System Programming

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

This class is a programming-focused class, exploring how programs interact with the operating system and use system and related services.

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• diagram basic process structure and resources, including memory segments, file handles, user/ownership;

• use manual memory management techniques for dynamic memory allocation in a program;

• create programs that use threads for parallel processing;

• create programs that use network sockets for inter-system communication;

• create programs that use message passing between different systems for distributed computing;

• explain basic security principles, including core goals of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and subject/object access control;

• use virtual machines and containers for isolation.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
In-class/participation	10 %
Solo Assignments	25 %
Collaborative Assignments	30 %
Tests	35 %

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
94-100	A
90-93	A-
87-89	B+
84-86	B
80-83	B-
77-79	C+
74-76	C
70-73	C-
67-69	D+
64-66	D
60-63	D-
<59	F

Attendance/Participation:

Students are required to attend all classes. Accumulated absences more than 30% of total class hours without preapproval, it may lead to failure in the course.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

B. Venkatesh, L. Angrave, et al., System Programming Coursebook

Available at https://cs341.cs.illinois.edu/coursebook/index.html