2. Work on your. Week 3

9 In Silberschatz and Galvin, read the following: Chapters6 and 7. Read the Week 3 content pages in Week by Week. By end of day Sunday, read other student responses and post at least two responses to the Discussion Forum. See Week by Week for details. By end of day Sunday, post an overview of your assigned operating system as a Word document, either in the Forum topic entitled OS Overview, or to the Presentations area of this course, depending on what your facilitator designates. See guidelines in Week by Week. Week 4

10 In Silberschatz and Galvin, read the following: Chapters8 and 9. Read the Week 4 content pages in Week by Week. By end of day Sunday, read other student responses and post at least two responses to the Discussion Forum. See Week by Week for details. Quiz Take the online quiz, which covers the material from weeks 3 and 4. Work on your. Week 5

11 In Silberschatz and Galvin, read the following: Chapters10 and 11. Read the Week 5 content pages in Week by Week. By end of day Sunday, read other student responses and post at least two responses to the Discussion Forum. See Week by Week for details. Work on your. Week 6 In Silberschatz and Galvin, read the following: Chapters12 and 13. Read the Week 6 content pages in Week by Week. By end of day Sunday, read other student responses and post at least two responses to the Discussion Forum. See Week by Week for details.

12 Quiz Take the online quiz, which covers the material from weeks 5 and 6. Work on your. Week 7 In Silberschatz and Galvin, read the following: Chapters14 and 15. Read the Week 7 content pages in Week by Week. By end of day Sunday, read other student responses and post at least two responses to the Discussion Forum. See Week by Week for details. By end of day Sunday, submit your to the week 8 Forum or to the appropriate Student Presentation Area,

13 depending on what your facilitator designates. Week 8 In Silberschatz and Galvin, read Chapter 16, 17 and 18. Read the Week 8 content pages in Week by Week. By end of day Sunday, read other student responses and post one response to the Discussion Forum. See Week by Week for details. Quiz Take the online quiz, which covers the material from weeks 7 and 8. By end of day Sunday, review the other s posted to the Forum topic entitled or the Presentation Area, depending on what your facilitator designates. Post your comments in the Week 8 Forum. Complete online evaluation located at the bottom of the content in the Week by Week.

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