After completion of "Operating Systems" course, a student will:

• know the principles of modern operating systems and features of their application;
• know the appointment, functions and structure of the OS;
• know the characteristics of modern general-purpose operating system, advantages and disadvantages of individual families OS Microsoft Windows and Unix;
• know the methods for configuration and administration of the new OS;
• be able to configure specific configuration of operating systems;
• be able to work in Windows XP, Windows 7 and Unix/Linux (S.2.4.1);
• be able to analyze and reasonably choose the OS depending on the task and the resources available;
• be able to install, configure and administer the simplest cases, the new OS;
• be able to work with different operating systems and administrating.