Operating Systems and System Software

General Description: Course Objectives

Textbook

• Operating System Concepts, 9th Edition, by Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne, Wiley, 2012.
  ISBN 978-1-118-06333-0
  Book homepage.

Workload and Grading

Graduate students enrolled in CSE 7343 will be required to write a short research paper about advanced topics or case studies in OS. (Undergraduate students enrolled in CSE 5343 are not required to do this.)

Issues about Course Work, Grading, etc.

• Your own work: Your solutions to homework/project assignments must be your own individual work, although general discussions about the problems and approaches are allowed. It is an honor code violation to present as your own material that is not yours.

• Late homework/project assignments: If you need to make alternative arrangements for turning-in material or taking exams because of tape delays/health reasons/etc., you must contact the instructor ahead of time and get an extension, unless it is an emergency. In the latter case, a doctors' note or a similar documentation must be provided.
  (Otherwise you'll receive 0 for the specific item.)

• Relevant SMU policies:
  * Disability Accommodations: Students needing academic accommodations for a disability must first be registered with Disability Accommodations & Success Strategies (DASS) to verify the disability and to establish eligibility for accommodations. Students may call 214-768-1470 or visit http://www.smu.edu/ALEC/DASS to begin the process. Once registered, students should then schedule an appointment with the professor to make appropriate arrangements.
  * Religious Observance: Religiously observant students wishing to be absent on holidays that require missing class should notify their professors in writing at the beginning of the semester, and should discuss with them, in advance, acceptable ways of making up any work missed because of the absence. (See University Policy No. 1.9.)
  * Excused Absences for University Extracurricular Activities: Excused Absences for University Extracurricular Activities: Students participating in an officially sanctioned, scheduled University extracurricular activity should be given the opportunity to make up class assignments or other graded assignments missed as a result of their participation. It is the responsibility of the student to make arrangements with the instructor prior to any missed scheduled examination or other missed assignment for making up the work. (University Undergraduate Catalogue)