Mar 10, 2026  
Whittier College 2024-2025 
    
Whittier College 2024-2025 ARCHIVED CATALOG

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COSC 310 - Operating Systems


This course covers the basic concepts, design, and implementation of modern operating systems. Topics will include process management, threads, signals, CPU scheduling, concurrency, deadlock prevention, memory management, input/output management, file systems, virtualization, and security. This course is offered in the Fall of odd-numbered years.

Pre-req: Minimum grade of C- in COSC 240  
3 credits



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