UCF
School of Electrical Engineering &Computer Science
COP 4600: Operating Systems
Fall 2004
Syllabus
Instructor: Euripides Montagne Tele.: 823-2684 email:[email protected]
Lecture meetings:
MW 12:00 (Noon) – 1:15 p.m.(ENG 427 )
Office hours:
(CSB 239) MW 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. and TR 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
TA: Cheng Hao email: [email protected]
Office hours: TBA
CCI 202:
Course Outline: The goal of the course is to teach fundamentals concepts and design principles of
operating systems.
Course Topics: Operating systems structure. Process management. Process scheduling. Memory
Management. Virtual memory. I/O system. Performance Evaluation.
Prerequisites:
• COP 3530C – Computer Science III.
• COP 3402C – System Concepts/Programming.
• Proficiency in C and Familiarity with UNIX.
If you have not satisfied all of the above prerequisites, you do not belong in this class and have little
chance of passing.
Reference Guide:
The textbook for the course is: H. M. Deitel, P. Deitel, and D. Choffnes, “ Operating Systems ” 3rd Edition,
Prentice Hall, 2004. We will cover Chapters 1-13. You are responsible for the material contained in all of
those chapters, even if it is not discussed in class. Time permitting we may cover parts of Chapter 19.
Style of Class Meetings:
Class meetings will not consist of traditional lectures, with the instructor doing most of the talking and the
student doing most of the listening. Rather, meetings will consist of discussions on each topic and the
instructor will help guide the discussion by asking questions.
Grading Policy:
• (20%) Exam #1 – closed book, closed notes exam given in class.
• (20%) Exam #2 – closed book, closed notes exam given in class.
• (25%) Final Exam – closed book, closed notes comprehensive exam given during final exam week.
Note: You must score at least 60% on this exam to pass the course.
• (25%) Programming project – a large, multi-part simulation of a multiprogramming operating system.
Written in C on a UNIX system, this project is not easy, but can be done in the time allotted. The grade
for this project will be divided between your C code, one or more demonstrations of your project, your
documentation and quizzes given on selected topics from the project.
• (10%) Concurrent programming assignment.
Letter grades: 90-100: A, 80-89: B, 70-79: C, 50-69: D, Below 50: F.
