CFS 262 Computer and Operating Systems Fundamentals I

This course covers the fundamental concepts of a single user operating system. The topics discussed in the course are the basic concepts of computer organization and architecture, memory management, process handling, disk and file management and control, and peripherals operation. Students also have the opportunities to learn the techniques and procedures of system installation, configuration, administration, and trouble shooting. The operating systems illustrated in the course are MS Windows and/or Mac OS X.

Prerequisites

• ICS 140: Computational Thinking with Programming
• or ICS 141: Problem Solving with Programming
• or CFS 160: Computer Forensics Fundamentals
• or ICS 265: C Programming

Special information

First day attendance is mandatory.
Note: Students are responsible to both be aware of and abide by prerequisites for CFS and ICS courses for which they enroll, and will be administratively dropped from a course if they have not met prerequisites.