Zicklin School of Business - Baruch College
City Unversity of New York

Operating Systems Concepts
CIS 4650 (formerly CIS 3650)


Course Coordinator

Dr. Richard Holowczak
Office Number: 11-245
Phone: 646 - 312 - 3371
Fax: 646 - 312 - 3351
E-Mail: richard_holowczak@baruch.cuny.edu (Preferred)
Course WWW : http://cisnet.baruch.cuny.edu/holowczak/classes/4650/

E-Mail is the prefered manner of communication.

Course Objectives

From the catalog description:

This course is an in depth study of the concepts underlying modern computer operating systems. Facilities and services provided by operating systems, and their purpose and use in business information system environments are covered. Students learn how these facilities are incorporated into, and made available by, various types of operating systems, on mainframe and microcomputer systems. A special focus is on criteria for selecting an operating system to support the information processing needs of an organization. Topics covered include: operating system components, multiprogramming, multiprocessing, and multitasking system; virtual storage; interactive and batch processing; and file management facilities.

Prerequisites: CIS 3100

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