CISY 217 - Operating Systems - Spring 2016

Course Description

"Prerequisite/s: CISY-103 Computer Concepts & Programming or CISY-105, Foundations of Computer Science, or permission of the Instructor) Operating Systems introduces the student to the fundamental concepts and facilities of the system software which manages all computers. Topics include: memory management, process management, processor management, process synchronization and coordination, device management, the user interface, security and administration. Students will learn operating systems concepts and theories and apply them to commercial operating systems. " RVCC Catalog
[ Also CIS Elective ]

Book Information

Understanding Operating Systems, 7th Edition, Ann McHoes and Ida M. Flynn, Cengage, 2014, ISBN-10: 128509655X ISBN-13: 9781285096551
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Section Information

Section 91v - CRN - 25656
Online Section

This Online Section of the course does not meet in a classroom.

This section uses a Learning Management System (LMS) called WebStudy
See: http://rvcc.webstudy.com/

Syllabus 0.0 (Policies and Grading Criteria)
Class Schedule 0.1 (Day by day topics and list assignments)
      Assignment Details are in WebStudy

NOTE: Please see the syllabus for the grading policy regarding late assignments.