HIS 101 (Fall 2011)
16 Week Course Assignment Schedule
22 August 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
21
August
Unit 1: Introduction Introduction paragraph 8 am
29 August
50
28
August
Unit 2: Pre-History Required Pre-History paragraph
8 am
6 September
50
4
September
Unit 3: Ancient Near East Required Gilgamesh paper 8 am
12 September
100
Last Refund Date/
First Assignment Due Date Deadline (9 September)
11
September
Unit 4: Classical Greece
Required Ancient paragraph
8 am
19 September
50
18
September
Unit 5: Classical Rome and Christianity Optional Sermon paragraph
8 am
26 September
(25)
25
September
Unit 6: Islam and Empire
Required Hadith paragraph 8 am
3 October
50
2
October
Unit 7: Russia
Midterm Exam Due Date
10 October 150
9
October
Unit 8: Charlemagne
*Optional Song of Roland Paper
8 am
17 October
(100)
16
October
Unit 9: Feudalism
Required Feudalism paragraph
8 am
24 October
50
23
October
Unit 10: Early Middle Ages
Optional Magna Carta paragraph 8 am
31 October
(25)
Last Withdrawal Date (2 November)
30
October
Unit 11: Medieval Russia
Required Web paper
8 am
7 November
100
6
November
Unit 12: Late Middle Ages
*Optional Chaucer paper
8 am
14 November
(100)
13
November
Unit 13: Renaissance
*Optional Machiavelli paper
8 am
21 November
(100)
20
November
Unit 14: Reformation
Extra Credit Special Project paper
8 am
28 November
(50-100)
27
November
Unit 15: Final Exam Final exam; Course End Date (19 December)
8 am
12 December
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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