COMP 304 Operating SystemsMEF UniversityDegree Programs Civil EngineeringGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy Statement
Civil Engineering
Bachelor Length of the Programme: 4 Number of Credits: 240 TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF: Level 6

ECTS Course Information Package

School/Faculty/Institute Faculty of Engineering
Course Code COMP 304
Course Title in English Operating Systems
Course Title in Turkish İşletim Sistemleri
Language of Instruction EN
Type of Course Ters-yüz öğrenme
Level of Course Başlangıç
Semester Spring
Contact Hours per Week
Lecture: 3 Recitation: None Lab: None Other: None
Estimated Student Workload 142 hours per semester
Number of Credits 6 ECTS
Grading Mode Standard Letter Grade
Pre-requisites None
Co-requisites None
Expected Prior Knowledge Data Structures and Algorithms, Systems Programming
Registration Restrictions Sadece Lisans Öğrencileri
Overall Educational Objective The aim of the course is to teach students fundamentals of operating systems, design issues, algorithms and structures. Programming projects aim to provide experience to support basic concepts.
Course Description This course provides a comprehensive introduction to some fundamental aspects of Operating Systems. The following topics are covered: Introduction, history. Processes: basic concepts, concurrent processes, mutual exclusion, process management, scheduling approaches. Deadlock and deadlock prevention approaches. Memory management: segmentation, paging, related methods, virtual memory. Input/Output. UNIX and other example operating systems.

Course Learning Outcomes and Competences

Upon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:
1) comprehend the basic concepts of process management and communication
2) demonstrate an understanding of interprocess communication techniques and apply probability to process synchronization
3) comprehend memory management, file management, input and output handling in OS
4) apply Unix operating system calls
5) solve computing problems using operating system principles
6) work as a team to identify a research paper topic
7) present a research paper in front of an audience
Program Learning Outcomes/Course Learning Outcomes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1) An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
2) An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
3) An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
4) An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
5) An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
6) An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
7) An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies

Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences

N None S Supportive H Highly Related
     
Program Outcomes and Competences Level Assessed by
1) An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics H Exam
2) An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors H Derse Katılım
3) An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences S Sunum
4) An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts N
5) An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives S Sunum
6) An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions N
7) An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies N
Prepared by and Date ŞENİZ DEMİR , November 2024
Course Coordinator ŞENİZ DEMİR
Semester Spring
Name of Instructor Assoc. Prof. Dr. ŞENİZ DEMİR

Course Contents

Week Subject
1) Introduction
2) Operating systems: basic concepts, classification, history
3) Process management, time sharing, context switching, process management in UNIX
4) Threads, thread management, thread management in UNIX
5) Interprocess communication (IPC) and synchronization, semaphores, semaphores in UNIX
6) Classical problems on concurrent processes
7) Process communication
8) Deadlock, detection and avoidance, shared memory in UNIX
9) Process scheduling algorithms, process scheduling in UNIX
10) Class work on deadlock and scheduling
11) Memory management, segmentation, paging
12) Memory allocation, virtual memory management
13) File systems and management, UNIX file system
14) Input / Output management
15) Final Exam/Project/Presentation
16) Final Exam/Project/Presentation
Required/Recommended ReadingsModern Operating Systems, Andrew Tanenbaum, Prentice Hall, 2007 Design Of The Unix Operating System, Maurice J. Bach, Prentice Hall, 1986. Operating System Concepts, Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, Greg Gagne, Wiley, 2012.
Teaching MethodsFlipped Classroom
Homework and ProjectsIn-Class Practices & Project
Laboratory WorkNone
Computer UseFor in-class practices and project
Other ActivitiesNone
Assessment Methods
Assessment Tools Count Weight
Quiz(zes) 5 % 20
Presentation 1 % 10
Midterm(s) 2 % 70
TOTAL % 100
Course Administration demirse@mef.edu.tr
535
Instructor’s office and phone number, office hours, email address: -Office: 5th Floor, 535 -Email address: demirse@mef.edu.tr Missing a midterm: You are expected to be present without exception and to plan any travel around these dates accordingly. Medical emergencies are of course excluded if accompanied by a doctor’s note. A note indicating that you were seen at the health center on the day of the exam is not a sufficient documentation of medically excused absence from the exam. The note must say that you were medically unable to take the exam. Provided that proper documents of excuse are presented, a make-up midterm will be given. In other cases, you will be given zero (0) on the exam. Employment interviews, employer events, weddings, vacations, etc. are not excused absences. Missing an in-class practices: A make-up will be given to an in-class practice only if proper documents of medical excuses are provided. In other cases, you will be given zero (0. Employment interviews, employer events, weddings, vacations, etc. are not excused absences. Eligibility to take the final exam: No final exam. Missing a final: No final exam. A reminder of proper classroom behavior, code of student conduct: YÖK Regulations

ECTS Student Workload Estimation

Activity No/Weeks Hours Calculation
No/Weeks per Semester Preparing for the Activity Spent in the Activity Itself Completing the Activity Requirements
Course Hours 14 1 3 1 70
Presentations / Seminar 2 10 3 26
Quiz(zes) 5 2 0.5 12.5
Midterm(s) 2 15 3 36
Total Workload 144.5
Total Workload/25 5.8
ECTS 6