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+# Exercise 1: 
+
+## Due Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2022 11:59 PM
+## Objectives: To get familiar with writing basic HTML and gain practice with our git workflow for distributiing course materials and submitting projects.
+
+## Specifications/Requirements
+1. Starting with the `index.html` starter file we have provided you with. You need to create a webpage that will display a list of courses that a student would have taken over 2 semesters. Each semester should contain at least 3 courses, so your list should be a list of lists. Any lists you define should also be an unordered list. Additionally, your web page needs to have a title tag that will name your web page __My Course Schedule__ You will need to commit your changes and push them to your reposiroy on the University Gitlab server.
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+<!doctype html>
+<html>
+    <head> 
+        <meta charset="utf-8" />
+        <!-- For responsive page -->
+        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
+       
+    </head>
+
+    <body>
+        
+    </body>
+</html>
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+/*Your CSS SHould go here*/
+