Grades are recorded in the gradebook in Canvas. For an explanation of the critical course deadlines, highlighted on the schedule in bold, please see the course syllabus.
Week Starts |
Topic |
Required Assignments and Critical Course Deadlines |
Due Date |
Possible
Points |
2 February |
Unit 1: Introduction |
Introduction
Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Canvas Post |
8 am
9 February |
50+ |
8 February |
Unit 2: Pre-History |
Pre-History paragraph
Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (10 February)
|
8 am
12 February |
50 |
Unit 3: Ancient Near East |
Gilgamesh paper |
8 am
16 February |
100 |
15 February |
Unit 4: Classical Greece |
Ancient paragraph |
8 am
19 February |
50
|
Unit 5: Classical Rome and Christianity |
|
8 am
23 February |
|
22 February |
Unit 6: Islam and Empire |
Hadith paragraph |
8 am
26 February |
50 |
Unit 7: Russia |
Midterm Exam |
2 March |
150 |
1 March |
Unit 8: Charlemagne |
*Optional Song of Roland Paper
|
8 am
5 March |
(100) |
Unit 9: Feudalism |
Feudalism paragraph
Last Withdrawal Date (7 March) |
8 am
9 March |
50 |
8 March |
Unit 10: Early Middle Ages |
|
8 am
12 March |
|
Unit 11: Medieval Russia |
Web paper |
8 am
16 March
|
100 |
15 March |
Unit 12: Late Middle Ages |
*Optional Chaucer paper |
8 am
19 March |
(100) |
Unit 13: Renaissance |
*Optional Machiavelli paper |
8 am
23 March |
(100) |
22 March |
Unit 14: Reformation |
Extra Credit Special project paper |
8 am
26 March |
(50-100) |
Unit 15: Final Exam |
Final
exam
Course End Date (29 March) |
29 March |
250 |
Any
Week |
|
Online
Discussion (Post during the course.) |
|
50 |
|
|
TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS |
|
1,000 |
* You must do one of these book paper assignments.
The specific assignment deadlines in this course are listed on the course schedule.
There are extra credit options available in each unit of the course: (1) You may submit one item of extra credit in each unit of the course; (2) you may not submit extra credit work from a unit once that unit has been completed; (3) you may not submit extra credit work if you are not up-to-date on the course required assignments.
Course grades are based on the
following scale:
- 1,000-900: A
- 899-800: B
- 799-700: C
- 699-600: D
- 599-000: F
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