Lecture: 2 hours per week
Seminar: 2 hours per week
The methods of instruction for this course will include lectures, seminars, demonstrations, and hands-on assignments/projects
- Introduction to computer hardware
- Computer systems overview
- Fundamentals of microprocessor architecture and instruction cycle
- Memory management and virtual memory
- Processor management
- Process and thread management
- Input/Output management and RAID
- Accessing files and directories
- System commands and scripting
- System help facilities and services
- Problem solving for operating systems
Upon completion of this course, the successful student will be able to:
- Identify different hardware components within a computer system
- Identify the system components that are managed by the operating system
- Describe the major components and functions of operating systems
- Explain memory management and its performance implications
- Demonstrate the differences between process and thread
- Analyze the applications of different RAID levels
- Demonstrate the performance implications of different file management mechanisms
- Manage popular operating systems such as Linux/Unix and Windows systems
- Use systems’ help facilities
- Perform operating system commands and scripting to execute different computer tasks
- Manipulate files and directories within the operating system
- Identify system problems and provide possible solutions
Assessment will be in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy.
Assignments/labs 15%-30%
Quiz(zes)* 10%-25%
Midterm Examination* 25%-40%
Final Examination* 25%-40%
Total 100%
* In order to pass the course, students must, in addition to receiving an overall course grade of 50%, also achieve a grade of at least 50% on the combined weighted examination components (including quizzes, tests, exams).
Students may conduct research as part of their coursework in this class. Instructors for the course are responsible for ensuring that student research projects comply with College policies on ethical conduct for research involving humans, which can require obtaining Informed Consent from participants and getting the approval of the Douglas College Research Ethics Board prior to conducting the research.
Mchoes, A. and Flynn, I. Understanding Operating Systems, Latest Ed, Cengage Learning.
or
other textbook approved by the CSIS department.
Pre-Calculus 11 (C or better) or Foundations of Math 11 (C or better) or MATU 0410 (C or better) or approved substitute OR currently active in:
PDD Emerging Technology
PBD Computer and Information Systems