Operating Systems | Makerere University Courses

Instructor:

Emmanuel Lule, Paul.Bakaki

Course Venue:

Lecture Theatre LLT 2A

CIT Block B

LLT 2A

College of Computing and Information Sciences

Course Code:

CSC 2200

Course Credit Units:

Semester:

Semester 2

Year of Study:

Year 2

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Undergraduate Level

College:

College of Computing and Information Sciences

School:

School of Computing and Informatics Technology (CIT)

Department:

Computer Science

Course Description & Objectives:

This course introduces students to software that controls hardware and makes the hardware usable. Its interaction with other computer devises and how it controls other computer processes is explored.Aims: The course aims to:

Provide students with a detailed understanding of how operating systems work
Provide students with skills to write basic programs to utilize underlying operating system infrastructures.

Learning Outcomes:

The dominant categories of operating systems are Windows and UNIX (Linux, MacOS, Solaris, etc). On completion of this course unit, the students will be able to:

Have a proper understanding of the differences between these two operating systems
Understand different design principles for operating systems and various software tools that make operating systems usable.

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