Grades are recorded in your gradebook in Blackboard. For an explanation of the critical course deadlines, highlighted on the schedule in bold, please see the course syllabus.
| Week Starts |
Topic |
Required Assignments and Critical Course Deadlines | Due Date |
Possible Points |
| 13 January | Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Blackboard Post | 8 am 20 January |
50+ |
| 20 January | Unit 2: Pre-History | Required Pre-History paragraph |
8 am 27 January |
50 |
| 27 January | Unit 3: Ancient Near East | Required Gilgamesh paper Last Refund Date/ First Assignment Due Date Deadline (30 January) |
8 am 3 February |
100 |
| 3 February | Unit 4: Classical Mediterranean |
Required Ancient paragraph |
8 am 10 February |
50 |
| 10 February | Unit 5: Classical South Asia | *Optional Ramayana paper |
8 am 17 February |
(100) |
| 17 February | Unit 6: Mesoamerica |
8 am 24 February |
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| 24 February | Unit 7: Classical China |
*Optional Confucius paper |
8 am 3 March |
(100) |
| 3 March | Unit 8: Russia |
Midterm Exam Due Date |
9 March | 150 |
| 10 March - 16 March |
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS (Spring Break) | |||
| 17 March | Unit 9: Islam and Empire |
Required Hadith paragraph Last Withdrawal Date (24 March) |
8 am 24 March |
50 |
| 24 March | Unit 10: African Society |
Required Ibn Battuta paragraph | 8 am 31 March |
50 |
| 31 March | Unit 11: Mongols |
8 am 7 April |
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| 7 April | Unit 12: Japan |
Required Web paper |
8 am 14 April |
100 |
| 14 April | Unit 13: Charlemagne and the European Middle Ages |
Extra Credit Special Project paper |
8 am 21 April |
(50-100) |
| 21 April | Unit 14: Renaissance, Reformation and Exploration |
*Optional De Las Casas paper |
8 am 28 April |
(100) |
| 28 April | Unit 15: Final Exam |
Final
exam; Course End Date (10 May) |
5 May | 250 |
| Any Week |
Online Discussion (Post during the course.) | 50 | ||
| TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS | 1,000 | |||
The specific assignment deadlines in this course are listed on the course schedule.
There are extra credit options available in each unit of the course: (1) You may submit one item of extra credit in each unit of the course; (2) you may not submit extra credit work from a unit once that unit has been completed; (3) you may not submit extra credit work if you are not up-to-date on the course required assignments.
Course grades are based on the following scale:
- 1,000-900: A
- 899-800: B
- 799-700: C
- 699-600: D
- 599-000: F