Computer Science 377 - Operating Systems
Spring
2026
01AA
F 2:30PM 3:20PM
UMass Amherst
76915
South College Room W245
The design and operation of modern computer operating systems. Review of capabilities of typical computer hardware. Topics include command language interpreter (the shell), processes, concurrency, inter-process communication, linking and loading, memory management, transactions, file systems, distributed systems, security, and protection. Programming projects in C.
Open to senior and junior Computer Science majors only. COMPSCI 230 w/C
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.