Prerequisite: CIS 272 C or Better or ECE 161 and ECE 257, and ECE 263

General Education requirement: Natural Science Technology

Principles of modern operating systems and their design. Scientific principles and engineering rules of operating systems are explored. Process and storage management subsystems are analyzed in detail. Protection and security are taken into account in design. An introduction to distributed operating systems is also presented. This is a design and project based course with a laboratory component.