| Week Starts | Topic | Assignments/Critical course Deadlines | Assignment Due Date |
Possible Points |
| 22 August | Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Canvas Post | 8 am 25 August |
15+ |
| Unit 2: Pre-History | Pre-History paragraph Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (30 August) |
8 am 29 August |
50 | |
| 29 August | ||||
| Unit 3: Ancient Near East | Gilgamesh paper |
8 am 1 September |
100 | |
| Unit 4: Classical Greece | Ancient paragraph | 8 am 5 September |
50 | |
| 5 September | Unit 5: Classical Rome and Christianity | 8 am 8 September |
|
|
| Unit 6: Islam and Empire | Hadith paragraph | 8 am 12 September |
50 | |
| 12 September |
Unit 7: Russia | Midterm Exam | anytime 15 September |
150 |
| Unit 8: Charlemagne | Canvas post/respond | 8 am 19 September |
5 | |
| 19 September |
Unit 9: Early Middle Ages | Last Withdrawal Date (24 September) | 8 am 22 September |
|
| Unit 10: Feudalism | Feudalism group project | 8 am 26 September |
100 | |
| 26 September | Unit 11: Medieval Russia | Wikipedia Analysis paper | 8 am 29 September |
100 |
| Unit 12: Late Middle Ages | Canvas post/respond | 8 am 3 October |
5 | |
| 3 October | Unit 13: Reformation | 8 am 6 October |
||
| Unit 14: Renaissance | Machiavelli paper | 8 am 10 October |
100 | |
| 10 October |
Unit 15: Final Exam | Final exam | anytime 13 October |
250 |
| Unit 16: The World in 1500 | Reflective paragraph and Canvas posting Course End Date (16 October) |
8 am 16 October |
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