| Week | Topic | Reading |
| 1 | Introduction | USP Chapter 1 SGG Chapter 1 (lightly) |
| Programs and Processes | USP Chapter 2 | |
| 2 | Process Management | SGG 3.1, 3.2 |
| CPU Scheduling | SGG 5.1 - 5.3 | |
| 3 | CPU Scheduling Examples | SGG 5.6, web notes |
| CPU Scheduling Simulator | web notes | |
| Processes in UNIX | USP Chapter 3 | |
| 4 | UNIX I/O | USP Chapter 4 |
| UNIX Files and Directories | USP Chapter 5 | |
| UNIX Special Files | USP 6.1 - 6.4 | |
| 5 | The Token Ring | USP 7.1 - 7.3 |
| Threads | USP 12.1, 12.2, SGG Chapter 4 | |
| 6 | Process Synchronization | SGG Chapter 6 |
| 7 | Process Synchronization (continued) | |
| Semaphore Implementation 1 | web notes | |
| Midterm Exam 1 | ||
| 8 | POSIX mutex locks | USP 13.1, 13.2 |
| POSIX unnamed semaphores | USP 14.1 - 14.4 | |
| 9 | Monitors | SGG 6.7 |
| Signals | USP 81. - 8.6, 9.4 | |
| 10 | Network Communication | USP Chapter 18 |
| 11 | Disk Head Scheduling | SGG 12.1 - 12.4 |
| Memory | SGG Chapter 8 | |
| 12 | Virtual Memory | SGG 9.1 - 9.4 |
| Midterm Exam 2 | ||
| 13 | Virtual Memory | SGG 9.1-9.4 |
| 14 | Additional Topics | |
| 15 | Additional Topics and Review |