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 The Midterm Test will cover the following:
-a) Chapters 1 - 8, and pages 359-389 of Chapter 9 of the textbook “Data Structures and Algorithms in Java” 6th Edition.
+a) Chapters 1 - 9 of the textbook “Data Structures and Algorithms in Java” 6th Edition.
 b) Chapter 11, Design by Contract: building reliable software, in the book authored by Bertrand Meyer, “Object-oriented software construction,” Prentice Hall, 1997.
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 http://ca.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-EHEP002900.html
+http://bcs.wiley.com/he-bcs/Books?action=resource&bcsId=8635&itemId=1118771338&resourceId=34840
+===== October 31, 2017 =====
+Please note the following regarding handing in EECS 2011 Section E Fall 2017 Assignment 2:
+. The extended due date for submitting an electronic copy to the /cs/course/2011E/submit/a2 directory and dropping off a hard copy into the EECS 2011 Section E drop off box (located in Lassonde) of your EECS 2011 Section E Fall 2017 Assignment 2 **without penalty** is:
+**Thursday November 9, 2017, 9:30 a.m.**
+. If you are not able to meet the above due date, but are able to submit an electronic copy and drop off a hard copy of your EECS 2011 Section E Fall 2017 Assignment 2 on or before:
+**Tuesday November 14, 2017, 9:30 a.m.**
+then your assignment will be subject to a **two (2) grade point penalty**. For example, a reduction from a grade of 'B' to a grade of 'C'.
+. **After Tuesday November 14, 2017, 9:30 a.m., Assignment 2 will not be accepted and the assignment grade will be 'F'.**
+===== November 9, 2017 =====
+Please note that EECS 2011 Section E Fall 2017 Assignment 3 has been posted in the course directory /cs/course/2011E/2011E_assign_3_F17.pdf
+**The due date for EECS 2011 Section E Fall 2017 Assignment 3 is: Tuesday December 5, 2017, 23:59**
+EECS 2011 Section E Fall 2017 Assignment 3 must be completed by groups where each group consists of exactly two students.
+In case you cannot find a partner to form a group of two students, please send the instructor email, and the instructor will put you in contact with other students who cannot find a partner, so that you can contact each other to see whether you would like to form a group for the purpose of completing the assignments.
+Please note that the assignment document /cs/course/2011E/2011E_assign_3_F17.pdf may be updated without further notice. Please make sure that you have the most up-to-date version of the assignment.
+Please also note that the due date of this assignment, **Tuesday December 5, 2017,
+is 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 9, 2017 =====
+Please note that the EECS 2011 Section E Fall 2017 Midterm Test marks can be accessed by logging in to red.cse.yorku.ca, then typing the following command:
+courseInfo 2011E 2017-18 F
+===== November 28, 2017 =====
+Please note that, according to the final exam scheduled published by York University (https://w2prod.sis.yorku.ca/Apps/WebObjects/cdm.woa/wa/curexam),
+the EECS 2011 Section E Final Exam will be held at the following time and location:
+**Thursday, December 14, 2017, 19:00-22:00; location: LAS B**
+The EECS 2011 Section E Final Exam will cover the following:
+a) Chapters 1 - 12 and Chapter 14 of the textbook “Data Structures and Algorithms in Java” 6th Edition.
+b) Chapter 11, Design by Contract: building reliable software, in the book authored by Bertrand Meyer, “Object-oriented software construction,” Prentice Hall, 1997.
+(A copy of Chapter 11 of Bertrand Meyer’s book above can be found in the course
+directory: /cs/course/2011E/Design_by_Contract.pdf)
+c) All the slides in DS.1.pdf, DS_2.pdf, DS.3.pdf, DS.4.pdf, DS.4_part2.pdf, DS.4.part3.pdf, DS.5.pdf, DS.6.pdf, DS.7.pdf, DS.8.pdf, DS.9.pdf, DS.10.pdf, DS.11.pdf, DS.12.pdf, DS.14.pdf,  - as well as all the material covered in the lectures from the beginning of the course up to and including the Thursday November 30, 2017 lecture. Please make sure that you have the most up-to-date version of the lecture notes.
+It is possible that the EECS 2011 Section E 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 Java code or pseudocode 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.
+Please note that course component marks, when available, can be accessed by logging in to red.cse.yorku.ca, then typing the following command:
+courseInfo 2011E 2017-18 F