A Project-Driven Operating Systems Class: A Case Study

Many undergraduate operating systems classes focus more on theoretical concepts than on constructing an actual working operating system. Most classes that do have such an integrated project require a lot of background from the students. In [i] Black described a project which leads to a full operatin...

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Published inProceedings of the International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering (FECS) pp. 142 - 147
Main Author O'Neil, Timothy W
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Athens The Steering Committee of The World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Applied Computing (WorldComp) 01.01.2017
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Computer science
Core curriculum
Floppy disks
Libraries
Operating systems
Science education
Students
Windows operating system
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Summary:Many undergraduate operating systems classes focus more on theoretical concepts than on constructing an actual working operating system. Most classes that do have such an integrated project require a lot of background from the students. In [i] Black described a project which leads to a full operating system while requiring little student background. In this paper we discuss our experiences teaching a semester-long undergraduate operating systems class centered around such a "bare metal" operating systems project.