CSE 120: Schedule
Spring 2025
This table outlines the schedule for both lectures and discussion sections. We will update it as the quarter progresses. Most lectures have reading associated with them, which we recommend completing before lecture. The textbook for this course is Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces, which is available online for free.
| Week |
Date |
Topic |
Readings |
Due |
| 1 |
Tue 4/1 |
Course Intro |
Ch. 1, 2 |
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| Thu 4/3 |
Interactions with Apps and Hardware |
Ch. 6 |
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| Fri 4/4 |
Project 0 |
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| 2 |
Tue 4/8 |
Processes |
Ch. 3, 4, 5 |
Project 0, group sign-up |
| Thu 4/10 |
Threads |
Ch. 26, 27 |
|
| Fri 4/11 |
Project 1 |
|
#FinAid survey |
| 3 |
Tue 4/15 |
Synchronization |
Ch. 28, 29 |
Homework 1 |
| Thu 4/17 |
Semaphores |
Ch. 31 |
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| Fri 4/18 |
Project 1 |
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| 4 |
Tue 4/22 |
Condition Variables and Deadlock |
Ch. 30, 32 |
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| Thu 4/24 |
CPU Scheduling |
Ch. 7, 8 |
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| Fri 4/25 |
Midterm Review (4:00-5:30) |
|
Homework 2 |
| 5 |
Tue 4/29 |
no class |
|
Project 1 |
| Thu 5/1 |
Midterm Exam |
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| Fri 5/2 |
Project 2 |
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| 6 |
Tue 5/6 |
Memory Management Overview |
Ch. 15, 16 |
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| Thu 5/8 |
Paging |
Ch. 18, 19, 20 |
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| Fri 5/9 |
Project 2 |
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| 7 |
Tue 5/13 |
TLBs, Swapping |
Ch. 21, 23 |
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| Thu 5/15 |
Page Replacement and Memory Allocation |
Ch. 17, 22 |
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| Fri 5/16 |
Q&A |
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Project 2 |
| 8 |
Tue 5/20 |
Storage Devices and File System API |
Ch. 37, Ch. 39 |
Homework 3 |
| Thu 5/22 |
File System Disk Layout |
Ch. 40 |
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| Fri 5/23 |
Project 3 |
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| 9 |
Tue 5/27 |
File Caching and Reliability |
Ch. 41, Ch. 42 |
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| Thu 5/29 |
Virtual Machines |
Appendix B |
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| Fri 5/30 |
Project 3 |
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| 10 |
Tue 6/3 |
Protection |
Ch. 53, Ch. 55 |
Homework 4 |
| Thu 6/5 |
Final Review |
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| Fri 6/6 |
Q&A |
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Project 3 |
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Mon 6/9 |
Final Exam (3:00-6:00) |
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Thanks to Geoff Voelker, Yiying Zhang, John Ousterhout, and the faculty who taught
COS 318 at Princeton whose slides and notes heavily inspired the slides above.