Course Information

Syllabus

The course syllabus is posted here.

Instructor’s office hours

• Where: Engineering 5324
• When: Tuesday 03:00 pm - 04:30 pm

GTA & office hours

• Zhemin An
• Email: zan2 _AT_ gmu.edu
• Where: Engineering 4456
• When: Wednesday 10:00 am - 12:00 pm; Thursday 03:30 pm - 05:30 pm

Prerequisite

Grade of C or better in CS310 and CS 367 (or equivalent). All students MUST be comfortable with programming in the C language. This is a strong requirement.

Textbooks

• The required textbook:

  • Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces (OSTEP), by Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau and Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau, Arpaci-Dusseau, Aug, 2018 (v 1.00).

• Recommended textbooks:

  • Operating Systems Principles and Practice, by Thomas Anderson and Michael Dahlin, Second Edition. ISBN: 978-0-9856735-2-9, Recursive Books, Ltd.
  • Operating System Concepts, by Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne (9th Edition, John Wiley & Sons 2012, ISBN 978-1-118-06333-0).

Grading policy

Your grade will be calculated as follows:

• 30% projects
• 10% homework assignments
• 15%+15% two midterm exams
• 30% final exam

Grading rules

The final grade is computed according to the following rules:

• A+: >= 95%; A: [90%, 95%); A-: [85%, 90%)
• B+: [80%, 85%); B: [75%, 80%); B-: [70%, 75%)
• C+: [66%, 70%); C: [63%, 66%); C-: [60%, 63%)
• D+: [56%, 60%); D:[53%, 56%); D-: [50%, 53%)
• F: < 50%