| Date | Topics | Reading | Due dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 28 (F) | About the course (Notes) | ||
| August 31 (M) | Overview and history of operating systems (Notes) | 1.1, 1.2 | |
| September 2 (W) | Overview of hardware functionality (Notes) | 1.3 | |
| September 4 (F) | Overview of hardware functionality, continued; operating system concepts (Notes) | 1.5 | |
| September 7 (M) | Holiday | ||
| September 9 (W) | No class | ||
| September 11 (F) | No class | ||
| September 14 (M) | System calls; operating system structures (Notes) | 1.4, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 (skim), 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12 | |
| September 16 (W) | Processes (Notes) | 2.1 | |
| September 18 (F) | Threads (Notes) | 2.2 | |
| September 21 (M) | Interprocess communication (Notes) | 2.3 | Homework 1: HTML, PDF |
| September 23 (W) | Interprocess communication, continued (Notes) | ||
| September 25 (F) | Interprocess communication, continued (Notes) | ||
| September 28 (M) | Interprocess communication, continued (Notes) | ||
| September 30 (W) | No class | ||
| October 2 (F) | No class | ||
| October 5 (M) | Scheduling (Notes) | 2.4 | |
| October 7 (W) | Classical IPC problems (Notes) | 2.5 | |
| October 9 (F) | More about scheduling (Notes) | ||
| October 12 (M) | Review for midterm (Notes) | Homework 2: HTML, PDF | |
| October 14 (W) | Midterm exam (Review in HTML, PDF) | ||
| October 16 (F) | Holiday | ||
| October 19 (M) | No class | ||
| October 21 (W) | Memory management (Notes) | 3.1, 3.2 | |
| October 23 (F) | Memory management, continued (Notes) | 3.3 | |
| October 26 (M) | Memory management, continued (Notes) | ||
| October 28 (W) | Memory management, continued (Notes) | 3.4 | |
| October 30 (F) | Memory management, continued (Notes) | 3.5 | |
| November 2 (M) | No class | ||
| November 4 (W) | Memory management, continued (Notes) | 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 | |
| November 6 (F) | Filesystems (Notes) | 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 | |
| November 9 (M) | Filesystems, continued (Notes) | 4.4 | |
| November 11 (W) | Filesystems, continued (Notes) | 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 | |
| November 13 (F) | I/O (Notes) | 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 | |
| November 16 (M) | No class | ||
| November 18 (W) | No class | ||
| November 20 (F) | I/O, continued (Notes) | 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10 | Homework 3: HTML, PDF |
| November 23 (M) | I/O, continued (Notes) | ||
| November 25 (W) | No class | ||
| November 27 (F) | Holiday | ||
| November 30 (M) | A little about deadlocks (Notes) | 6 | |
| December 2 (W) | A little about security (Notes) | 9 | Homework 4: HTML, PDF |
| December 4 (F) | Security, continued (Notes) | ||
| December 7 (M) | Course wrap-up and evaluations (Notes) | Homework 5: HTML, PDF | |
| December 11 (F) | Homework 6: HTML, PDF | ||
| December 17 (Th), 8:30am | Final exam (Review in HTML, PDF) | Optional Homework X: HTML, PDF |