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| Instructor | Dr. Suzanne Rivoire (suzanne.rivoire@sonoma.edu) |
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| Lecture | MoWe 10:00–11:50 AM, International Hall 201A |
| Drop-in office hours | MoWe 4:00–5:00 PM We 12:00–1:45 PM Office hours are in Darwin 116F. Please knock if the door to 116 is closed. |
| Textbook | [required] Thomas Anderson and Michael Dahlin, Operating Systems: Principles and Practice, 2nd edition, ISBN 978-0985673529 |
| Prerequisites | Grades of C- or better in CS 315 and CS 252, or consent of instructor. |
Lecture, 4 hours. This course covers the fundamental concepts of operating system design and implementation; the study of problems, goals, and methods of concurrent programming; and the fundamentals of systems programming. Topics include resource-management, process and thread scheduling algorithms, inter-process communication, I/O subsystems and device-drivers, memory management including virtual memory, segmentation, and page-replacement policies. These topics will be covered in theory and in practice through the study of the source-code of a working operating system.
For a list of detailed objectives, visit http://rivoire.cs.sonoma.edu/cs450/objectives.html. That list breaks down into 5 major themes:
You may download the course description, objectives, syllabus, and schedule in a consolidated pdf:
http://rivoire.cs.sonoma.edu/cs450/syllabus_consolidated.pdf
| Exam 1: | Feb. 22 (Wed.) | In lecture, 10:00–11:50 AM |
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| Exam 2: | Apr. 10 (Mon.) | In lecture, 10:00–11:50 AM |
| Exam 3 (final): | May 15 (Mon.) | 11:00 AM –12:50 PM |
Students who have scheduling conflicts on these dates should contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester.
The tentative course schedule shows the topics to be covered. Students are expected to attend all lectures and to get the notes from another student if absent. Students are advised to skim the assigned reading material before each lecture and read more fully after the lecture.
In-class activities, including quizzes, will be given almost every lecture. Some lectures may include multiple activities. Students' lowest 4 scores on these activities will be dropped from the grade calculation. These activities cannot be made up.
Approximately 4 homework sets will be assigned. These assignments may be problem sets, programming projects, or a mix of the two. You may work in groups of up to three students and submit a single solution set for the group.
No late problem sets will be accepted. This policy allows us to discuss their solutions right after the deadline, when applicable.
Three exams will be given, with the third during the scheduled final exam time. The exams cover the material from lecture, homework sets, activities, and the textbook. Exams will emphasize recent material, although you are responsible for knowing previous material as well. You may bring one 8.5 by 11-inch handwritten sheet of notes to all exams.
Makeup exams will be given only in extraordinary circumstances.
| Exams | 45% |
| Homework problem sets | 40% |
| Class activities | 15% |
| 93-100% | 90-92% | 87-89% | 83-86% | 80-82% | 77-79% | 73-76% | 70-72% | 67-69% | 63-66% | 60-62% | Below 60% |
| A | A- | B+ | B | B- | C+ | C | C- | D+ | D | D- | F |
Up to 3% may be added to your final grade at the instructor's discretion for constructive participation in the class. Constructive participation includes in-class participation; asking good questions via email or during office hours; and doing outstanding or extra work on assignments. No other adjustments of borderline grades will be considered.
Your attendance is highly encouraged, and absence from class can affect your grade in the following ways:
Your work is the collective responsibility of your group: you will all get the same grade for the assignment, and you will all be held responsible for any violation of the course collaboration policy in the work you submit.
If you start working with a group on a particular assignment but are no longer comfortable sharing this credit or responsibility with one or more of your groupmates, please let me know as soon as possible.
Problem sets must be the sole work of your group members, and academic misconduct is taken very seriously. You may discuss ideas and approaches with other students and the instructor, but you should work out all details and write up all solutions on your own. The following actions will be penalized as academic dishonesty:
Exams and quizzes must be your own work. You are allowed to consult only your own brain, your 8.5x11" handwritten cheat sheet, and other materials specifically permitted by the instructor. Quiz policies will vary and will be announced when the quiz is given. On both exams and quizzes, giving or receiving unpermitted aid will be penalized as academic dishonesty.
Academic dishonesty will be severely penalized; at a minimum, you will receive a grade of 0 on the assignment. For more information, see SSU's cheating and plagiarism policy (http://www.sonoma.edu/UAffairs/policies/cheating_plagiarism.htm) and the Dispute Resolution Board website (http://www.sonoma.edu/senate/committees/drb/drb.html).
The course gradebook will be kept on Moodle (http://moodle.sonoma.edu) so that you can check your grades and compute your average at any time. Grades will be posted to Moodle shortly after assignments are returned.
Course announcements will be sent to your SSU email address, so you should check your email frequently.
If you are a student with a disability and you think you may require accommodations, please register with the campus office of Disability Services for Students (DSS), located in Salazar Hall - Room 1049, Phone: (707) 664-2677, TTY/TDD: (707) 664-2958. DSS will provide you with written confirmation of your verified disability and authorize recommended accommodations. This authorization must be presented to the instructor before any accommodations can be made. Visit http://www.sonoma.edu/dss for more information.
There are important University policies that you should be aware of, such as the add/drop policy, cheating and plagiarism policy, grade appeal procedures, accommodations for students with disabilities, and the diversity vision statement. Go to this URL to find them: http://www.sonoma.edu/uaffairs/policies/studentinfo.shtml.