This course is a hands-on introduction to the systems level of programming with an emphasis on data structures and interfacing with operating systems. This course focuses on fundamental data structures needed to design and implement systems applications and continues with an introduction to the Unix Application Programming Interface, signals, threads, and interprocess communications. This course is taught from a programmatic perspective using C, with special topics in both Java and Python. Notes: May not be taken for credit by students in the PhD CS, Bachelor’s/Accelerated Master’s in Computer Science, or Bachelor’s/Accelerated Master’s in Software Engineering programs.Offered by Computer Science. May not be repeated for credit.
Comp Systems And Sys Prog
Host University
George Mason University
Semester
Spring 2024
Course Number
CS 531 DL1
Credits
3
Discipline
Computer Science
Instructor
Harold Greenwald (hgreenwa@gmu.edu)
Times and Days
Asynchronous
Course Information
Prerequisites
CS 310 and CS 367 or equivalent.