College: New York University
Certificate Price: $149
Length: 6 weeks
Instructors: Daniel Katz-Braunschweig, Aspen Olmsted

Computer Hardware and Operating Systems

This is a self-paced course that provides an Introduction to Computer Hardware and Operating Systems

This course will cover topics including:

  • Fundamentals of system hardware
  • Introduction to OS concepts
  • OS processes and threads
  • Thread concurrency and deadlocks
  • Memory management

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