| Week Starts | Topic | Assignments/Critical course Deadlines | Assignment Due Date |
Possible Points |
| 14 March | Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Canvas Post | 8 am 17 March |
15+ |
| Unit 2: Pre-History | Pre-History paragraph |
8 am 21 March |
50 | |
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| Unit 3: Ancient Near East | Gilgamesh paper |
8 am 24 March |
100 | |
| Unit 4: Classical Greece | Ancient paragraph | 8 am 28 March |
50 | |
| 28 March | Unit 5: Classical Rome and Christianity | 8 am 31 March |
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| Unit 6: Islam and Empire | Hadith paragraph | 8 am 4 April |
50 | |
| 4 April | Unit 7: Russia | Midterm Exam | Anytime 7 April |
150 |
| Unit 8: Charlemagne | Canvas post/respond | 8 am 11 April |
5 | |
| 11 April | Unit 9: Early Middle Ages | Last Withdrawal Date (16 April) | 8 am 14 April |
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| Unit 10: Feudalism | Feudalism group project | 8 am 18 April |
100 | |
| 18 April | Unit 11: Medieval Russia | Wikipedia Analysis paper | 8 am 21 April |
100 |
| Unit 12: Late Middle Ages | Canvas post/respond | 8 am 25 April |
5 | |
| 25 April | Unit 13: Reformation | 8 am 28 April |
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| Unit 14: Renaissance | Machiavelli paper | 8 am 2 May |
100 | |
| 2 May | Unit 15: Final Exam | Final exam | Anytime on 5 May |
250 |
| Unit 16: The World in 1500 | Reflective paragraph and Canvas posting Course End Date (8 May) |
8 am 8 May |
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