Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2009-2010
ELEC 421 - OP SYS/CONCURRENT PROGRAMMING
Long Title: OPERATING SYSTEMS AND CONCURRENT PROGRAMMING
Department: Electrical & Computer Eng.
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisite(s): (COMP 211 OR COMP 212 AND (COMP 221 OR COMP 320
Description: Introduction to the design, construction, and analysis of concurrent programs with an emphasis on operating systems, including filing systems, schedulers, and memory allocators. Specific attention is devoted to process synchronization and communication within concurrent programs. Cross-list: COMP 421.
Course URL: http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~comp421