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 |
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 |
|
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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
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