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COMP2006J

Academic Year 2024/2025

Operating Systems (COMP2006J)

Subject:
Computer Science
College:
Science
School:
Computer Science
Level:
2 (Intermediate)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Dr Soumyabrata Dev
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades
Campus of Delivery:
BDIC(UCD) Beijing

Curricular information is subject to change.

The course is structured in such a way as to present important concepts of operating systems. The emphasis is on fundamental topics and techniques, although references to actual systems are made as well in order to illustrate concepts and/or implementation issues. The introduction is devoted to a brief history of operating systems, and their design issues and philosophies. The main components of an operating system are explained, and different approaches to how these components are organised and implemented are presented. This is followed by another very important topic, which is process management. The notion of process helps to explain, understand and control the execution of programs in an OS. This leads to the subject of how processes are organised (communication, cooperation, and synchronisation). Next we study process scheduling, which is at the heart of any multiprogrammed operating systems. We follow by studying memory management. More precisely we focus on the concepts of segmentation, paging, and virtual memory. Another key component that we study is the file system. Interference in resource utilisation is a serious threat in an OS. Two complementary sets of techniques to counter security threats are presented: protection and security.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module, the students should be able to explain what an operating system is, and why we study operating systems; be able to use the concept of process and concurrency; understand the issues and techniques associated with process synchronization (deadlock, starvation); understand process scheduling; understand memory management, real memory and virtual memory; define and apply the concept and mechanisms of file systems; demonstrate and formulate protection and security mechanisms; and evaluate the complexity of building an operating system.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

22
Practical

23
Autonomous Student Learning

69
Total

114

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures
Continuous assessments
Critical writing
Reflective learning
Problem-based learning

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
:
-

Additional Information:
This module is delivered overseas and is not available to students based at the UCD Belfield or UCD Blackrock campuses


 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Exam (In-person): Standard written exam End of trimester
Duration:
2 hr(s)
 Graded No
50
 No
Assignment(Including Essay): Case study Week 10 Graded No
50
 No

Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities
• Self-assessment activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Name Role
Dr Abey Campbell Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
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