Information Sheet for CS 3733 Operating Systems Fall 1996

Instructor: Dr. Steven Robbins
Office: 3.02.01A SB
Phone: 458-5544
Address: srobbins@runner.utsa.edu
Course Homepage: /cs3733
Office Hours: TTH 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. and by appointment
Class Times: TTH 9:30 - 10:45 a.m. in room 2.02.06 HSS

Texts:

  • Modern Operating Systems by Tanenbaum
  • Practical UNIX Programming (PUP) by Robbins and Robbins

    Prerequisites: CS 2734, CS 2413, CS 3233

    Course Objectives:

  • To understand fundamental operating systems concepts.
  • To become more familiar with UNIX.

    Course Content:
    We will be using our SUN workstation laboratory in room 3.02.04SB. The sound and graphics capability of these machines may be used for some of these projects and it will be necessary to do these in the lab.

    The emphasis of the course is on process management, but we will cover all of Part 1 of Tanenbaum with selected topics from Part 2. Most of our specific examples will come from UNIX and we will be covering most of chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, and 12 of PUP as well as some of the project chapters.

    Grading

  • 25% Midterm (Tentative date: Tuesday, October 15)
  • 40% Assignments (programs and problem sets)
  • 35% Final Exam (Monday, December 9, 10:30 am - 1:15 pm)

    Notification of final grades
    If you wish to receive your final grades by email, send me an email message some time after the last class and before the final. The message should have the subject line
    CS 3733 Grade Request
    and the message should have a valid return address. After I have graded the final exam and determined the letter grades for the course I will reply to your email message.

    Course Policy:
    Friday, October 25, is the last day to drop this course. No make-up exams will be given except for university sanctioned excused absences. Homework assignments will not be accepted after the due date. Hand in whatever you have finished on an assignment on the due date for partial credit. If you must miss an exam (for a good reason), it is your responsibility to contact me before the exam. Leave a message at the above number or send me email.

    You are to do the assignments without collaboration. You can ask me questions about any aspect of an assignment. General discussion with others on the system or on an approach to a problem is constructive and is okay. However, since your grade is based on your assignments, they must be your own work. Students who hand in programs or written assignments which are identical or nearly identical are cheating. This type of scholastic dishonesty usually results in immediate failure in the course and can lead to additional disciplinary action.