DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY AT SAN BERNERADINO

Website: http://www.csci.csusb.edu/dick/cs599/

Objectives:

An operating system is a collection of software that makes the hardware easier to use by a programmer or a user. This collection of software consists of controlling and managing the processor, memory, I/O devices, and files.

Software engineering is the study of how to produce very large, complex software projects efficiently and on-time. The object-oriented approach in software engineering allows a software engineer to reuse much of previous work and artifacts.

As a graduate student, if you did not have a computer science bachelors' degree in your undergraduate studies, you are required to take this course. This course will count towards an elective option in your M.S. program.

The specific objectives of the course are:

1. To study how processes are managed and controlled.
2. To study how memory is allocated and managed.
3. To study how I/O devices are allocated and controlled.
4. To study how files are managed.
5. To learn the different standards in preparing software documentation.
6. To learn a software process and apply it to a software project.
7. To learn an object-oriented analysis and design (OOA/D) methodology.

Texts:

• S.R. Schach, "Classical and Object-Oriented Software Engineering with UML and Java," 4th Ed., WCB McGraw Hill Pub., 1999.
• A. Silberschatz, P. Galvin, & G. Gagne, "Applied Operating Systems," John Wiley & Sons, 2000.
• M. Fowler & K. Scott, "UML Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Language," 2nd Ed., Addison-Wesley, 2000.

References:

• S.S. Alhir, "UML in a Nutshell," 1st Ed., O'Reilly and Associates Pub., 1998.
• Several journal and conference papers.

Requirements:

1. The course will be taught by a team of faculty. Drs Botting and Concepcion will teach software engineering. Drs. Karant and Zemoudeh will teach operating systems.
2. The course will have one programming project, a simulation of an operating system, to be implemented during the term. The programming project is a medium size project. The class will be organized into teams (5 students) that include a team leader and team members. The set of deliverables are: SRS, software architecture, detailed design, unit, integration, and system test plans, maintenance manual, documented source code, and a public presentation/demonstration of the project.
3. Cheating will not be tolerated and the grade for cheating is zero. Your grade for the project will be a team grade.
4. The simulation of an operating system will consists of two modules: the processor management module and the memory management module. Each of these modules will have to be implemented using the principles and concepts learned in operating systems.
5. The development and production environment is Linux and the programming language to be used is C++. You will need to learn how to use the software package Rational Rose/C++ in order to carry out the object-oriented analysis and design (OOA/D) methodology using UML (Unified Modeling Language). An alternative UML tool is DIA.
6. Deadlines will be observed. The penalty for submitting late work is 10% deduction per day late. The student will require an additional 2-4 hours per week, outside of class hours, to work on the software project.
7. This is an integration course so the student is expected to do a lot of independent study. The instructor is there only to guide the self-study and grade the work done by the student. The instructor will not discuss all the details found in the course outline, this is the responsibility of the student. The course involves several reading assignments and references other materials. You will be responsible for reading them.
8. The following are the details of your grade for the course:

   Deliverables	Weighted Percentages
   SRS	10%
   Architecture	10%
   Detailed Design	10%
   Integration & System Test Plans	10%
   Unit Test Plan	10%
   Maintenance Manual	10%
   Documented Source Code	10%
   Presentation/Demo	10%
   Correctness of Project	10%
   Instructor & Peer Evaluation	10%

9. Grading:

   Final Average Grade
   94 and above	A
   90-93.9	A-
   87-89.9	B+
   84-86.9	B
   80-83.9	B-
   77-79.9	C+
   74-76.9	C
   70-73.9	C-
   67-69.9	D+
   64-66.9	D
   60-63.9	D-
   Below 59.9	F

Course Outline: