CS331 – Operating Systems
Bachelor of Science in Computing and Business Technologies
Core Course
CS331 – Operating Systems
Course Unit Code: CS331
Type Of Unit: Core
Level of Course Unit: Second cycle
Year of Study: Third
Semester: A’ Semester (Fall)
Number of ECTS Credits: 7.5
Class Contact Hours: 36
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites
Course Objectives
The objective of this course is to teach how operating systems work and why. The students will learn about the history of operating systems, fundamentals topics in operating systems like threads and file systems. The students will also learn about how the most popular operating systems are structured and the differences between them.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the fundamentals of operating systems: threads, memory management, file systems.
- Learn about the history of operating systems.
- Understand scheduling, synchronization and parallel processing.
- Learn how distributed systems operate, and the different challenges they face compared to non-distributed systems.
- Understand virtualization.
- Understand the differences between the most popular operating systems: Ubuntu, Windows and MacOS.
Course Content
Course Features
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures; in-class discussion and debates; in-class exercises; problem sets; team work; video case studies, team presentations, interactive online learning via Moodle (quizzes, assignments, forums)
Assessment methods and criteria
10% class participation
90% exam
Language of Instruction
English
Readings
Textbooks:
1. John English, Introduction to Operating Systems: Behind the Desktop, Palgrave, 2004
Online sources:
https://www.javatpoint.com/os-tutorial
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