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 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