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COMP480 Operating Systems

Updated: 29 January 2013
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 2 Off Campus
Armidale Trimester 2 On Campus
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites COMP131 or COMP530 or candidature in GradCertCompSc or GradDipCompSc or MCompSc
Co-requisites None
Restrictions COMP280 or COMP580
Notes
Combined Units COMP280 - Operating Systems
Coordinator(s) Mark Evered (mevered@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

A programming environment provided by an operating system is an integrated user interface for the various tasks involved in developing programs. The concepts of operating systems, utilities and devices are illustrated via an intensive case study of the UNIX operating system. COMP480 is based on the undergraduate unit COMP280 with additional load consisting of extra questions on assignments and examinations and additional learning outcomes. Candidates for COMP480 will be expected to show a greater level of understanding of the unit material than that required for COMP280. Students who complete COMP280 are not permitted to enrol for COMP480.
Important Information

Where calculators are permitted in examinations, it must be selected from an approved list, which can be accessed from the Further Information link below.

Further information
Materials Textbook information will be displayed approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the teaching period. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. explain the main concepts of operating systems, including processes, virtual memory, secondary storage management and access control;
  2. explain algorithms for process scheduling, memory management and page replacement;
  3. write Unix shell scripts and C-programs which invoke Unix system calls;
  4. explain the application of OS principles in Linux and Windows operating systems; and
  5. explain the fundamental principles of processor architecture and computer networks.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Knowledge of operating systems and programming is taught in lectures and assessed in examinations. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Practised and assessed in assignment solutions. Practised in bulletin board participation. 		True True
4 Information Literacy
Unit involves development of computer skills. 		True True True
6 Problem Solving
Unit material and assignments teach problem solving skills in an important area of IT. 		True True True
   

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