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 Syllabus for CSE451: Introduction to Operating Systems
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CSE451: Introduction to Operating Systems

Credits
4
Catalog description
Principles of operating systems. Process management, memory management, auxiliary storage management, resource allocation. No credit to students who have completed 410 or E E 474.
Prerequisites
CSE 326; CSE 378.
Proposed catalog description
Principles of operating systems. Process management, synchronization, memory management, file systems and storage, resource allocation. No credit to students who have completed 410 or E E 474
Textbook(s) and/or other required material
Silberschatz and Galvin, Operating Systems Concepts
Course objectives
Give students a working knowledge of operating systems principles, design issues, algorithms and data structures. Build programming experience through a sequence of targeted OS projects.
Topics covered
operating system structure, processes, threads, synchronization, scheduling, deadlock, virtual memory, secondary storage management, distributed systems, file systems, security
Course structure
Class: 3 days per week, 1 hour Sections: 1 day per week, 1 hour Labs: as needed for project and assignments
ABET Outcomes Assessed
(b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data
(e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve computer engineering problems
Additional ABET Outcomes Covered
(a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering
(c) an ability to design a computing system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability
(k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern computer engineering tools necessary for engineering practice
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