Undergraduate Course: Operating Systems (INFR09015)

Course Outline
School	School of Informatics	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	This course provides an introduction to the design and implementation of general purpose multi-tasking operating systems. It concentrates on the kernel aspects of such systems with the emphasis being on concepts which lead to practical implementations. Throughout the course reference is made to a number of significant actual operating systems (Linux, Windows variants etc.) to illustrate real implementations.
Course description	Process management The process concept, synchronisation, mutual exclusion, semaphores and monitors. Threads. Inter-process communication. Resource Allocation Deadlock prevention, avoidance and detection. The OS Kernel Micro and Monolithic kernels. Multi-tasking, privilege, interrupt handling. System and user processes. System calls. Memory Management Description of problems of allocation, protection and sharing. Virtual Physical memory mapping schemes. Segmented paged virtual memory. Paging control, replacement algorithms; the working set model. Sharing code and data. Time Management CPU scheduling algorithms. Real-time scheduling. Disc access scheduling. File Management Naming and Directory schemes. Disc space allocation. File protection and access control. System security. Other Topics Various additional topics may be included from year to year. Relevant QAA Computing Curriculum Sections: Operating Systems

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	This course is open to all Informatics students including those on joint degrees. For external students where this course is not listed in your DPT, please seek special permission from the course organiser.

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	Visiting students are required to have comparable background to that assumed by the course prerequisites listed in the Degree Regulations & Programmes of Study. If in doubt, consult the course lecturer.

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 20, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 76 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 75 %, Coursework 25 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	You should expect to spend approximately 25 hours on the coursework for this course. If delivered in semester 1, this course will have an option for semester 1 only visiting undergraduate students, providing assessment prior to the end of the calendar year.
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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)			2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)			2:00

Academic year 2014/15, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 20, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 76 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 75 %, Coursework 25 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	You should expect to spend approximately 25 hours on the coursework for this course. If delivered in semester 1, this course will have an option for semester 1 only visiting undergraduate students, providing assessment prior to the end of the calendar year.
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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)			2:00

Learning Outcomes
1 - describe the structure and components of modern operating systems 2 - explain the abstract concepts and concrete implementations of operating systems 3 - compare and contrast the differing approaches taken by various operating systems 4 - evaluate the suitability of differing approaches in different application domains 5 - design OS components to address particular needs

Reading List
W. Stallings, 'Operating Systems, Internals and Design Principles' (5th edition or later), Prentice Hall, 2005. A. Silbershatz and P. Galvin, 'Operating Systems Concepts', (9th International Student Edition), John Wiley Addison-Wesley, 2013

Additional Information
Course URL	http://course.inf.ed.ac.uk/os
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Contacts
Course organiser	Dr Myungjin Lee Tel: (0131 6)50 2713 Email: Myungjin.Lee@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Mrs Victoria Swann Tel: (0131 6)51 7607 Email: Vicky.Swann@ed.ac.uk