CSE 306 - Operating Systems

Students are introduced to the structure of modern operating systems. Topics include virtual memory, resource allocation strategies, concurrency, and protection. The design and implementation of a simple operating system are performed. This course focuses on teaching the skills required to design and build modules of an operating system kernel. It covers key algorithms and architectures. A companion course, CSE 320, teaches complementary skills from the application programmer's point of view.

3 credits

Prerequisite(s): C or higher: CSE 320 or ESE 280; CSE Major or ECE major.

SBC: Partially fulfills: ESI, EXP+, SBS+, STEM+

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