CIS 452 Operating Systems
Fall 2025

Contact Information:
Instructor: Zachary Kurmas Office: MAK C-2-316
Phone: (616)-331-8688 Office Hours: MWF 9:00 - 10:00
Home page: https://KurmasGVSU.github.io

E-mail is the best way to contact me. During the week, expect a reply within 24 hours. Also, feel free to visit my office any time the door is open, even if it isn't officially office hours.

Course Documents:
Announcements:
I will post announcements at Piazza. Please check there regularly.
Discussion Board:
Please post questions about homework, projects, etc. to Piazza. Doing so allows everybody to see the question and answer and saves me the time of answering the same question multiple times. Other students can also answer your question, which may help you get a faster response.
Grades:
I will push a grade report into your Lab 1 git repository about once per week.
Assignments:
Due Name Details
Wed. 27 Aug. First Day Survey
Labs:
Date Name Details
Thu. 28 Aug. Lab 1: System Development Tools
Thu. 4 Sep. Lab 2: Process Management
Thu. 11 Sep. Lab 3: Interprocess Communication
(Labs are due the following Monday, unless otherwise specified.)
Text:
The official textbook for this class is
  • Operating System Concepts Essentials by Silberschatz, Galvin, and Gagne. ISBN: 0470889209

If you already have a copy of the Patterson and Hennessy text (shown below), you may use that text instead. This book goes into more depth for some of the later course topics. It can be helpful; but, I wouldn't spend more than about $10 on it.

Reference:
  • Comming Soon

Updated Saturday, 23 August 2025, 6:08 PM

W3c Validation