{"id":529,"date":"2019-04-02T05:06:25","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T05:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/?page_id=529"},"modified":"2020-09-18T17:39:22","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T17:39:22","slug":"cos727","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/?page_id=529","title":{"rendered":"COS727"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Faculty<\/b><\/td>Natural Sciences<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Home Department<\/b><\/td>Computer Science<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Module Topic<\/b><\/td>Advanced Operating Systems<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Generic Module Name<\/b><\/td>Computer Science 727<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Alpha-numeric Code<\/b><\/td>COS727<\/b><\/td><\/tr>
NQF Level<\/b><\/td>8<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
NQF Credit Value<\/b><\/td>15<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Duration<\/b><\/td>Semester<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Proposed semester to be offered.<\/b><\/td>First Semester<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Programmes in which the module will be offered<\/b><\/td>BSc Hons (Computer Science) (3735)<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Year level<\/b><\/td>1<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Main Outcomes<\/b><\/td>

On completion of this module, students should be able to:<\/span><\/p>

  • Understand operating system internals via theory.<\/span><\/li>
  • Be able to examine code.<\/span><\/li>
  • Demonstrate the ability to infer OS design principles and programming skills to other operating systems and environments.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/td><\/tr>
Main Content<\/b><\/td>
  • The course is based around a conceptual and practical in-dept case study of contemporary operating system.<\/span><\/li>
  • Operating system design and implementation content can include one or more of the following topics<\/span><\/li>
  • Process management;<\/span><\/li>
  • Parallel and concurrent programming;<\/span><\/li>
  • Memory management;<\/span><\/li>
  • File system; input and output (device drivers and networking);<\/span><\/li>
  • Inter-process communication and security.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/td><\/tr>
Pre-requisite modules<\/b><\/td>None<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Co-requisite modules<\/b><\/td>None<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Prohibited module Combination<\/b><\/td>None<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Breakdown of Learning Time<\/b><\/td>Hours<\/b><\/td>Timetable Requirement per week<\/b><\/td>Other teaching modes that does not require time-table<\/b><\/td><\/tr>
Contact with lecturer: \/ tutor:<\/span><\/i><\/td>42<\/span><\/td>Lectures p.w.<\/span><\/i><\/td>4<\/span><\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
Assignments & tasks:<\/span><\/i><\/td>80<\/span><\/td>Practicals p.w.<\/span><\/i><\/td>0<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Practicals:<\/span><\/i><\/td>0<\/span><\/td>Tutorials p.w.<\/span><\/i><\/td>0<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Tutorials:<\/span><\/i><\/td>0<\/span><\/td>\u00a0<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
Tests & Examinations:<\/span><\/i><\/td>0<\/span><\/td>\u00a0<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
Selfstudy:<\/span><\/i><\/td>28<\/span><\/td>\u00a0<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
Other:<\/span><\/i><\/td>0<\/span><\/td>\u00a0<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
Total Learning Time<\/b><\/td>150<\/b><\/td>\u00a0<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
Methods of Student Assessment<\/b><\/td>

Continuous Assessment (CA):<\/span> 100%<\/span><\/p>

Final Assessment (FA):<\/span> 0%<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

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COMPUTER SCIENCE 727 – COS 727 Faculty Natural Sciences Home Department Computer Science Module Topic Advanced Operating Systems Generic Module Name Computer Science 727 Alpha-numeric Code COS727 NQF Level 8 NQF Credit Value 15 Duration Semester Proposed semester to be offered. First Semester Programmes in which the module will be offered BSc Hons (Computer Science) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-529","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=529"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1255,"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/529\/revisions\/1255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}