| Week Starts | Topic | Assignments/Critical course Deadlines | Assignment Due Date |
Possible Points |
| 30 January | Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Canvas Post | 8 am 2 February |
15+ |
| Unit 2: Pre-History | Pre-History paragraph Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (7 February) |
8 am 6 February |
50 | |
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| Unit 3: Ancient Near East | Gilgamesh paper |
8 am 9 February |
100 | |
| Unit 4: Classical Greece | Ancient paragraph | 8 am 13 February |
50 | |
| 13 February | Unit 5: Classical Rome and Christianity | 8 am 16 February |
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| Unit 6: Islam and Empire | Hadith paragraph | 8 am 20 February |
50 | |
| 20 February | Unit 7: Charlemagne | Canvas post/respond (NOTE SWITCH OF UNITS 7 and 8) | Anytime 23 February |
5 |
| Unit 8: Russia | Midterm Exam | 8 am 27 February |
150 | |
| 27 February | Unit 9: Early Middle Ages | 8 am 2 March |
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| Unit 10: Feudalism | Feudalism group project Last Withdrawal Date (4 March) |
8 am 6 March |
100 | |
| 6 March | Unit 11: Medieval Russia | Wikipedia Analysis paper | 8 am 9 March |
100 |
| Unit 12: Late Middle Ages | Canvas post/respond | 8 am 13 March |
5 | |
| 13 March | Unit 13: Reformation | 8 am 16 March |
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| Unit 14: Renaissance | Machiavelli paper | 8 am 20 March |
100 | |
| 20 March | Unit 15: Final Exam | Final exam | Anytime 23 March |
250 |
| Unit 16: The World in 1500 | Reflective paragraph and Canvas posting Course End Date (26 March) |
8 am 26 March |
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