Fall 2006
CSC 115 115. Computer Science: Introduction & Overview (3)
Introduction exposing majors/minors to the breadth and interrelationships of courses
in the field and empowering others for a continuous exploration of today’s technical
society. A language-independent overview of hardware and software with emphasis
on problem solving and algorithm development.
CSC 425 425. Operating Systems (3) F
Prerequisites: CSC 220, 255 and 365. Recommended prerequisite: CSC 311.
Systems resource management: brief historical overview and case studies; discussion of multi-tasking and related concepts of scheduling, interprocess communication and mutual exclusion/deadlock; overview of file management and memory management (virtual memory, paging, swapping, and segmentation). Theory is augmented by detailed study of implementation of an existing operating system.
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