| Week Starts | Topic | Assignments/Critical Course Deadlines | Assignment Due Date |
Possible Points |
| 13 June | Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Canvas Post | 8 am 16 June |
15+ |
| Unit 2: Pre-History | Pre-History paragraph | 8 am 20 June |
50 | |
| 20 June | Unit 3: Ancient Near East | Gilgamesh paper |
8 am 23 June |
100 |
| Unit 4: Classical Greece | Ancient paragraph | 8 am 27 June |
50 | |
| 27 June | Unit 5: Classical Rome and Christianity | 8 am 30 June |
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| Unit 6: Islam and Empire | Hadith paragraph | 8 am 4 July |
50 | |
| 4 July | Unit 7: Russia | Midterm Exam | anytime 7 July |
150 |
| Unit 8: Charlemagne | Canvas post/respond | 8 am 11 July |
5 | |
| 11 July | Unit 9: Early Middle Ages | 8 am 14 July |
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| Unit 10: Feudalism | Feudalism group project Last Withdrawal Date (16 July) |
8 am 18 July |
100 | |
| 18 July | Unit 11: Medieval Russia | Wikipedia Analysis paper | 8 am 21 July |
100 |
| Unit 12: Late Middle Ages | Canvas post/respond | 8 am 25 July |
5 | |
| 25 July |
Unit 13: Reformation | 8 am 28 July |
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| Unit 14: Renaissance | Machiavelli paper | 8 am 1 August |
100 | |
| 1 August | Unit 15: Final Exam | Final exam | anytime 4 August |
250 |
| Unit 16: The World in 1500 | Reflective paragraph and Canvas posting Course End Date (7 August) |
8 am 7 August |
25 | |
| TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS | 1,000 |
There are specific assignment deadlines in this course, and these are listed on the course schedule. 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. You may not submit late extra credit work. You may not take a required exam late.
Course grades are based on the following scale:
- 1,000-900: A
- 899-800: B
- 799-700: C
- 699-600: D
- 599-000: F