The Grainger College of Engineering
Siebel School of Computing and Data Science

CS 341

CS 341 - System Programming

Spring 2026

TitleRubricSectionCRNTypeHoursTimesDaysLocationInstructor
System ProgrammingCS341ADA74119LBD00930 - 1050 R  ARR Digital Computer Laboratory 
System ProgrammingCS341ADB74120LBD01100 - 1220 R  136 Loomis Laboratory 
System ProgrammingCS341ADC74121LBD01230 - 1350 R  ARR Digital Computer Laboratory 
System ProgrammingCS341ADD74122LBD01400 - 1520 R  0218 Siebel Center for Comp Sci 
System ProgrammingCS341ADE74123LBD01530 - 1650 R  0218 Siebel Center for Comp Sci 
System ProgrammingCS341ADF74124LBD01700 - 1820 R  ARR Digital Computer Laboratory 
System ProgrammingCS341ADG74125LBD01230 - 1350 W  0218 Siebel Center for Comp Sci 
System ProgrammingCS341ADH74126LBD01400 - 1520 W  0218 Siebel Center for Comp Sci 
System ProgrammingCS341ADI74127LBD01530 - 1650 W  0218 Siebel Center for Comp Sci 
System ProgrammingCS341AL174118LEC41100 - 1150 M W F  1002 Electrical & Computer Eng Bldg Lawrence Angrave
System ProgrammingCS341CSP75350PKG4 -    Lawrence Angrave
System ProgrammingCS341CSP75350PKG4 -   Illini Center Lawrence Angrave

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Official Description

Basics of system programming, including POSIX processes, process control, inter-process communication, synchronization, signals, simple memory management, file I/O and directories, shell programming, socket network programming, RPC programming in distributed systems, basic security mechanisms, and standard tools for systems programming such as debugging tools. Course Information: Credit is not given for both CS 341 and either CS 241 or ECE 391. Prerequisite: CS 225 and CS 233. Class Schedule Information: Students must register for one lecture and one discussion section.