School of Computing prospectus 2012 - Walter Sisulu University

Content / Syllabus Theory: Overview of operating systems, functionalities and characteristics
of OS. Hardware concepts related to OS, CPU states, I/O channels, memory
hierarchy, microprogramming, The concept of a process, operations on
processes, process states, concurrent processes, process control block,
process context. Job and processor scheduling, scheduling algorithms, process
hierarchies. Problems of concurrent processes, critical sections, mutual
exclusion. Mutual exclusion, process co-operation, producer and consumer
processes. Semaphores: definition, init, wait, signal operations. Critical
sections Interprocess Communication (IPC), Message Passing, Direct and
Indirect Deadlocks. Memory organization and management, storage allocation.
Virtual memory concepts, paging and segmentation, address mapping. Virtual
storage management, page replacement strategies. File organization: blocking
and buffering, file descriptor, directory structure File and Directory structures,
blocks and fragments, directory tree, UNIX file structure.
Practicals: Consist of 14 tutorials chosen from each section of content covered.
Entry Rules Pre-requisites: CSI1101, CSI1102, CSI1201and CSI1202, MAT1101,
CSI1102, CSI1203 and MAT1201 or APM1101, APM1201
Assessment
and progression
rules
Ordinary Differential Equations
Continuous Assessment (CA) (Compulsory): The contribution of CA to
the overall assessment (OA) is 60%.
Examination (Compulsory): One examination (EA). The contribution of the
examination (EA) to the overall assessment (OA) is 40%.
Re-examination (Not compulsory):
Module Code Module Name NQF Level Credits Semester
MAT2201 Ordinary Differential Equations 6 8 1
Lectures per week Pracs per week Tutorials
per week
2 x 50 min 1 x 50 min 13
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Content / Syllabus Second order linear differential equations with constant coefficients, nonhomogeneous
equations, special methods for particular integrals, variation of
parameters, higher order differential equations, solution in series, applications.
Assessment Year mark (DP) will be obtained assessments based on assignments and tests.
Final mark will be obtained from the Year Mark (DP) x 40% + Exam Mark x
60%.
Precalculus & Calculus I
Module Code Module Name NQF Level Credits Semester
MAT1101 Precalculus & Calculus I 5 16 1
Lectures per week Pracs per week Tutorials
per week
4 x 50 min 1 x 100 min 13
SCHOOL OF COMPUTING
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