Overview
This course examines the principles, structures, and implementation techniques of modern operating systems. Topics include operating-system roles and architectures, system calls, user and kernel modes, processes and threads, process management, CPU scheduling, synchronization, interprocess communication, deadlock, virtual memory, file systems, storage management, input/output systems, virtualization, containers, and operating-system security.
Laboratory work develops practical competence with system-level diagnostic tools and concurrent programming environments. Students implement or modify operating-system components and complete a substantial systems project requiring the analysis, design, testing, and evaluation of operating-system mechanisms.
Learning Outcomes
- Explain core operating-system abstractions, architectures, and interfaces, including system calls and privilege modes.
- Evaluate CPU scheduling algorithms using appropriate performance and workload criteria.
- Design synchronized concurrent programs using mutexes, semaphores, monitors, and interprocess communication mechanisms.
- Analyze race conditions, critical sections, deadlock scenarios, and resource-allocation strategies.
- Compare virtual-memory, paging, segmentation, page-replacement, and memory-allocation techniques.
- Describe file-system organization, storage-allocation strategies, journaling, permissions, and input/output management.
- Use system-level diagnostic and tracing tools to investigate process, memory, storage, and performance behavior.
- Implement or modify operating-system components and assess their correctness, efficiency, and security through laboratory projects.
Timetable
| Type | Length | Frequency | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 2 hours | Weekly | All semester |
| Lab | 2 hours | Weekly | All semester |
| Tutorial | 1 hour | Fortnightly | All semester |
Assessment Schedule
| Type | Description | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment | Programming assignments (4 × 7.5%) | 30.00% |
| Assignment | Analytical exercises (3 × 5%) | 15.00% |
| Quiz | Quizzes (5 × 2%) | 10.00% |
| Test | Mid-semester examination | 15.00% |
| Capstone | Systems project | 20.00% |
| Exam | Final examination | 10.00% |
Prerequisites
Teaching Staff & Programs
This course is delivered jointly by faculty from the participating programs listed below. In line with the Douchewater Way, the University of Sexology tailors core instruction directly to each cohort's specific discipline — adapting curriculum to program needs rather than forcing students into a one-size-fits-all model. Learn more about our approach at The Douchewater Way.
