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Coverage for each exam will be determined by what we have covered in the class meeting 1 week before the exam, and will be posted here as the exam nears.
| First day of class | Thursday, January 22 | |
| Last day to drop or withdraw without a "W" grade | Tuesday, February 3 | |
| Last day to add courses | Tuesday, February 10 | |
| Assignment #1 due date | Thursday, February 12 | |
| Test #1 | Tuesday, February 24 Coverage | |
| Assignment #2 due date | Thursday, March 5 | |
| Test #2 | Tuesday, March 17 Coverage | |
| Spring Break -- no classes or office hours | Monday-Friday, March 23-27 | |
| Cesar Chavez Day -- no classes or office hours | Tuesday, March 31 | |
| Assignment #3 due date | Thursday, April 2 | |
| Test #3 | Thursday, April 9 Coverage | |
| Assignment #4 due date | Tuesday, April 21 | |
| Test #4 | Tuesday, May 5 Coverage | |
| Assignment #5 due date | Tuesday, May 12 | |
| Last day of class | Tuesday, May 12 | |
| Final Exam | Thursday, May 21, 1715-1930 Coverage |
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Coverage for final exam:
Topics of tests 1, 2, 3, and 4, plus
Sections 8.3 and 8.4 (but not 8.4.3), 9.1, 9.2, and 9.3.3
Coverage for test 4:
Topics of test 3 plus
Sections 6.2, 6.3, 6.4.1, 7.1, 7.2 (Example 7.19 only), 7.3.2, 7.3.4,
7.4.3, 7.4.4., 7.4.5, 8.2
Coverage for test 3:
Topics of test 2 plus
remainder of Sections 5.1 and 5.2
(except recursive inferences and the proof of Thm. 5.14)
Section 5.4 (excluding YACC)
Section 6.1 (graphical notation is optional)
Coverage for test 2:
Topics of test 1 plus
Sections 3.2, 3.4.1-3.4.3, 4.1, 4.2.1, 4.3, 4.4 (DFA minimization only)
Sections 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.2
Exercise 5.1.3 (statement only)
Coverage for test 1:
Section 1.4, Chapter 2 (but not Section 2.4), Section 3.1
not DFA minimization