CMPUT 379 - Operating System Concepts

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-3)

Faculty of Science

Introduction to the structure, components, and concepts behind modern general-purpose operating systems. Processes: process state transitions; operations on processes; interrupt processing; multiprocessor considerations; resource allocation; synchronization; critical sections and events; semaphores; deadlock: avoidance, detection, and recovery; memory management; virtual memory; paging and segmentation; page replacement strategies; working sets; demand paging; process scheduling; scheduling algorithms; file system functions; file organization; space allocation; virtual machines. Prerequisites: CMPUT 201 and 204, or 275; one of CMPUT 229, E E 380 or ECE 212.

No syllabi

Fall Term 2026

Lectures

Section Capacity Class times Login to view Instructor(s) and Location
LECTURE A1
(51511)
154
2026-09-01 - 2026-12-08 (MWF)
12:00 - 12:50
LECTURE EA1
(51377)
92
2026-09-01 - 2026-12-08 (MWF)
12:00 - 12:50

Labs

Section Capacity Class times Login to view Instructor(s) and Location
LAB D01
(51512)
71
2026-09-01 - 2026-12-08 (T)
17:00 - 19:50
LAB D02
(51523)
12
2026-09-01 - 2026-12-08 (R)
14:00 - 16:50
LAB D03
(53347)
71
2026-09-01 - 2026-12-08 (F)
14:00 - 16:50
LAB ED01
(51480)
40
2026-09-01 - 2026-12-08 (T)
17:00 - 19:50
LAB ED02
(51524)
11
2026-09-01 - 2026-12-08 (R)
14:00 - 16:50
LAB ED03
(53348)
41
2026-09-01 - 2026-12-08 (F)
14:00 - 16:50

Winter Term 2027

Lectures

Section Capacity Class times Login to view Instructor(s) and Location
LECTURE B1
(77571)
210
2027-01-04 - 2027-04-09 (MWF)
09:00 - 09:50
LECTURE EB1
(77541)
36
2027-01-04 - 2027-04-09 (MWF)
09:00 - 09:50

Labs

Section Capacity Class times Login to view Instructor(s) and Location
LAB EH01
(77808)
16
2027-01-04 - 2027-04-09 (M)
14:00 - 16:50
LAB EH02
(77485)
4
2027-01-04 - 2027-04-09 (T)
17:00 - 19:50
LAB EH03
(78505)
16
2027-01-04 - 2027-04-09 (R)
14:00 - 16:50
LAB H01
(75599)
96
2027-01-04 - 2027-04-09 (M)
14:00 - 16:50
LAB H02
(77572)
18
2027-01-04 - 2027-04-09 (T)
17:00 - 19:50
LAB H03
(78504)
96
2027-01-04 - 2027-04-09 (R)
14:00 - 16:50