| Week Starts |
Topic |
Assignments/Critical Course Deadlines | Assignment |
Possible Points |
| 21 August |
Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction paragraph | 8 am 29 August |
50 |
| 28 August |
Unit 2: Pre-History | Required Pre-History paragraph |
8 am 6 September |
50 |
| 4 September |
Unit 3: Ancient Near East | Required Gilgamesh paper | 8 am 12 September |
100 |
| Last Refund Date/ First Assignment Due Date Deadline (9 September) |
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| 11 September |
Unit 4: Classical Mediterranean |
Required Ancient paragraph |
8 am 19 September |
50 |
| 18 September |
Unit 5: Classical South Asia | *Optional Ramayana paper |
8 am 26 September |
(100) |
| 25 September |
Unit 6: Mesoamerica |
Optional Quiché paragraph | 8 am 3 October |
(25) |
| 2 October |
Unit 7: Classical China |
*Optional Confucius paper |
8 am 10 October |
(100) |
| 9 October |
Unit 8: Russia |
Midterm Exam Due Date |
17 October | 150 |
| 16 October |
Unit 9: Islam and Empire |
Required Hadith paragraph |
8 am 24 October |
50 |
| 23 October |
Unit 10: African Society |
Required Ibn Battuta paragraph | 8 am 31 October |
50 |
| Last Withdrawal Date (2 November) | ||||
| 30 October |
Unit 11: Mongols |
Optional Mongol paragraph |
8 am 7 November |
(25) |
| 6 November |
Unit 12: Japan |
Required Web paper |
8 am 14 November |
100 |
| 13 November |
Unit 13: Charlemagne and the European Middle Ages |
Extra Credit Special Project paper |
8 am 21 November |
(50-100) |
| 20 November |
Unit 14: Renaissance, Reformation and Exploration |
*Optional De Las Casas paper |
8 am 28 November |
(100) |
| 27 November |
Unit 15: Final Exam |
Final
exam; Course End Date (19 December) |
8 am 12 December |
250 |
| Any Week |
Online Discussion (Post ten times during the course.) | 50 | ||
| 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