Computer Science 162

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Title	Operating Systems and System Programming
Instructor in Charge	Alan J. Smith
Units	4
Prerequisites	61B, 61C, and Math 55.
Description	Basic concepts of operating systems and system programming. Utility programs, subsystems, multiple-program systems. Processes, interprocess communication, and synchronization. Memory allocation, segmentation, paging. Loading and linking, libraries. Resource allocation, scheduling, performance evaluation. File systems, storage devices, I/O systems. Protection, security, and privacy.
Exam Files	Available
Newsgroup	ucb.class.cs162

Sections Instructor Teaching Effectiveness How worthwhile was this course?

Fall 2007 Kubiatowicz 6.3 / 7 ± 0.2
6.1 / 7 ± 0.3

Spring 2007 Alan J. Smith 3.7 / 7 ± 0.8
4.8 / 7 ± 0.6

Fall 2006 Kubiatowicz 6.1 / 7 ± 0.2
6.1 / 7 ± 0.3

Spring 2006 Joseph 6.3 / 7 ± 0.3
6.3 / 7 ± 0.4

Fall 2005 Kubiatowicz 6.3 / 7 ± 0.3
6.2 / 7 ± 0.3

Spring 2005 Alan J. Smith 4.3 / 7 ± 0.4
5.5 / 7 ± 0.3

Fall 2004 Alan J. Smith 4.5 / 7 ± 0.5
5.6 / 7 ± 0.4

Spring 2004 Joseph 6.4 / 7 ± 0.3
6.2 / 7 ± 0.3

Fall 2003 Alan J. Smith 4.7 / 7 ± 0.5
5.8 / 7 ± 0.5

Spring 2003 Joseph 5.8 / 7 ± 0.3
5.5 / 7 ± 0.4

Fall 2002 Alan J. Smith 4.1 / 7 ± 0.4
4.8 / 7 ± 0.5

Spring 2002 Joseph 6.3 / 7 ± 0.1
6.2 / 7 ± 0.2

Fall 2001 Alan J. Smith 3.8 / 7 ± 0.4
4.7 / 7 ± 0.4

Spring 2001 Joseph 5.8 / 7 ± 0.2
6.1 / 7 ± 0.2

Fall 2000 Alan J. Smith 4.4 / 7 ± 0.4
5.3 / 7 ± 0.4

Spring 2000 Franklin 5.3 / 7 ± 0.2
5.8 / 7 ± 0.2

Fall 1999 Joseph 5.5 / 7 ± 0.2
6.0 / 7 ± 0.2

Spring 1999 Joseph 5.1 / 7 ± 0.3
5.7 / 7 ± 0.3

Fall 1998 Alan J. Smith 4.8 / 7 ± 0.4
5.3 / 7 ± 0.4

Spring 1998 Section 1 Alan J. Smith 4.1 / 7 ± 0.6
4.4 / 7 ± 0.6

Spring 1998 Section 2 Alan J. Smith 4.2 / 7 ± 0.6
5.0 / 7 ± 0.6

Fall 1997 Theimer 5.8 / 7 ± 0.2
6.0 / 7 ± 0.2

Spring 1997 Harvey 5.0 / 7 ± 0.3
5.8 / 7 ± 0.2

Fall 1996 Alan J. Smith 4.9 / 7 ± 0.4
5.4 / 7 ± 0.5

Spring 1996 Thomas Anderson 6.0 / 7 ± 0.2
6.2 / 7 ± 0.1

Fall 1995 Section 1 Harvey 5.0 / 7 ± 0.5
5.9 / 7 ± 0.5

Fall 1995 Section 2 Harvey 5.4 / 7 ± 0.5
5.8 / 7 ± 0.5

Spring 1995 Section 1 Thomas Anderson 6.2 / 7 ± 0.2
6.5 / 7 ± 0.2

Spring 1995 Section 2 Thomas Anderson 6.2 / 7 ± 0.3
6.2 / 7 ± 0.3

Fall 1994 Section 1 Alan J. Smith 4.8 / 7 ± 0.5
5.4 / 7 ± 0.4

Fall 1994 Section 2 Alan J. Smith 5.0 / 7 ± 0.5
5.6 / 7 ± 0.4

Spring 1994 Section 1 Alan J. Smith 4.4 / 7 ± 0.5
4.9 / 7 ± 0.4

Spring 1994 Section 2 Alan J. Smith 4.9 / 7 ± 0.8
5.8 / 7 ± 0.6

Fall 1993 Section 1 Thomas Anderson 6.4 / 7 ± 0.2
6.4 / 7 ± 0.2

Fall 1993 Section 2 Thomas Anderson 6.2 / 7 ± 0.2
6.3 / 7 ± 0.3

Spring 1993 Section 1 Thomas Anderson 6.2 / 7 ± 0.2
6.1 / 7 ± 0.3

Spring 1993 Section 2 Thomas Anderson 6.2 / 7 ± 0.2
6.3 / 7 ± 0.2

Fall 1992 Section 1 Alan J. Smith 4.3 / 7 ± 0.5
4.6 / 7 ± 0.6

Fall 1992 Section 2 Alan J. Smith 3.7 / 7 ± 0.5
4.3 / 7 ± 0.5

Spring 1992 Section 1 Thomas Anderson 6.3 / 7 ± 0.2
6.3 / 7 ± 0.2

Spring 1992 Section 2 Thomas Anderson 5.8 / 7 ± 0.3
5.8 / 7 ± 0.3

Fall 1991 Section 1 Alan J. Smith 4.6 / 7 ± 0.5
4.7 / 7 ± 0.5

Fall 1991 Section 2 Alan J. Smith 4.4 / 7 ± 0.5
4.7 / 7 ± 0.5

Spring 1991 David A. Anderson 5.2 / 7 ± 0.3
5.7 / 7 ± 0.2

Fall 1990 Section 1 Alan J. Smith 5.4 / 7 ± 0.7
5.5 / 7 ± 0.4

Fall 1990 Section 2 Alan J. Smith 5.4 / 7 ± 0.5
5.4 / 7 ± 0.4

Spring 1990 Section 1 David A. Anderson 5.3 / 7 ± 0.3
5.8 / 7 ± 0.3

Spring 1990 Section 2 David A. Anderson 5.2 / 7 ± 0.4
6.0 / 7 ± 0.3

Fall 1989 Section 1 Ferrari 5.4 / 7 ± 0.3
5.3 / 7 ± 0.4

Fall 1989 Section 2 Ferrari 4.9 / 7 ± 0.5
4.8 / 7 ± 0.6

Spring 1989 Section 1 Alan J. Smith 5.0 / 7 ± 0.4
5.5 / 7 ± 0.4

Spring 1989 Section 2 Alan J. Smith 5.1 / 7 ± 0.5
5.1 / 7 ± 0.4

Fall 1988 Ousterhout 6.8 / 7 ± 0.1
6.3 / 7 ± 0.2

Overall Rating Teaching Effectiveness How worthwhile was this course?

Computer Science 162 5.3 / 7 ± 0.0
5.7 / 7 ± 0.0

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