CSCI 6307.90L:Foundation of Computer Systems
Syllabus
Fall
2020
Course Information:
Meeting times: Thursdays 6:30 pm to 9 pm
Meeting location: https://utrgv.zoom.us/j/93800454596
Use this link or Please enter blackboard then click on zoom classroom.
Course Modality: Online Synchronous Courses (OSYNC). Synchronous learning
occurs on set schedules and time frames. Students and instructors are online
at the same time since lectures, discussions, and presentations take place at
specific hours. All students must be online at that exact time in order to participate in the class.
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Instructor Information:
Instructor
Name: Dr. John
P. Abraham
Phone: (956) 665-3550
E-Mail: john.abraham@utrgv.edu
Office
location: EIEAB 3.243 (New Eng Bldg in Edinburg)
Office hours: Will open zoom
30 minutes before class time, if you need to speak with me, you can do it
then or at the end of the class. Both the TA and I will be available all the
time through emails. We can create a
new zoom link, if you want to speak privately.
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My Schedule
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CSCI 6307.90L
Foundation of Systems
Aug 24 to Dec 10,2020
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Thursdays 6:30 to 9
pm
This will be zoom administered class at a specified time.
Attendance required.
https://utrgv.zoom.us/j/93800454596
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CSCI 6314.90L
Ecommerce Implementation
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Mondays 6:30 to 9 pm
This will be zoom administered class at a specified time.
Attendance required.
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Office Hours
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Will open zoom 30 minutes before class
time, if you need to speak with me, you can do it then or at the end of the
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TA: Oscar Torres: oscar.torres01@utrgv.edu (956)
261-0575.
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Welcome & Introduction
to COURSE MODALITY
Online
Synchronous Courses: These courses will
be delivered fully online. There will be a designated class meeting time for
real-time instructor/student interaction, which will be conducted remotely via
online platforms from the safety of your home. This real-time interaction
may be supplemented by the digital presentation of course content. Your
instructors will provide you with feedback on assigned work, communicate with
you electronically, and be available to meet with you as defined on this
syllabus.
Course Description, Prerequisites & MODE OF LEARNING In‐depth
analysis of operating systems, computer architecture, and distributed processing,
focusing on principles of organization and applications across systems. An
understanding of the basic concepts of computing - programming and data structures,
addressing modes (as used in assembly language), binary arithmetic and some
knowledge of computer systems (main frame/minicomputers, microcomputers,
networks). Students enrolled in CSCI 6307 are expected to have knowledge of
CSCI 6302 and 6303. This is a graduate leveling course that is roughly
equivalent to CSCI 4334 (Operating System) and CSCI 4335 (Computer
Architecture). If you have taken both of these classes
or their equivalent, this leveling course is not necessary. If you have taken
either or neither of these courses, this course is required. We will meet every
Thursday as described above using zoom: https://utrgv.zoom.us/j/93800454596.
COVID-19
RESOURCES:
Please visit the UTRGV COVID-19 Website via the following link for the most up-to-date information and
resources (https://www.utrgv.edu/coronavirus/index.htm).
This includes information on self-screening questions, links to forms
for travel and contact, etc.
Face
Covering Protocol:
As part of the university’s ongoing COVID-19
mitigation efforts to maintain a healthy environment for all members of our
campus community, anyone entering a campus building must wear a face covering
that covers the mouth and nose. The covering must be worn in all hallways,
public spaces, research labs, teaching/computer labs, libraries, classrooms,
automobiles with a passenger, stairwells, elevators
and common areas, as well as office spaces. In office spaces, when social
distancing of 6 feet is possible and maintained, face coverings may be removed.
Face coverings also are required in outdoor settings when safe social
distancing and gathering practices are not possible.
Textbooks:
I used electronic version of the
following textbooks to get my notes. I
strongly recommend you purchase these books:
Silberschatz, Abraham,
Galvin, P.B., and Gane, G. Operating System
Concepts. Nineth Edition. 2013.
Wiley. ISBN: 978-1-118-06333-0 ISBN BRV:
978_1_118_12938_8
Henessy,
John L., and Patterson David A. Computer
Architecture A Quantitative Approach, 5th Edition. Elsevier. 2012
ISBN 978-0-12-383-872-8
Recommended Reading:
William
Stallings, Computer Architecture
Tanenbaum,
Modern Operating Systems
Williams. Computer Systems Architecture, A Networking Approach
Tanenbaum. Structured Computer Organization
Irvine. Assembly Language for
Intel-Based Computers
Nutt. Operating Systems, A Modern Perspective
Course
Topics:
This course will present two separate although
somewhat overlapping sets of material roughly equivalent to the two
undergraduate courses CSCI 4334 (Operating Systems) and CSCI 4335 (Computer
Architecture). From Computer Architecture, the course will present the
architecture of modern computers including computer instruction sets and
registers, the CPU including ALU components, the fetch-execute cycle and
micro-code, other computer components including the system bus, main memory
including cache and virtual-memory, input and output communications, and
non-standard architectures including RISC, pipeline architectures and parallel
processor architectures. The course will also introduce digital circuits and
binary representations. From Operating Systems, the course will present
operating system concepts including process scheduling, process synchronization
issues and solutions, deadlock, various forms of memory management especially
virtual memory, file and I/O systems, protection and security, and network and
distributed operating systems.
Course
Structure:
The course will cover both Architecture and
Operating System concepts. Roughly 60%
of the time will be allocated to architecture and 40% to operating system.
Course
Assignments and Grading:
There will be one midterm and one final
examination. These exams will constitute
70% of the grade. 15% of the grade will
be for the assignment administered by my TA.
The TA will be totally responsible for this portion of the grade. The remaining 15% of the grade will be for
attendance, participation, daily quizzes and other reading I assignment during
the semester. Letter grades will be
based on the following grading scale A: 90-100% B: 80-89% C: 70-79% F: 0-69%
For each day of class you will be
given 10 multiple choice questions over the material covered during the
last class period These quizzes may not be made up. Therefore, it is essential that you come to
every class on time. The quizzes are
given at the beginning of the class. The
purpose of this activity is to ensure you have read previous class notes
thoroughly.
There
will be two major exams. If you must
miss an exam, make prior arrangements. No make-up exams will be given unless
you contact me in advance! Homework will be submitted using Blackboard.
Late homework will be levied heavy penalties.
Penalty: One day late 10%, 1 week late 20%, 2 weeks late 50%. Not accepted afterwards.
Important Notice about taking
exams:
Your enrollment in this course requires that
you use Respondus Lockdown Browser and Respondus Monitor for online assessment proctoring. LockDown Browser is a custom browser that locks down the
testing environment within Blackboard and replaces regular browsers such as
Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. Respondus Monitor
requires you to have a webcam and microphone as it will record you while taking
your assessment. YOUR ACTIVITIES ARE RECORDED WHILE YOU ARE LOGGED INTO OR
TAKING YOUR ASSESSMENT(S). THE RECORDINGS SERVE AS A PROCTOR AND WILL BE
REVIEWED AND USED IN AN EFFORT TO MAINTAIN ACADEMIC INTEGRITY. You
can find more detailed information on Lockdown
Browser and Monitor at UTRGV.edu/online.
ATTENDANCE:
Students are expected to attend all scheduled classes and may be dropped from
the course for excessive absences. UTRGV’s attendance policy excuses students
from attending class if they are participating in officially sponsored
university activities, such as athletics; have been provided such an
accommodation by Student Accessibility Services (SAS); for observance of religious
holy days; or for military service. Students should contact the instructor in
advance of the excused absence and arrange to make up missed work or
examinations. With students’ permission, I will record the lectures and post
them in Blackboard; however, I will need everyone acknowledge permission
through an email to me. The use
of recordings will enable you to have access to class lectures, group
discussions, etc. in the event you have to miss a synchronous or face to face
class meeting due to illness or other extenuating circumstance. Our use of such
technology is governed by the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act
(FERPA), UTRGV’s acceptable-use policy, and UTRGV HOP Policy STU 02-100 Student
Conduct and Discipline. A recording of class sessions will be kept and stored
by UTRGV, in accordance with FERPA and UTRGV policies. Your instructor will not
share the recordings of your class activities outside of course participants,
which include your fellow students, teaching assistants, or graduate
assistants, and any guest faculty or community-based learning partners with
whom we may engage during a class session.
Blackboard Support
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Campus:
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Brownsville
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Edinburg
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Location:
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Casa Bella (BCASA) 613
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Education Complex (EEDUC) 2.202
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Phone:
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956-882-6792
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956-665-5327
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Toll Free: 1-866-654-4555
Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Support Tickets Submit a Support Case via our Ask
COLTT Portal
24/7 Blackboard Support
Need Blackboard assistance after hours?
You can call our main office numbers, 956-882-6792 or 956-665-5327, to speak
with a support representative.
Makeup Work: Additionally,
if work can be made up, what mechanisms have you set up to help students keep
up with coursework in the event they have to miss class? Will you have
recordings of all class meetings available? Will on-line quizzes/examinations
be available?
Should you elect
to record your instruction, sample syllabus language is included here:
The use of
recordings will enable you to have access to class lectures, group discussions,
etc. in the event you have to miss a synchronous or face to face class meeting
due to illness or other extenuating circumstance. Our use of such technology is
governed by the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), UTRGV’s
acceptable-use policy, and UTRGV HOP Policy STU 02-100 Student Conduct and
Discipline. A recording of class sessions will be kept and stored by UTRGV, in
accordance with FERPA and UTRGV policies. Your instructor will not share the
recordings of your class activities outside of course participants, which
include your fellow students, teaching assistants, or graduate assistants, and
any guest faculty or community-based learning partners with whom we may engage
during a class session. You may not share recordings outside of this course.
Doing so may result in disciplinary action under UTRGV HOP Policy STU 02-100
Student Conduct and Discipline.
ACADEMIC
INTEGRITY:
Members of the UTRGV community uphold the Vaquero
Honor Code’s shared values of honesty, integrity and mutual respect
in our interactions and relationships.
In this regard, academic integrity is fundamental in our actions, as any act of
dishonesty conflicts as much with academic achievement as with the values of honesty
and integrity. Violations of academic integrity include, but are
not limited to: cheating, plagiarism (including self-plagiarism), and collusion;
submission for credit of any work or materials that are attributable in whole
or in part to another person; taking an examination for another person; any act
designed to give unfair advantage to a student; or the attempt to commit such
acts (Board of Regents Rules and Regulations, STU 02-100, and UTRGV Academic
Integrity Guidelines). All violations of Academic Integrity will be
reported to Student Rights and Responsibilities through Vaqueros
Report It.
STUDENTS
WITH DISABILITIES:
Students
with a documented disability (physical, psychological, learning, or other
disability which affects academic performance) who would like to receive
reasonable academic accommodations should contact Student Accessibility
Services (SAS) for additional information. In order for accommodation
requests to be considered for approval, the student must apply using the mySAS portal located at www.utrgv.edu/mySAS and is responsible for providing sufficient
documentation of the disability to SAS. Students are required to participate in
an interactive discussion, or an intake appointment, with SAS staff.
Accommodations may be requested at any time but are not retroactive, meaning
they are valid once approved by SAS. Please contact SAS early in the
semester/module for guidance. Students who experience a broken bone, severe
injury, or undergo surgery may also be eligible for temporary accommodations.
Pregnancy, Pregnancy-related, and
Parenting Accommodations
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits
sex discrimination, which includes discrimination based on pregnancy, marital
status, or parental status. Students seeking accommodations related to
pregnancy, pregnancy-related condition, or parenting (reasonably immediate
postpartum period) are encouraged to apply to Student Accessibility Services
using the following link: Pregnancy
Accommodations Request Form https://www.utrgv.edu/pregnancy
Student Accessibility Services:
Brownsville Campus: Student
Accessibility Services is located in 1.107 in the Music and Learning
Center building (BMSLC) and can be contacted by phone at (956) 882-7374
or via email at ability@utrgv.edu.
Edinburg Campus: Student
Accessibility Services is located in 108 University Center (EUCTR) and can
be contacted by phone at (956) 665-7005 or via email at ability@utrgv.edu.
MANDATORY COURSE EVALUATION
PERIOD:
Students
are required to complete an ONLINE evaluation of this course, accessed through
your UTRGV account (http://my.utrgv.edu);
you will be contacted through email with further instructions. Students who complete their evaluations will
have priority access to their grades. Online evaluations will be available on
or about:
Module
1 October 7-13, 2020
Module
2 December 2-8, 2020
Full
Fall Semester November 13 –
December 2, 2020
SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT and MANDATORY REPORTING:
In accordance with UT System regulations, your instructor
is a “Responsible Employee” for reporting purposes under Title IX regulations
and so must report to the Office of Institutional Equity & Diversity
(OIED@utrgv.edu) any instance, occurring during a student’s time in college, of
sexual misconduct, which includes sexual assault, stalking, dating violence,
domestic violence, and sexual harassment, about which she/he becomes aware
during this course through writing, discussion, or personal disclosure. More
information can be found at www.utrgv.edu/equity,
including confidential resources available on campus. The faculty and staff of
UTRGV actively strive to provide a learning, working, and living environment
that promotes personal integrity, civility, and mutual respect that is free
from sexual misconduct, discrimination, and all forms of violence. If students,
faculty, or staff would like confidential assistance, or have questions, they
can contact OVAVP (Office for Victim Advocacy & Violence Prevention) at
(956) 665-8287, (956) 882-8282, or OVAVP@utrgv.edu.
COURSE
DROPS:
According to UTRGV policy, students may drop
any class without penalty earning a grade of DR (drop) until the official drop
date. Following that date, students must be assigned a letter grade and can no
longer drop the class. Students considering dropping the class should be aware
of the “3-peat rule” and the “6-drop” rule so they can recognize how dropped
classes may affect their academic success. The 6-drop rule refers to Texas law
that dictates that undergraduate students may not drop more than six courses
during their undergraduate career. Courses dropped at other Texas public higher
education institutions will count toward the six-course drop limit. The 3-peat
rule refers to additional fees charged to students who take the same class for
the third time.
STUDENT
SERVICES:
Students who demonstrate financial need have a variety of options
when it comes to paying for college costs, such as scholarships, grants, loans and work-study. Students should visit the Student
Services Center (U Central) for additional information. U Central is located in
BMAIN 1.100 (Brownsville) or ESSBL 1.145 (Edinburg) or can be reached by email
(ucentral@utrgv.edu)
or telephone: (888) 882-4026. In addition to financial aid, U Central can
assist students with registration and admissions.
Students seeking academic help in their studies can use university
resources in addition to an instructor’s office hours. University Resources
include the Advising Center, Career Center, Counseling Center, Learning Center,
and Writing Center. The centers provide services such as tutoring, writing
help, counseling services, critical thinking, study skills, degree planning,
and student employment. In addition, services such as the Food Pantry are also
provided. Locations are listed below.
Calendar of Activities - Please follow Blackboard deadlines.
Important dates relative to the academic
calendar. The UTRGV academic calendar can be found at https://my.utrgv.edu/home
at the bottom of the screen, prior to login. Some important dates for
Fall 2020 include:
Aug. 24 First
day of classes
Aug. 27 Last
day to add a class or register for Fall 2020 classes
Sept. 7 Labor
Day – NO classes
Nov. 11 Last
day to drop a class or withdraw
Nov. 26- 27 Thanksgiving
Holiday – NO classes
Dec. 3 Study
Day – NO classes
Dec. 4-10 Final
Exams
Dec. 14 Grades
Due at 3 p.m.