HIS 101 (Spring 2012)
16 Week Course Assignment Schedule
9 January Start
 
 
Grades are recorded in your gradebook in Blackboard. For an explanation of the critical course deadlines, highlighted on the schedule in bold, please see the course home page.
 
Week Starts

Topic

Assignments/Critical Course Deadlines

Assignment
Due Date

Possible Points
8
January
Unit 1: Introduction Introduction paragraph 8 am
17 January
50
15
January
Unit 2: Pre-History Required Pre-History paragraph
8 am
23 January
50
22
January
Unit 3: Ancient Near East Required Gilgamesh paper 8 am
30 January
100
Last Refund Date/
First Assignment Due Date Deadline (27 January)
29
January
Unit 4: Classical Greece
Required Ancient paragraph
8 am
6 February
50
5
February
Unit 5: Classical Rome and Christianity Optional Sermon paragraph
8 am
13 February
(25)
12
February
Unit 6: Islam and Empire
Required Hadith paragraph 8 am
20 February
50
19
February
Unit 7: Russia
Midterm Exam Due Date
27 February 150
26
February
Unit 8: Charlemagne
*Optional Song of Roland Paper
8 am
4 March
(100)
11
March
Unit 9: Feudalism
Required Feudalism paragraph
8 am
19 March
50
18
March
Unit 10: Early Middle Ages
Optional Magna Carta paragraph 8 am
26 March
(25)
Last Withdrawal Date (21 March)
25
March
Unit 11: Medieval Russia
Required Web paper
8 am
2 April
100
1
April
Unit 12: Late Middle Ages
*Optional Chaucer paper
8 am
9 April
(100)
8
April
Unit 13: Renaissance
*Optional Machiavelli paper
8 am
16 April
(100)
15
April
Unit 14: Reformation
Extra Credit Special Project paper
8 am
23 April
(50-100)
22
April
Unit 15: Final Exam Final exam; Course End Date (7 May)
30 April 250
Any
Week
  Online Discussion (Post ten times during the course.)   50
    TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS   1,000
 
* You must do one of these three book paper assignments.
 
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The specific assignment deadlines in this course are listed on the course schedule. You may not submit late extra credit work from a course unit. You may submit any of the course assignments, or optional course assignments late, but the maximum point value will then be reduced by one-half.

Course grades are based on the following scale:

  • 1,000-900:  A
  •    899-800:  B
  •    799-700:  C
  •    699-600:  D
  •    599-000:  F
Please remember that you must pass the final exam with a grade of "C" (175/250) or better to earn a passing grade in this course.

 

 

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