IFSC 3305 – INFORMATION SYSTEMS SOFTWARE I
CLASS POLICIES, HELPFUL INFORMATION, AND COURSE DOWNLOADS
ACADEMIC ADVISING: ROSS HALL 406, PHONE: 569-8688
CLASSES BEGIN: AUGUST 26, 2001
LAST DAY TO REGISTER, ADD, OR ADJUST SCHEDULE: AUGUST 30, BY 5:00 PM
-no refunds for dropped classes after this date
-grade of "W" for dropped classes after this date
-last day to switch from credit to audit or vice-versa
HOLIDAY CLASS CANCELLATIONS: SEPTEMBER 2—LABOR DAY
NOVEMBER 28-DECEMBER 1--THANKSGIVING
LAST DAY TO DROP AN INDIVIDUAL CLASS NOVEMBER 15, BY 500PM
LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW FROM THE UNIVERSITY DECEMBER 10, BY 500PM
LAST DAY OF CLASSES: DECEMBER 11
TIME: MWF 1pm
LOCATION: ETAS 233
INSTRUCTOR: Dr. William Mitchell
OFFICE: ETAS 202
TELEPHONE: 863-7117
E-MAIL: wmmitchell@ualr.edu
OFFICE HOURS: 8:30-12:30 &1:30-5:30
SECRETARY: Arlene Washington
OFFICE ETAS 258
TELEPHONE: 569-8951
PREREQUISITES: IFSC 2300 and 2305
ATTENDANCE: Regular attendance is expected of all students.
EXAMINATIONS: two plus final
FINAL EXAM PERIOD: 1:30-3:00PM, MONDAY DECEMBER 16, 2001, ETAS 233
ASSIGNMENTS: We will do two types of exercises: (1) black box manipulation of the OS (how the operating systems services are configured by the user), and (2) demonstration of OS software algorithms for manipulating processes and files. Programs will be in Java (review appendix).
COLLUSION: Unless otherwise stated Collusion on assignments is strictly prohibited. Doing so will earn you and the student(s) you copied from grades of zero and a request to drop the course.
DISABLED STUDENT POLICY:
It is the policy of UALR to accommodate students with disabilities, pursuant to federal and state law. Any student with a disability who needs accommodation, for example in seating placement or in arrangements for examinations, should inform the instructor at the beginning of the course. The chair of the department offering this course is also available to assist with accommodations. Students with disabilities are also encouraged to contact the Office of Disability Support Services, which is located in the Donaghey Student Center, Room 103, telephone 569-3143.
Course Credit Distribution:
TEXT: Applied Operating System Conceepts
AUTHOR: Galvin, Siberschatz, Gagne, and Silberschatz
PUBLISHER: John Wiley and Sons
ISBN: 0471365084
Materials Needed:
Course Objectives: Introduces the concepts in operating systems and networking that support the access and delivery of data to the user.
Laboratory activities: Students will experiment with Java applications that run under Windows 2000 and Solaris and illustrate operating systems functions, such as threads. Features of these operating systems such as resource allocations policies will be presented in case studies.
Grading Procedure: two exams and the final will comprise 50% of the course grade. (Exams will be normed to 70 if the exam average happens to fall below that value.) The other 50% of the course grade will be based on homework exercises and small team projects (a total of at least 20 assignments). Course grades will be distributed on the normal 10 point scale: 90%=A, 80%=B, etc.
Reading Assignments: Chapters 1-7, 9-13 (remainder of text will be covered in 3310)
Grades will be emailed.