- International Fees
International fees are typically three times the amount of domestic fees. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
Course details
Following on from “Procedural Programming with C" and “Computer Architecture and Organization"; students are introduced to the basic concepts, terminology and leveraging operating systems for concurrent software applications. COMP 4737 replaces COMP 4731 in the CST/PTS Diploma. Participants focus on using concurrent programming: processes and threads, inter-process communication (IPC), synchronization and mutual exclusion, deadlock and starvation with an introduction to memory organization. Theoretical topics include: overall operating system structure, operating systems services, how these services are used, and kernel architecture. Labs and exercises reinforce concepts with examples of using these operating system services within application programs. This course is equivalent to COMP 4736 in the Full-time CST Diploma. Upon successful completion, students will be able analyze, design and implement concurrent software applications. COMP 4737 is required for the Computer Systems (CST/PTS) Diploma and is offered twice per year the Winter (January) and Spring (May) terms.
Credits
4.0
Domestic fees
$570.58
Course offerings
Spring/Summer 2024
Below are three offerings of COMP 4737 for the Spring/Summer 2024 term.
CRN 68914
Duration
Thu May 30 - Thu Aug 01 (10 weeks)
- 10 weeks
- CRN 68914
- Domestic fees $570.58International fees are typically three times the amount of domestic fees.
Class meeting times
| Dates | Days | Times | Locations |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30 - Jun 20 | Thu | 18:00 - 21:00 | Online |
| May 30 - Aug 01 | N/A | N/A | Online |
| Jun 27 | Thu | 18:00 - 21:00 | Downtown DTC Rm. 420 |
| Jul 04 - Jul 25 | Thu | 18:00 - 21:00 | Online |
| Aug 01 | Thu | 18:00 - 21:00 | Downtown DTC Rm. 420 |
Instructor
Rahim Oraji
Course outline
Course outline TBD — see Learning Outcomes in the interim.
Domestic fees
$570.58
Important information
- Departmental approval needed
- International fees are typically three times the amount of domestic fees. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
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Please email cstflex@bcit.ca for Departmental approval. Include your Student number (A0#) and COMP__ and preferred CRN __ and Program Declaration____. Course is 48 hours - 30 hours synchronous online classes and 18 hours asynchronous activities/labs. The class meets once per week for 3 hours online and requires an additional 1.5 to 2 hours per week asynchronously (as assigned by the instructor). Midterm Exam at DTC campus June 27; Final Exam at DTC campus August 1. Late registration is not permitted.
Status
CRN 68757
Duration
Tue May 28 - Tue Jul 30 (10 weeks)
- 10 weeks
- CRN 68757
- Domestic fees $570.58International fees are typically three times the amount of domestic fees.
Class meeting times
| Dates | Days | Times | Locations |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28 - Jul 30 | Tue | 18:00 - 21:00 | Downtown DTC Rm. 410 |
| May 28 - Jul 30 | N/A | N/A | Online |
Instructor
Rahim Oraji
Course outline
Course outline TBD — see Learning Outcomes in the interim.
Domestic fees
$570.58
Important information
- Departmental approval needed
- International fees are typically three times the amount of domestic fees. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
-
Please email cstflex@bcit.ca for Departmental approval. Include your Student number (A0#) and COMP__ and preferred CRN __ and Program Declaration____. Course is 48 hours - 30 hours on campus and 18 hours asynchronous activities/labs. The class meets once per week for 3 hours on campus and requires an additional 1.5 to 2 hours per week asynchronously (as assigned by the instructor). This is a BYOD (bring your own device) course, participants must provide their own current model PC with an i5 or higher equivalent processor, 8 GB of RAM minimum, 256 GB minimum storage and high-speed internet access. Late registration is not permitted.
Status
Full
This course offering is full. Please check this page for other currently available offerings, subscribe to receive email updates or contact us with your comments or questions.
CRN 68759
Duration
Wed May 29 - Wed Jul 31 (10 weeks)
- 10 weeks
- CRN 68759
- Domestic fees $570.58International fees are typically three times the amount of domestic fees.
Class meeting times
| Dates | Days | Times | Locations |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29 - Jun 19 | Wed | 18:00 - 21:00 | Online |
| May 29 - Jul 31 | N/A | N/A | Online |
| Jun 26 | Wed | 18:00 - 21:00 | Downtown DTC Rm. 410 |
| Jul 03 - Jul 24 | Wed | 18:00 - 21:00 | Online |
| Jul 31 | Wed | 18:00 - 21:00 | Downtown DTC Rm. 410 |
Instructor
Rahim Oraji
Course outline
Course outline TBD — see Learning Outcomes in the interim.
Domestic fees
$570.58
Important information
- Departmental approval needed
- Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.
- International fees are typically three times the amount of domestic fees. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
-
Please email cstflex@bcit.ca for Departmental approval. Include your Student number (A0#) and COMP__ and preferred CRN __ and Program Declaration____. Course is 48 hours - 30 hours synchronous online classes and 18 hours asynchronous activities/labs. The class meets once per week for 3 hours online and requires an additional 1.5 to 2 hours per week asynchronously (as assigned by the instructor). Midterm Exam at DTC campus June 26; Final Exam at DTC campus July 31. Late registration is not permitted.
Status
Full
This course offering is full. Please check this page for other currently available offerings, subscribe to receive email updates or contact us with your comments or questions.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe the role of an operating system.
- Analyze how the operating system is structured (layers and components).
- Describe the operating system interface (system calls, shells).
- Use POSIX system calls in C.
- Describe synchronization concepts such as mutual exclusion, critical sections, and race conditions.
- Solve synchronization problems using constructs such as spinlocks, mutexes, semaphores, condition variables, and monitors.
- Compare and contrast synchronization of threads with semaphores and monitors.
- Discuss the consequences of concurrency: deadlock, starvation and livelock.
- Describe how to prevent, avoid, detect and recover from deadlock.
- Design and implement concurrent applications using processes and kernel-level and user-level threads.
- Solve IPC problems by implementing applications using methods such as signaling, messages, pipes, and shared memory.
Effective as of Fall 2022
Related Programs
Introduction to Operating Systems for CST (COMP 4737) is offered as a part of the following programs:
- Indicates programs accepting international students.
- Indicates programs with a co-op option.
School of Computing and Academic Studies
- Computer Systems
Diploma Part-time
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