| Week Starts |
Topic |
Assignments/Critical Course Deadlines | Assignment |
Possible Points |
| 20 May |
Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction paragraph | 8 am 27 May |
50 |
| 26 May |
Unit 2: Pre-History | Required Pre-History paragraph; Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (1 June) |
8 am 3 June |
50 |
| 2 June |
Unit 3: Ancient Near East | Required Gilgamesh paper | 8 am 10 June |
100 |
| 9 June |
Unit 4: Classical Mediterranean |
Required Ancient paragraph |
8 am 13 June |
50 |
| Unit 5: Classical South Asia | *Optional Ramayana paper | 8 am 17 June |
(100) | |
| 16 June |
Unit 6: Classical China | Optional Quiché paragraph |
8 am 20 June |
(25) |
| Unit 7: Islam | *Optional Confucius paper | 8 am 24June |
(100) | |
| 23 June |
Unit 8: Russia |
Midterm Exam Due Date | 1 July | 150 |
| 30 June |
Unit 9: Mesoamerica |
Required Hadith paragraph |
8 am 8 July |
50 |
| 7 July |
Unit 10: African Society |
Required Ibn Battuta paragraph |
8 am 11 July |
50 |
| Unit 11: Mongols | Optional Mongol paragraph; Last Withdrawal Date (9 July) | 8 am 15 July |
(25) | |
| 14 July |
Unit 12: Japan |
Required Web paper |
8 am 22 July |
100 |
| 21 July |
Unit 13: Charlemagne and the European Middle Ages |
Extra Credit Special Project paper |
8 am 29 July |
(50-100) |
| 28 July |
Unit 14: Renaissance, Reformation and Exploration |
*Optional De Las Casas paper |
8 am 5 August |
(100) |
| 4 August |
Unit 15: Explorations |
Final
exam; Course End Date (11 August) |
9 August | 250 |
| Any Week |
Online Discussion (Post during the course.) | 50 | ||
| 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