CIS 340 SYLLABUS 2003 spring

Professor: Dr. Fred Thulin <http://pluto.ksi.edu/~fthulin>

Office: Dean's Office Hours: 5:00-6:00 M, T, W, Th; also by appt.

Phone: 847.679.3135 Fax: 847.679.3166 email: fthulin@ksi.edu

Text: Silberschatz, Galvin & Gagne, Operating Systems Concepts, Sixth Edition, Wiley, New York 2002. ISBN 0-471-41743-2.

Course requirements: There will be 4 quizzes during the term and a comprehensive final examination. There will be no makeup exams or quizzes. These requirements count as below toward the course grade; cutoff points are A: 90%, B: 80%, C: 65%, D: 50%.

quizzes: 60%

final examination: 40%

Academic Integrity: It is expected that each student submit only his or her own work for credit in the course. A violation may result in splitting a score, expulsion or a grade of F for all parties involved. See the handout Knowledge Systems Institute Policy on Academic Dishonesty.

Schedule: Note: A quiz may include any material covered before the day of the quiz.

Jan 14: Chapter 1 Introduction

Jan 21: Chapter 2 Computer System Structures

Jan 28: Chapter 3 Operating System Structures

Feb 4: Chapter 4, Quiz 1 Processes

Feb 11: Chapter 5 Threads

Feb 18: Chapter 6 CPU Scheduling

Feb 25: Chapter 7, Quiz 2 Process Synchronization

Mar 4: Chapter 8 Deadlocks

Mar 18: Chapter 9 Memory Management

Mar 25: Chapter 10, Quiz 3 Virtual Memory

Apr 1: Chapter 11 File System Interface

Apr 8: Chapter 12 File System Implementation

Apr 15: Chapter 13, Quiz 4 I/O Systems

Apr 22: Chapter 14 Mass Storage Structure

Apr 29: Review

May 6: Final Examination