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> Lots of lower tier CS programs like mine seem to really just focus on popping out Java programmers that can work on enterprise systems.

Even in higher-quality ones, OS (and thus syscalls) may not be covered if the curriculum focuses mostly on, say, computational science, or PLT, or formal methods.

Interesting. At the university I attended, Operating Systems was required not only for Computer Science students but, also Computer Engineer students.

That sounds more appropriate for a vocational program in community college.