TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	3
SEMESTER	Sixth Term (Spring)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	7
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Assistant Professor Mehmet Dikmen
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Learn fundemental concepts of operating systems 2) Understand and explain the mechanisms of system processes 3) Understand concurrency 4) Get practice on developing system-level programs
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	Basic modes of operating system, its mechanisms and structure. Processes and resources. Models. Threads. Inter-process communication. Mutual exclusion and synchronization. Concurrency models. Semaphores and monitors. Classical IPC problems. Deadlocks, its detection and recovery, the Banker's algorithm. CPU scheduling. Preemptive and non-preemptive strategies. Memory management. Swapping. Virtual memory, page table and paging algorithms.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Basic modes of operating system, its mechanisms and structure 2nd Week Processes and resources 3rd Week Models and Threads 4th Week Inter-process communication 5th Week Mutual exclusion and synchronization 6th Week Concurrency models 7th Week Semaphores and monitors 8th Week Mid-term 9th Week Classical IPC problems 10th Week Deadlocks, its detection and recovery 11th Week Banker's algorithm and CPU scheduling 12th Week Preemptive and non-preemptive strategies 13th Week Memory management and Swapping 14th Week Virtual memory, page table and paging algorithms
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	1. Andrew S. Tanenbaum. Modern Operating Systems, 2/E, Prentice-Hall, 2001. 2. William Stallings. Operating Systems. Internals and Design Principles, 4/E, Prentice-Hall, 2001.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Questions/Answers,Problem Solving,Experiment,Project,Report Preparation,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 1 5 Quiz 3 15 Project 1 10 Total(%) 60 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 2 2 Preparation for Quiz 4 10 40 Individual or group work Preparation for Final exam 1 24 24 Course hours 14 4 56 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 20 20 Laboratory (including preparation) 4 3 12 Final exam 1 2 2 Homework 2 30 60 Quiz 4 1 4 Total Workload 220 Total Workload / 30 7,33 ECTS Credits of the Course 7
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No