CS361Computer Software and Operating Systems

Course Prerequisites ToolSNHU CS361 has 1 direct prerequisite, with 10 courses in its complete prerequisite tree.

Undergraduate · 3 credits

This course explores the major components of an operating system. Topics covered include processes, threads, mutual exclusion and synchronization, deadlock and starvation, memory management, virtual memory, scheduling on single and multiprocessors, I/O management and scheduling, and file systems.

Prerequisite Tree

CS218 — Data Structure and Algorithms
- MAT239 — Mathematics for Computing
- CS217 — Object Oriented Programming
  - IT145 — Foundation in Application Development
    - CS110 — Fundamentals of Programming
    - IT140 — Introduction to Scripting
  - CS113 — Introduction to Programming
  - CS113L — Introduction to Programming Lab
- MAT230 — Discrete Mathematics
- CS210 — Programming Languages
  - IT145 — Foundation in Application Development
    - CS110 — Fundamentals of Programming
    - IT140 — Introduction to Scripting

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CS361

Computer Software and Operating Systems

CS218

Data Structure and Algorithms

MAT239

Mathematics for Computing

CS217

Object Oriented Programming

IT145

Foundation in Application Development

CS110

Fundamentals of Programming

IT140

Introduction to Scripting

CS113

Introduction to Programming

CS113L

Introduction to Programming Lab

MAT230

Discrete Mathematics

CS210

Programming Languages

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