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 The topics for Assignment 1 will be made available in the file /cs/course/3221/3221_topics
-The topic study slides are due on the day of the presentation.
+The topic study slides and the topic study report are due on the last day to hand in term work, that is, Monday December 7, 2015, 23:59.
-The topic study report is due on the last day to hand in term work, that is, Monday December 7, 2015, 23:59.
 You are required to hand in hard copies, and electronic copies of all assignments.
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 The due date of EECS 3221 Assignment 2 is Monday, November 2, 2015, 17:30.
+You are required to hand in hard copies, and electronic copies of all assignments. Please use the “submit” command to submit electronic copies of all assignments, including topic studies PowerPoint slides and reports, programming assignment reports and source code, etc., to the course directory /cs/course/3221/submit. Use the command “man submit” to learn how to use the “submit” command.
+===== October 21, 2015 =====
+The EECS 3221 midterm test will be held at the following time and location:
+Time: Monday October 26, 2015, 17:30-19:00
+Location: CLH J
+(Please note the location for the midterm test is not the same as the regular lecture room location.)
+The Midterm Test will cover the following:
+a) Chapters 1-4, and Sections 5.1-5.4 (pages 203-212) of Chapter 5, of the textbook “Operating System Concepts” 9th Edition.
+b) All the slides in OS_ch1.pdf, OS_ch2.pdf, OS_ch3.pdf, OS_ch4.pdf, slides 1-20 of OS_ch5.pdf - as well as all the material covered in the lectures up to and including the Wednesday Oct. 21, 2015 lecture. Please make sure that you have the most up-to-date version of the lecture notes.
+It is possible that the Midterm Test may include true/false questions, questions that require short answers, questions that require calculations, questions that may require the drawing of diagrams, questions that require slightly longer answers, questions that may require the writing of short programs using pseudo C code similar to that used throughout the textbook, and other possible question formats.
+- Please note that, in order to make sure that everyone in the class gets exactly the same information regarding the midterm and final exam, the instructor will not answer individual e-mail questions regarding what will be on and what will not be on the midterm and final exam, because that would not be fair to those students who do not receive such information. - If you have any questions related to the midterm or final exam, please ask such questions during the lectures.
+===== October 23, 2015 =====
+Some practice questions have been posted in the document /cs/course/3221/3221midterm_practice_questions_F15.pdf
+===== November 1, 2015 =====
+The due date for submitting EECS 3221 Assignment 2 without penalty has been postponed to Wednesday, November 4, 2015, 17:00. If the EECS 3221 Assignment 2 is not submitted by Wednesday, November 4, 2015, 17:00, but submitted by Monday, November 9, 2015, 17:00, a two (2) grade point penalty will apply, for example, a mark of 'B' will be reduced to 'C". If the EECS 3221 Assignment 2 is not submitted by Monday, November 9, 2015, 17:00, it will not be accepted, and a mark of 'F' will be recorded for the assignment.
+Hard copies of the assignment can be submitted by depositing them in the EECS 3221 Assignment Dropoff Box near the EECS Department Office on the first floor of Lassonde Building.
+===== November 4, 2015 =====
+EECS 3221 Assignment 3 has been posted in the course directory in the file
+/cs/course/3221/3221assgn3_F15.pdf
+Please note that the due date of this assignment, Monday December 7, 2015,
+:59 falls on the Last Day to Hand In Term Work according to the University
+Regulations. Thus it will not be possible to postpone the due date of this
+assignment. So please plan carefully in advance in order to make sure that you
+will be able to complete this assignment before the posted due date.
+===== November 5, 2015 =====
+Please note that the midterm exam marks can be accessed by logging in to red.cse.yorku.ca, then typing the following command:
+courseInfo 3221 2015-16 F
+===== November 11, 2015 =====
+Please note the date and time of the EECS 3221 final exam has been posted
+at https://w2prod.sis.yorku.ca/Apps/WebObjects/cdm.woa/wa/curexam
+LE/EECS 3221 3.00 Section A Final Exam
+Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 	19:00
+Location	LAS B
+===== December 3, 2015 =====
+The EECS 3221 section A Final Exam will be held on:
+Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 	19:00
+Location	LAS B
+https://w2prod.sis.yorku.ca/Apps/WebObjects/cdm.woa/wa/curexam
+The Final Exam will cover the following:
+a) Chapters 1-6, and Chapters 8-9 of the textbook “Operating System Concepts” 9th Edition.
+b) The slides OS_ch1.pdf, OS_ch2.pdf, OS_ch3.pdf, OS_ch4.pdf, OS_ch5.pdf, OS_ch6.pdf, OS_ch8.pdf, OS_ch9.pdf, - as well as all the material covered in all the lectures.
+It is possible that the Final Exam may include true/false questions, questions that require short answers, questions that require calculations, questions that may require the drawing of diagrams, questions that require slightly longer answers, questions that may require the writing of short programs using pseudo C code similar to that used throughout the textbook, and other possible question formats.
+- Please note that, in order to make sure that everyone in the class gets exactly the same information regarding the Final Exam, the instructor will not answer individual e-mail questions regarding what will be on and what will not be on the Final Exam, because that would not be fair to those students who do not receive such information. - If you have any questions related to the Final Exam, please ask such questions during the lectures.
+===== January 8, 2016 =====
+Please note that the unofficial final grade for EECS 3221 Fall 2015 can be accessed by logging in to red.cse.yorku.ca, then typing the following command:
+courseInfo 3221 2015-16 F