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 |