COP 3402 System Software

COP 3402 - System Software	Tuesday & Thursday 1:00-2:15pm
Instructor: Bill Allen	Office Phone: 823-2366 Email: allen@cs.ucf.edu
Office Hours:	see my web page at: www.cs.ucf.edu/~allen
Course web page:	www.cs.ucf.edu/courses/cop3402

This course provides an introduction to system software and common software tools. Topics include assembly language, assemblers, linkers, loaders, macro processors and an introduction to compilers.

Textbooks:

Required: System Software, 3rd edition, Leland L. Beck, Addison-Wesley, 1997

Suggested (but NOT required): lex & yacc, Levine, Mason & Brown, O'Reilly & Associates

Course Information:

Course material will include chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 and parts of 5 from the textbook and will be supplemented by material on the course web page and from the suggested text.

All programming assignments must be implemented in standard (ANSI) C, NOT C++ or Java. Limited instruction and assistance in C syntax will be provided in the recitation. All assignments will be graded using the gcc compiler on the University's Olympus system. Olympus accounts will be provided. At least one of the small programming assignments will require the use of the lex and yacc programming tools, as described in the book lex & yacc by O'Reilly & Associates. Additional information on lex and yacc can be found in the man pages on Olympus.

Grading:

All work must be done individually, no group work will be accepted. Period. Protect your work to prevent someone else copying off of you. If two assignments are too similar for coincidence, they both get zeros.

Based on a total of 500 points, the standard grading scheme of 90%-100% for an A, 80%-89% for a B, etc. will be used.
Exam dates and assignment and project deadlines will be announced as soon as possible.
Quizzes, however, will only be announced (in lab) 1 week in advance.
- No makeups for quizzes without a written excuse from your doctor or probation officer.
- If an exam is missed, you must contact your instructor before the next class meeting to arrange a makeup exam and the makeup exam must be taken before the class meeting one week after the exam was originally given. After the one week period has elapsed, the missed exam is a zero.
Note: In order to receive a grade of 'C' in this course, you must earn at least a 70% grade on the assembler project AND average at least 70% on the three exams. The quizzes and other assignments are not considered in this special condition.

	3 exams (comprehensive final)	300
	2 small programming assignments	50
	1 large project (2-pass assembler)	100
	total of quizzes given in recitation	25
	class and lab participation	25

Programming Project:

Details on the programming project will be provided well in advance. The project will involve writing a 2-pass assembler for an assembly language discussed in class.