Republic of the Philippines

SULTAN KUDARAT STATE UNIVERSITY

Isulan, Sultan Kudarat
College of Engineering
S.Y. 2014-2015

UNIVERSITY VISION

UNIVERSITY OBJECTIVES
a. Enhance competency development, commitment,

A trailblazer in arts, science and technology in the region.

UNIVERSITY MISSION
The University shall primarily provide advance instruction and
professional training in science and technology, agriculture, fisheries,
education and other related field of study. It shall undertake research
and extension services, and provide progressive leadership in its area
of specialization.

UNIVERSITY GOAL
To produce graduates with excellence and dignity in arts,
science and technology.

professionalism, unity and true spirit of service for public

accountability, transparency and delivery of quality services;
b. Provide relevant programs and professional trainings that will
respond to the development needs of the region;
c. Strengthen local and international collaborations and
partnerships for borderless programs;
d. Develop a research culture among faculty and students;
e. Develop and promote environmentally-sound and market-driven
knowledge and technologies at par with international standards;
f. Promote research-based information and technologies for
sustainable development;
g. Enhance resource generation and mobilization to sustain
financial viability of the university.

Program Objectives and its relationship to University Objectives:

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES (PO)
A graduate of BS in Computer Engineering can:

UNIVERSITY OBJECTIVES
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b. perform planning, designing, developing, managing and maintaining

of computer systems;

c. manage human, financial and physical resources efficiently;

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a. act as an innovative engineer utilizing his knowledge of arts, sciences

and engineering concepts;

d. conduct research in computer engineering fields; and

e. link with various industry based institutions/establishments,
government and non-government organization on access to best
computer engineering practices.
f. demonstrate high ethical standards and social responsibility
g. internalize the significance of environmental conservation and
protection.

1. Course Code

2. Course Title
3. Prerequisite
4. Credits

: CpE 421
: Operating System
: CpE 311 -Computer System Organization with
: 3 units

Assembly Language

5. Course Description
The course includes different policies and strategies used by an operating system. Topics include operating systems structures, process
management, storage management, file systems and distributed system.

6. Course Learning Outcomes and Relationships to Program Educational Objectives

Course Learning Outcomes

At the end of Semester the students can:

Program Objectives
a
b
c
d

a. understand the fundamental principles for the analysis, design, and development of operating systems
measured by examinations

b. identify the major components of an OS and able to develop a design schema or architecture measured
by project design

c. simulate the OS principles via simulations and/or realistic projects measured by project demos and
presentations

d. integrate OS and programming language concepts to solve theoretical problems such as interrupts or
similar mechanisms for synchronization, process management, process and resource scheduling
measured by project demos and presentations

e. identify the interfaces between OS and other components (hardware and applications) of a computer
system measured by examinations

f.integrate social and legal aspects of IT to OS designs.

7. Course Content

Course Objectives,
Topics, Time Allotment

Desired Student
Outcomes-Based
Evidence of
Course
Learning
Assessment (OBA)
Outcomes
Objective
Outcomes
Activities
s
Topic: SKSU VMGO, Classroom Policies, Course Overview, Course Requirements, Grading System (2 hours)
1.1 Student can be
aware of and
Individual participation in Group and individual
1. Discuss the VMGO of appreciate of the
class discussion and group discussions
the university,
universitys VMGO, presentation
classroom policies,
classroom policies,
Rubrics for participation
scope of the course,
course overview,
course requirements
requirements and
and grading system
grading system.

Program
Outcomes

Values
Integration

Respect
Obedience
Patriotism

Topic: A history of computing and operating systems (3 hours)

2.1 present the historical
perspective
2.2 demonstrate the
booting sequence of
Operating System

2.1 The students

can
trace
the
history
of
computing
and
Operating System.

Video Presentation
Students
question
activity
teacher

Student and class

participation
participation in accomplished by
and
answer professor.
facilitated
by

a, b, c, d
Gratefulness
Appreciation

Rubrics score card

2.2. The student

can breakdown
how the Operating
System Boot
Topic: Process and Threads ( 9 hours)
3.1. The students
3.1.Illustrate/demonstrate can write a function
several Process and that can create
Threads
process and exit
3.2. Use thread to reduce process
the number of
application threads
3.2. The student
and provide
can write a function
management of the
using thread to
worker threads.
handle multiple
process
Topic: Synchronization (6 hours)
4.1. can coordinate
4.1. Student can
multiple threads of
write function that
execution
executes
.
synchronously in

a, b, e

Students
question
activity
teacher

participation in
and
answer Presentation of outputs
facilitated
by
Rubrics for outputs

Group dynamics

a, b, c, d

a, b, c, d
Generosity
Unity and
teamwork

Rubrics
for
group
dynamics/discussion

SelfDiscipline

Pair work/ diagramming /

Programming

Students
question
activity
teacher

participation in Presentation of outputs

and
answer
facilitated
by Rubrics for outputs

a, b, c, d

a, b, c, d
Unity and
teamwork

8. Course Evaluation
Course Requirements: running program
Grading System
MIDTERM
Exam
50%
Course Requirement
20%
Attendance/ Participation 10%
Quizzes/Assignment
20%
Total
100%

FINAL TERM
Exam
50%
Course Requirements
20%
Attendance/ Participation 10%
Quizzes/Assignment
Total
100%

20%

(Midterm Grade + Final Term Grade) / 2 = Final Grade

Schedule of Examination
Midterm
Final Term
Classes End

- August 13-16, 2014

- October 8-11, 2014
- October 13, 2014

9. References
Textbooks:

a. Abraham Silberschatz, Peter B. Galvin, Greg Gagne, Operating System Concepts 8th Edition, John Wiley & Sons 2010
b. Davis Rajkumar, Operating Systems A Systematic View 5th Edition, Pearson Education Asia 2002
c. H.L. Capron, J.A. Johnson, Computers Electronic Tools for an Information Age 8 th Edition, Pearson Education Asia 2004
d. Michael Palmer, Michael Walters, Operating Systems 4th Edition, Cengage Learning Asia 2012

Supplemental: http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~pxk/416/ - Paul Krzyzanowski

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paging
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/MemoryMgmt/Articles/ MemoryMgmt.html - Apple

Prepared by:

Reviewed by:

MEILAFLOR A. PACLIBAR, CoE

Faculty

PERCILA M. PANAGDATO, CoE

Program Head

Recommended by:
LOWELL D. ESPINOSA, MEP-ECE
Dean, College of Engineering

Approved by:

JESUSA D. ORTUOSTE, PhD

VP-ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

EDWIN C. ALIDO, EdD

Campus Director Isulan Campus