Course Details in 2025/26 Session

Module Title	LI Operating Systems and Systems Programming
School	Computer Science
Department	Computer Science
Module Code	06 38060
Module Lead	Ahmad Ibrahim
Level	Intermediate Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 1
Pre-requisites	LC Data Structure & Algorithms - (06 30403)
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-33 hours Guided independent study-167 hours Total: 200 hours
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Description	An Operating System is the system software that manages computer hardware, hardware and software resources and provides common services for user programs. System programming is the type of programming necessary to produce software, such as operating systems, that deal with hardware, provide services to other software or manage performance constraints. This module teaches the technology of operating systems and introduces students to the challenges of systems-level programming.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: demonstrate understanding of computer architecture and operating systems program with pointers and memory management write code that interacts with the OS kernel
Assessment	38060-01 : Examination : Exam (Centrally Timetabled) - Written Unseen (80%) 38060-02 : Continuous Assessment : Coursework (20%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: 2hr Examination (50%), Continuous Assessment (50%) Reassessment: 2hr Examination (100%)
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