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   * [[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~wildes|Richard P. Wildes]]   * [[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~wildes|Richard P. Wildes]]
     * Office: LAS 1012R      * Office: LAS 1012R 
-    * Office hours: Wednesday, 15:00-16:00 on weeks that class meets+    * Office hours: Wednesday, 17:30-18:30 on weeks that class meets
     * Email: wildes@cse.yorku.ca     * Email: wildes@cse.yorku.ca
  
-== Teaching Assistant ==+== Teaching Assistants ==
  
-  Andrew Speers + 
-    * Office: TBD+  Hemanth Pidaparthy 
 +    * Office: LAS 0002
     * Office hours: N/A       * Office hours: N/A  
-    * Email: TBD+    * Email: phemanth@cse.yorku.ca 
 + 
 +  * Soo Min Kang 
 +    * Office: LAS 3002 
 +    * Office hours: N/A 
 +    * Email: kangsoo@cse.yorku.ca
  
 In order to ensure timely responses to e-mails, please include EECS1001 in the e-mail subject line and include your CSE account number and student number in the body of the e-mail. E-mails lacking such information are unlikely to receive timely or useful response. In order to ensure timely responses to e-mails, please include EECS1001 in the e-mail subject line and include your CSE account number and student number in the body of the e-mail. E-mails lacking such information are unlikely to receive timely or useful response.
  
  
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 Students are welcome to come to the instructors' office hours to ask questions about the lecture material or other aspects of the course. Students are welcome to come to the instructors' office hours to ask questions about the lecture material or other aspects of the course.
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 ==== Textbook ==== ==== Textbook ====
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 == Lectures == == Lectures ==
  
-Students are expected to attend lectures. A schedule of currently planned lectures is can be accessed via the side bar to this page and will be updated incrementally throughout the year. +Students are expected to attend lectures. A schedule of currently planned lectures can be accessed via the side bar to this page and will be updated incrementally throughout the year. 
  
 == Assignments and Quizzes == == Assignments and Quizzes ==
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 ==  Essay == ==  Essay ==
  
-Students will be expected to write and hand in a final essay that integrates and discusses three of the lectures that were presented during the year. The essay will be due on April 2015; hardcopy must be placed in the course drop box in Lassonde no latter than 23:59 on that date. Additional details will be provided in class, some of which can found <html><a href="http://www.cse.yorku.ca/course_archive/2014-15/Y/1001/essayInfo.pdf">here</a></html>+Students will be expected to write and hand in a final essay that integrates and discusses three of the lectures that were presented during the year. The essay will be due on April 2017; hardcopy must be placed in the course drop box in Lassonde no latter than 23:59 on that date. Additional details will be provided in class, some of which can found <html><a href="http://www.cse.yorku.ca/course_archive/2016-17/Y/1001/essayInfo.pdf">here</a></html>
  
 == Activities == == Activities ==
  
-During the course of the year, announcements will be made regarding various outside of class activities in which students can participate; one of these will be for credit. These events will be noted in class and on the What's new link on the side bar to this page. +During the course of the year, announcements will be made regarding various outside of class activities in which students can participate; two of these will be for credit. These events will be noted in class and on the What's new link on the side bar to this page. 
  
 +==== Learning Outcomes ====
  
 +By the end of the course the students will be able to
  
 +  * Provide a short (e.g., one paragraph) description of at least three research areas in computer science.
  
  
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    * A final written essay. Specifications for the essay will be given in lecture.    * A final written essay. Specifications for the essay will be given in lecture.
  
-In order to pass the course, a student must receive a pass on 8 individual markable events and on the final essay. In total, 10 markable events will be available: 1 assignment, 8 quizzes and outside of class activity. For example, to pass a single quiz a student must achieve 50% correct or better (i.e., at least 3 out of 5 on a 5 question quiz). Similarly, a student must achieve at least 50% on the final essay to receive a pass on that component.+In order to pass the course, a student must receive a pass on 8 individual markable events and on the final essay. In total, 11 markable events will be available: 1 assignment, 8 quizzes and outside of class activities. For example, to pass a single quiz a student must achieve 50% correct or better (i.e., at least 3 out of 5 on a 5 question quiz). Similarly, a student must achieve at least 50% on the final essay to receive a pass on that component.
  
  
  
  
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