Title: Systems and Networking Fundamentals



CIS 5xxx Syllabus (new course)

Course Title

Systems Fundamentals

Justification

It is important to graduate students in information technology to know how a typical computer-based information system works. This course provides an opportunity for the students to learn about fundamentals of operating systems and networking components used in information systems.

Catalog Description:

This course provides a thorough understanding of fundamentals of computer-based information systems and how they are used in modern enterprise systems. It introduces the fundamentals of operating systems, networking systems, distributed systems, and web services. It explores the hardware, software, and network components of typical information systems and provides some in depth description of their design principles, algorithms and implementation techniques.

Prerequisites:

Graduate Standing

Objectives:

Graduate students in Information Technology will learn the fundamentals of hardware, software, and network components used in typical computer-based information systems.

Course Outline

• Introduction to Hardware, Software, and Operating Systems

• Introduction to Process and Thread Concepts

• Introduction to Physical and Virtual Memory

• Introduction to Secondary Storage, Files and Databases

• Introduction to Networking

• Introduction to Distributed Systems

• Introduction to Web Services

Textbook

Deitel, Deitel, and Choffnes, "Operating Systems,” 3rd edition, Prentice Hall 2004.

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