| Date | Topics | Reading | Due dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 24 (F) | About the course (Notes) | ||
| August 27 (M) | Overview and history of operating systems (Notes) | 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 | |
| August 29 (W) | Overview of hardware functionality, operating system concepts (Notes) | 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 | |
| August 31 (F) | Operating system concepts, continued (Notes) | 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11 | |
| September 3 (M) | No class (holiday) | ||
| September 5 (W) | No class | ||
| September 7 (F) | No class | ||
| September 10 (M) | No class | ||
| September 12 (W) | No class | ||
| September 14 (F) | Processes, threads, and concurrency (Notes) | 2.1, 2.2 | |
| September 17 (M) | Processes, threads, and concurrency (Notes) | 2.3, 2.4 | Homework 1: HTML, PDF |
| September 19 (W) | Interprocess communication (Notes) | 2.3, 2.4 | |
| September 21 (F) | Interprocess communication, continued (Notes) | ||
| September 24 (M) | Interprocess communication, continued (Notes) | ||
| September 26 (W) | Interprocess communication, continued (Notes) | ||
| September 28 (F) | Interprocess communication, continued (Notes) | ||
| October 1 (M) | Scheduling (Notes) | 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 | |
| October 3 (W) | Scheduling, continued (Notes) | Homework 2: HTML, PDF | |
| October 5 (F) | Deadlocks (Notes) | 3 | |
| October 8 (M) | Review for midterm (Notes) | Homework 3: HTML, PDF | |
| October 10 (W) | Midterm exam (Review in HTML, PDF) | ||
| October 12 (F) | No class (holiday) | ||
| October 15 (M) | Memory management (Notes) | 4.1, 4.2 | |
| October 17 (W) | Memory management, continued (Notes) | 4.3 | |
| October 19 (F) | Memory management, continued (Notes) | 4.4, 4.5, 4.6 | |
| October 22 (M) | Memory management, continued (Notes) | 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10 | |
| October 24 (W) | Memory management, continued (Notes) | ||
| October 26 (F) | Memory management, continued (Notes) | ||
| October 29 (M) | No class | ||
| October 31 (W) | I/O (Notes) | 5.1, 5.2 | |
| November 2 (F) | I/O, continued (Notes) | 5.3 | Homework 4: HTML, PDF |
| November 5 (M) | I/O, continued (Notes) | 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8 | |
| November 7 (W) | I/O, continued (Notes) | 5.4, 5.9, 5.10, 5.11 | |
| November 9 (F) | Filesystems (Notes) | 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 | |
| November 12 (M) | Filesystems, continued (Notes) | 6.4, 6.5, 6.6 | |
| November 14 (W) | No class | ||
| November 16 (F) | Security (Notes) | 9 | |
| November 19 (M) | No class | Homework 5: HTML, PDF | |
| November 21 (W) | No class | ||
| November 23 (F) | No class (holiday) | ||
| November 26 (M) | No class | ||
| November 28 (W) | A little about booting (for Linux) (Notes) | ||
| November 30 (F) | A little more about security (Notes) | Homework 6: HTML, PDF | |
| December 3 (M) | Course wrap-up and evaluations (Notes) | ||
| December 11 (2pm) | Final exam (Review in HTML, PDF) | ||
| December 12 | Optional Homework X: HTML, PDF |