Butler Community College Career and Technical Education Division Skyler Lovelace New Fall 2014 Implemented Spring 2015 COURSE OUTLINE Survey of Operating Systems Course Description IN 167. Survey of Operating Systems. 3 hours credit. This course will enable the student to explain the role of an operating system (OS) in providing an interface between user programs and the bare hardware of a computer or device. The student will describe the historical development of operating systems and describe the major components of most operating systems. The student will investigate major OS subsystems, including process management, memory management, and security. The student will analyze and troubleshoot problems in operating system design. The student will implement OS functionality in UNIX, Windows, Linux, and Android environments. The student will explore OS certification options and develop a personal plan of study for preparing for certification. Required Materials McHoes, A. M., & Flynn, I. M. Understanding operating systems. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning. * - For complete textbook information, refer to http://www.butlercc.bkstr.com Supplemental Materials Flash Drive, 4GB Minimum Butler-assessed Outcomes The intention is for the student to be able to: 1. Define operating systems, their components, and subsystems. 2. Implement OS functions in UNIX, Windows, Linux, and Android environments. 3. Develop a personal plan of study to prepare for UNIX, Windows, and Linux professional certification. Learning PACT Skills that will be developed and documented in this course Through involvement in this course, the student will develop ability in the following PACT skill area(s): Analytical Thinking Skills Critical thinking - By analyzing OS design, the student will utilize critical thinking skills in troubleshooting computer problems. Personal Development Skills Personal management By utilizing the time lines set on various projects, the student will develop time management skills while working on major projects within the course. Technology Skills IN167 Survey of Operating Systems 1
Discipline-specific technology Through review of OS historical development and implementation of current OS environments, the student will increase their technology skills. Major Summative Assessment Task(s) These Butler-assessed Learning Outcome(s) and the Learning PACT skill(s) will be demonstrated by: 1. Completing a portfolio that contains projects related to each of the operating systems learned in the course. The portfolio will be electronic and published to the web. Skills or Competencies Actions that are essential to achieve the course outcomes: (The following skills and competencies are course specific standards) Standard 1 Operating systems concepts. The student participates in classroom discussion and completes assessments related to the history of operating systems, their components, and subsystems. 1. Benchmark 1.1. Introducing operating systems. Working with a peer group, the student describes innovations in OS development, explains the basic role of an OS and its major subsystems and functions, and lists the types of machine hard that require an OS. 2. Benchmark 1.2. Memory management: simple systems. The student fully participates in a discussion of the four memory allocation systems, best-fit vs. first-fit allocation, de-allocation methods, and role of compaction. 3. Benchmark 1.3. Memory management: virtual memory systems. The student describes paged allocation methods, discusses their impact on virtual memory, and explains the role of cache memory in improving system response time. 4. Benchmark 1.4. Processor management. The student can state the relationship between job scheduling and process scheduling, explain several process scheduling algorithms, and describe the similarities and differences between processes and threads 5. Benchmark 1.5. Process management. The student describes how to detect and prevent deadlock, race, and starvation effects in process synchronization. 6. Benchmark 1.6. Concurrent processes. The student explains the differences among common configurations of multiprocessing systems, describes the essential ideas related to process synchronization, and explains how processors cooperate when executing a job, process, or thread. 7. Benchmark 1.7. Device management. The student describes features of dedicated, shared and virtual devices, explains concepts of blocking, buffering, and access times, and describes levels of redundant array of independent disks. IN167 Survey of Operating Systems 2
8. Benchmark 1.8. File management. The student describes the fundamentals of file management, including naming conventions, record formats, access control techniques, and data compression. 9. Benchmark 1.9. Network organization concepts. The student describes network topologies and explains how they connect hosts to networks. The student explains LAN, MAN, WAN, and wireless LAN network types. The student explains circuit switching, packet switching, transport protocols, and transmission conflict resolution. 10. Benchmark 1.10. Management of network functions. The student explains the differences between NOS (networking operating systems) and DO/S (distributed operating systems) related to memory, process, device, and file management. 11. Benchmark 1.11. Security and ethics. The student describes the role of the OS in system security and outlines security practices to combat computer viruses, worms, and blended threats. The student describes ethical practices in system security. 12. Benchmark 1.12. System management. The student explains system monitoring metrics and the fundamentals of improving system performance. Standard 2 UNIX operating systems in practice. development and application of the UNIX OS. 1. Benchmark 2.1. The student lists the goals of the UNIX designers. 2. Benchmark 2.2. The student explains the significance of using files to manipulate devices. 3. Benchmark 2.3. The student completes exercises that demonstrate competence in applying UNIX commands. 4. Benchmark 2.4. The student identifies Mac OS certification exams and outlines a plan of study for preparing for the exams. Standard 3 Windows operating systems in practice. development and application of the Windows OS. 1. Benchmark 3.1. The student lists the goals of the Windows designers. 2. Benchmark 3.2. The student explains the use of memory, device, processor, and network managers. 3. Benchmark 3.3. The student explains system security challenges for Windows OS. 4. Benchmark 3.4. The student identifies Windows certification exams and outlines a plan of study for preparing for the exams. Standard 4 Linux operating systems in practice. development and application of the Linux OS. 1. Benchmark 4.1. The student lists the goals of the Linux designers. IN167 Survey of Operating Systems 3
2. Benchmark 4.2. The student discusses the impact of open source software. 3. Benchmark 4.3. The student completes exercises that demonstrate competence in applying Linux commands. 4. Benchmark 4.4. The student identifies Linux certification exams and outlines a plan of study for preparing for the exams. Standard 5 Android operating systems in practice. development and application of the Android OS. 1. Benchmark 5.1. The student lists the goals of the Android designers. 2. Benchmark 5.2. The student describes the cooperation of the Android OS with Linux for memory, device, processor, and network management. 3. Benchmark 5.3. The student describe the role of Android applications Learning Units I. Operating system concepts A. Operating systems basics B. Memory management: simple systems. C. Memory management: virtual memory systems. D. Processor management E. Process management F. Concurrent processes G. Device management H. File management I. Network organization concepts J. Management of network functions K. Security and ethics L. System management II. UNIX operating systems B. Devices as files C. Typical UNIX commands D. UNIX certification III. Windows operating systems B. OS managers C. Security challenges D. Windows certification IV. Linux operating systems B. Open source software C. Typical Linux commands D. Linux certification IN167 Survey of Operating Systems 4
V. Android operating system B. Android and Linux C. Android applications D. UNIX certification Learning Activities The student will engage in classroom discussion, participate in guest speaker panel expos, communicate with online students through CISCO telepresence, and participate in portfolio presentations. Instruction will be in the form of lecture, video, group work, and modeling. Grade Determination The student will be graded on learning activities and assessment tasks. Grade determinants may include the following: daily work, quizzes, chapter or unit tests, comprehensive examinations, projects, presentations, class participation, and other methods of evaluation at the discretion of the instructor. IN167 Survey of Operating Systems 5