Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
4BLM204Operating systems3+0+03301.04.2026

 
Course Details
Language of Instruction Turkish
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Computer Engineering
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course The aim of the course is to provide students who want to become computer engineers with basic operating systems knowledge, to give information about basic topics such as processes and threads, processor scheduling algorithms, memory management, virtual memory structure and page refresh algorithms.
Course Content Process management, thread management, processor scheduling, inter-process communication, deadlocks, memory management, virtual memory management, page refresh algorithms.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Asist Prof. Aytaç Uğur YERDEN
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Tanenbaum A. ve Bos H. (2015) Modern Operating Systems (Pearson)
Resources to be added to the university information system during the semester.
Course Notes Lecture, Question-Answer.
Exams Vize ve Final Sınavları

Course Category
Mathematics and Basic Sciences %0
Engineering %10
Engineering Design %10
Social Sciences %0
Education %0
Science %0
Health %0
Field %80

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 50
Project 1 % 0
Final examination 1 % 50
Total
3
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 3 42
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 15 1 15
Mid-terms 1 10 10
Final examination 1 10 10
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 3 77

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Students explain the basic tasks, structure, and components of operating systems by using engineering knowledge and relate them to system-level designs.
2 Students explain the concepts of process, thread, scheduling, and memory management by using engineering knowledge, analyze them with an engineering design approach, and apply them by using modern tools.
3 Students explain file systems, input/output (I/O) management, and virtual memory mechanisms by using engineering knowledge and apply them with appropriate technical tools.
4 Students explain the concepts of protection, security, and concurrency in operating systems by using engineering knowledge and evaluate them by using modern technical tools.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Introduction to Operating Systems Book, Chapter 1
2 Processes Book, Chapter 2.1
3 Thread structures Book, Chapter 2.2
4 Race status, critical zone and waiting concepts Book, Chapter 2.3
5 Algorithms for inter-process communication Book, Chapter 2.3
6 Processor scheduling Book, Chapter 2.4
7 Multilevel processor scheduling Book, Chapter 2.4
8 Basic memory management Book, Chapter 3.1, 3.2
9 Virtual memory and paging concepts Book, Chapter 3.3
10 Page refresh algorithms Book, Chapter 3.4
11 Deadlock concept and modeling Book, Chapter 6.1, 6.2
12 Deadlock detection methods Book, Chapter 6.4
13 Deadlock avoidance methods Book, Chapter 6.5
14 Hardware and software principles for Input-Output Book, Chapter 5.1, 5.2

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11
All 4 2
C1 2
C2 2 3
C3 2
C4 2

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