Spring 2026

COMPSCI 162 001 - LEC 001

Operating Systems and System Programming

John Kubiatowicz

Jan 20, 2026 - May 08, 2026

Tu, Th

03:30 pm - 04:59 pm

Hearst Field Annex A1

Class #:10498

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction
Time Conflict Enrollment Allowed

Offered through Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 42

Enrolled: 268

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 310

Waitlist Max: 200

No Reserved Seats

Early Drop Deadline

Early drop deadline: second Friday after instruction begins.

Hours & Workload

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 8 hours of outside work hours per week, and 1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.

Basic concepts of operating systems and system programming. Utility programs, subsystems, multiple-program systems. Processes, interprocess communication, and synchronization. Memory allocation, segmentation, paging. Loading and linking, libraries. Resource allocation, scheduling, performance evaluation. File systems, storage devices, I/O systems. Protection, security, and privacy.

Class Notes

- Seats reserved for students with enrollment permission are not open. They are reserved for students in internal programs. Please DO NOT ask faculty or staff for one of these seats. The students who qualify have already been notified.