HIS 101 8 Week Course Assignment Schedule

HIS 101 (Fall 2015)
8 Week Course Assignment Schedule
19 October Start Date

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	Assignments/Critical course Deadlines	Assignment Due Date	Possible Points
19 October	Unit 1: Introduction	Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Canvas Post	8 am 22 October	55+
19 October	Unit 2: Pre-History	Required Pre-History paragraph	8 am 26 October	50
26 October
	Unit 3: Ancient Near East	Required Gilgamesh paper Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (27 October)	8 am 29 October	100
	Unit 4: Classical Greece	Required Ancient paragraph	8 am 2 November	50
2 November	Unit 5: Classical Rome and Christianity	Canvas post/respond Optional Sermon paragraph	8 am 5 November	5
2 November	Unit 6: Islam and Empire	Required Hadith paragraph	8 am 9 November	50
9 November	Unit 7: Russia	Midterm Exam	12 November	150
9 November	Unit 8: Charlemagne	*Optional Song of Roland Paper	8 am 16 November
16 November	Unit 9: Feudalism	Required Feudalism paragraph Last Withdrawal Date (21 November)	8 am 19 November	50
16 November	Unit 10: Early Middle Ages	Canvas post/respond Optional Magna Carta paragraph	8 am 23 November	5
23 November	Unit 11: Medieval Russia	Required Web paper	8 am 26 November	100
23 November	Unit 12: Late Middle Ages	Canvas post/respond *Optional Chaucer paper	8 am 30 November	5
30 November	Unit 13: Renaissance	*Optional Machiavelli paper	8 am 3 December
30 November	Unit 14: Reformation	Canvas post/respond Extra Credit Special project paper	8 am 7 December	5
7 December	Unit 15: Final Exam	Final exam	10 December	250
7 December	Unit 16: The World in 1500	Reflective paragraph and Canvas posting Course End Date (13 December)	8 am 13 December	25
* You must do one of these book paper assignments for 100 points.				100
		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