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 into account the missed classes.
-===== March 16, 2015 =====
+====== March 16, 2015 ====
-The number of topics in the file /cs/course/4351/4351_topics has been increased. You may choose any topic that has not been chosen so far for the second
+The EECS 4351 project has been posted in the file /cs/course/4351/4351_project in the course directory. Unlike topics for topic studies, more than one group can choose a same topic, problem, or area for the project.
+A number of additional topics has been added to the file /cs/course/4351/4351_topics in the course directory. You may choose any topic that has not been chosen so far for the second
 topic study.
 Please note that the format for the second topic study is the same as for the first topic study. However, the second topic study will not be presented in class due to time constraints.
-For the second topic study, you are required to hand in hard copies, as well as submit electronic copies, of the presentation PowerPoint slides, and the report in PDF format,
+For both topic studies, you are required to hand in hard copies, as well as submit electronic copies, of the topic study presentation PowerPoint slides, and the topic study report in PDF format,
-on or before the last day to hand in term work.
+on or before the last day to hand in term work. For the project, you are required to hand in a hard copy, as well as submit an electronic copy, of the project report in PDF format,
+on or before the last day to hand in term work. (The last day to hand in term work is determined by the York University Registrar's Office.)
+====== March 19, 2015 ====
+Please note that the York University Registrar's Office has just announced that the
+new last day of classes and the new last day to hand in term work for the Winter 2015 term
+is Friday April 17, 2015. http://www.registrar.yorku.ca/enrol/dates/fw14.htm
+Correspondingly, the new date for EECS 4351 Test 2, and the new due
+date for the EECS 4351 project report and topic studies reports and presentation slides
+are as follows:
+  * Test 2: Thursday, April 16, 2015, 11:30-13:30
+  * Last day to hand in term work: Friday, April 17, 2015
+  * Project report; topic studies presentation slides and reports due: Friday, April 17, 2015, 23:59.
+====== April 14, 2015 ====
+Please note that CSE 4351 Test 2 will be held on Thursday April 16, 2015, 11:30-13:00.
+Test 2 will include: (a) Material covered in the lectures from Tuesday February 24, 2015 up to and including the lecture on Tuesday April 14, 2015; (b) All the material in the slides in RTT.4.pdf in the course directory;
+It is possible that Test 2 may include true/false questions, questions that require short answers, questions that may require the drawing of diagrams, questions that require slightly longer answers, and other possible question formats.
+MAKE SURE YOU READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL THE MATERIAL IN THE SLIDES, AND THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS SIMILAR TO THE PROBLEMS FOR WHICH SOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN CLASS. IF YOU HAD MISSED A LECTURE, MAKE SURE YOU OBTAIN A COPY OF THE NOTES TAKEN IN CLASS FROM A CLASSMATE, AS TEST 2 MAY INCLUDE QUESTIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THE PROBLEMS FOR WHICH SOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN CLASS.
+====== May 5, 2015 ====
+The EECS 4351 marks have been posted in the course directory. To access your mark, login to your cse account on red.cse.yorku.ca, then type in the following command:
+courseInfo 4351 2014-15 W