| Week Starts |
Topic |
Assignments/Critical Course Deadlines | Assignment |
Possible Points |
| 21 August | Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Canvas Post | 8 am 28 August |
15 |
| 28 August | Unit 2: Pre-History | Pre-History paragraph |
8 am 4 September |
50 |
| 4 September |
Unit 3: Ancient Near East | Gilgamesh paper Last Refund Date/ First Assignment Due Date Deadline (7 September) |
8 am 11 September |
100 |
| 11 September | Unit 4: Classical Greece |
Ancient paragraph |
8 am 18 September |
50 |
| 18 September | Unit 5: Classical Rome and Christianity | 8 am 25 September |
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| 25 September | Unit 6: Islam and Empire |
Hadith paragraph | 8 am 2 October |
50 |
| 2 October | Unit 7: Russia |
Midterm Exam (NOTE SWITCH OF UNITS 7 and 8) |
9 October | 150 |
| 9 October | NON-INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS (Fall Break) | |||
| 16 October | Unit 8: Charlemagne |
Canvas post/respond |
8 am 23 October |
5 |
| 23 October | Unit 9: Early Middle Ages |
8 am 30 October |
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| 30 October | Unit 10: Feudalism |
Feudalism group project Last Withdrawal Date (31 October) |
8 am 6 November |
100 |
| 6 November | Unit 11: Medieval Russia |
Wikipedia Analysis paper |
8 am 13 November |
100 |
| 13 November | Unit 12: Late Middle Ages |
Canvas post/respond | 8 am 20 November |
5 |
| 20 November | Unit 13: Reformation |
8 am 27 November |
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| 27 November | Unit 14: Renaissance |
Machiavelli paper | 8 am 4 December |
100 |
| 4 December | Unit 15: Final Exam | Final exam | 11 December | 250 |
| 11 December | Unit 16: The World in 1500 | Reflective paragraph and Canvas posting Course End Date (17 December) |
8 am 17 December |
25 |
| TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS | 1,000 | |||
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