COMP SCI 3004NA - Operating Systems
Ngee Ann Academy - Quadmester 3 - 2017
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code COMP SCI 3004NA Course Operating Systems Coordinating Unit Computer Science Term Quadmester 3 Level Undergraduate Location/s Ngee Ann Academy Units 3 Available for Study Abroad and Exchange N Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Dr Cruz Izu
Course Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.
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Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
Through the study of this course, students will gain a comprehensive understanding on the concepts
and functions of a modern operating system. Particularly, they will understand
1 The role of the operating system as a high level interface to the hardware. 2 OS as a resource manager that supports multiprogramming 3 The low level implementation of CPU dispatch. 4 The low level implementation of memory management. 5 The performance trade-offs inherent in OS implementation
The above course learning outcomes are aligned with the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for the Professional Engineer.
The course is designed to develop the following Elements of Competency: 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 2.1 2.2 2.3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6
University Graduate Attributes
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:
University Graduate Attribute Course Learning Outcome(s) Deep discipline knowledge
- informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies
- acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1
- accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)
1-5 Critical thinking and problem solving
- steeped in research methods and rigor
- based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development
- demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment
3-5 Career and leadership readiness
- technology savvy
- professional and, where relevant, fully accredited
- forward thinking and well informed
- tested and validated by work based experiences
3-5 Self-awareness and emotional intelligence
- a capacity for self-reflection and a willingness to engage in self-appraisal
- open to objective and constructive feedback from supervisors and peers
- able to negotiate difficult social situations, defuse conflict and engage positively in purposeful debate
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Learning Resources
Recommended Resources
The textbook for this course is:
Operating System Concepts Essentials (International Edition) by A. Silberschatz, P. B. Galvin
and G. Gagne,, John Wiley& Sons, 2009
Recommended Resources
Reference book:
A.S. Tanenbaum, Modern Operating Systems, Prentice-Hall International, 1995.Online Learning
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Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
In this course, you will be exposed to the features provided by common operating systems, and the principles on which those features are based. These include processes, CPU scheduling, filesystems, memory management, and synchronisation problems in multithreaded programming.
The course includes two practical assignments. These assignments will give you a solid understanding of how key parts of an OS work.
During lectures, we will hold several quiz sessions in which you will answer multiple choice questions, both individually, and as a group. These quizzes will test your knowledge of the material covered so far, and contribute towards your marks for the course.Workload
No information currently available.
Learning Activities Summary
The outline of the lecture component of the course is as follows:
2 lectures on history and concepts
7 lectures on process management (processes, CPU scheduling, process synchronization)
2 lectures on deadlock management
5 lectures on memory management (main memory and virtual memory)
4 lectures on file systems and I/O system
2 lectures on protection and security
2 lectures of brief description on Linux and Windows XP; review and exam preparation -
Assessment
The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:
- Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
- Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
- Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
- Assessment must maintain academic standards.
Assessment Summary
The course assessment consists of four components:
• Exam 60% (CBOK areas* history& status of discipline, abstraction, design, hardware and software and service management)
• Five Class Quizzes (10%) (CBOK areas* design, hardware and software, abstraction and service management)
• Two Assignments (30%) (CBOK areas* design, hardware and software and programming)
*For the CBOK refer to ACS accreditation page https://www.acs.org.au/accreditedcourses-and-jobsAssessment Related Requirements
Hurdle Requirement: If your overall mark for the course is greater than 44 F but, your mark for the final written exam is less than 40%, your overall mark for the course will be reduced to 44 F.Assessment Detail
The written exam will be centrally administered by examinations and held at the end of semester.
There will be 5 class quizzes. The top 4 marks from these quizzes will contribute 2.5% each towards the final mark.
Two programming assignments will be given at the end of each intensive. The first assignment is an individual assignment worth 12%. The second assigment is worth 18%; for the second assignment students will be allowed to work in teams of up to two people.
Submission
No information currently available.
Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.
Final results for this course will be made available through Access Adelaide.
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Student Feedback
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SELTs are an important source of information to inform individual teaching practice, decisions about teaching duties, and course and program curriculum design. They enable the University to assess how effectively its learning environments and teaching practices facilitate student engagement and learning outcomes. Under the current SELT Policy (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/101/) course SELTs are mandated and must be conducted at the conclusion of each term/semester/trimester for every course offering. Feedback on issues raised through course SELT surveys is made available to enrolled students through various resources (e.g. MyUni). In addition aggregated course SELT data is available.
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