| Date | Topics | Reading | Due dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 27 (F) | About the course (Notes) | ||
| August 30 (M) | Overview and history of operating systems (Notes) | 1.1, 1.2 | |
| September 1 (W) | Overview of hardware functionality (Notes) | 1.3 | |
| September 3 (F) | Overview of hardware functionality, continued; operating system concepts (Notes) | 1.5 | |
| September 6 (M) | Holiday | ||
| September 8 (W) | System calls (Notes) | 1.4 | |
| September 10 (F) | Operating system structures (Notes) | 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 (skim), 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12 | |
| September 13 (M) | Processes (Notes) | 2.1 | |
| September 15 (W) | Threads (Notes) | 2.2 | Homework 1: HTML, PDF |
| September 17 (F) | No class | ||
| September 20 (M) | Interprocess communication (Notes) | 2.3 | |
| September 22 (W) | No class | ||
| September 24 (F) | No class | ||
| September 27 (M) | No class | ||
| September 29 (W) | Interprocess communication, continued (Notes) | ||
| October 1 (F) | Interprocess communication, continued (Notes) | ||
| October 4 (M) | Interprocess communication, continued (Notes) | ||
| October 6 (W) | Classical IPC problems (Notes) | 2.5 | |
| October 8 (F) | Scheduling (Notes) | 2.4, 2.6, 2.7 | Homework 2: HTML, PDF |
| October 11 (M) | No class | ||
| October 13 (W) | Scheduling, continued; midterm review (Notes) | Homework 3: HTML, PDF (written problems due at class time) | |
| October 15 (F) | Holiday | ||
| October 18 (M) | Midterm exam (Review in HTML, PDF) | ||
| October 20 (W) | Memory management (Notes) | 3.1, 3.2 | |
| October 22 (F) | No class | ||
| October 25 (M) | Memory management, continued (Notes) | 3.3 | |
| October 27 (W) | Memory management, continued (Notes) | ||
| October 29 (F) | Memory management, continued (Notes) | 3.4 | |
| November 1 (M) | No class | ||
| November 3 (W) | Memory management, continued (Notes) | ||
| November 5 (F) | Memory management, continued (Notes) | 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 | Homework 4: HTML, PDF |
| November 8 (M) | Memory management, continued (Notes) | ||
| November 10 (W) | Filesystems (Notes) | 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 | |
| November 12 (F) | Filesystems, continued (Notes) | 4.4 | Homework 5: HTML, PDF |
| November 15 (M) | Filesystems, continued (notes) | 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 | |
| November 17 (W) | I/O (Notes) | 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 | |
| November 19 (F) | I/O, continued (Notes) | 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10 | |
| November 22 (M) | I/O, continued (Notes) | Homework 6: HTML, PDF | |
| November 24 (W) | No class | ||
| November 26 (F) | Holiday | ||
| November 29 (M) | No class | ||
| December 1 (W) | A little about deadlocks (Notes) | 6 | Homework 7: HTML, PDF |
| December 3 (F) | A little about security (Notes) | 9 | |
| December 6 (M) | Course wrap-up and evaluations (Notes) | Homework 8: HTML, PDF | |
| December 10 (F), noon | Final exam (Review in HTML, PDF) | ||
| December 14 (T) | Optional Homework X: HTML, PDF |