Grades are recorded in the 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 |
| 20 August | Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Blackboard Post | 8 am 25 August |
15+ |
| 24 August | Unit 2: Pre-History | Pre-History paragraph |
8 am 1 September |
50 |
| 31 August | Unit 3: Ancient Near East | Gilgamesh paper Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (6 September) |
8 am 8 September |
100 |
| 7 September | Unit 4: Classical Mediterranean | Digital Project assignment |
8 am 24 November |
150 |
| 14 September | Unit 5: Classical South Asia | Ramayana paper | 8 am 22 September |
100 |
| 21 September | Unit 6: Mesoamerica | 8 am 29 September |
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| 28 September | Unit 7: Classical China | Blackboard post/respond | 8 am 6 October |
5 |
| 5 October | Unit 8: Russia | Midterm Exam | 13 October | 150 |
| 12 October | Unit 9: Islam and Empire | 8 am 20 October |
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| 19 October | Unit 10: Charlemagne and the European Middle Ages | Blackboard post/respond |
8 am 27 October |
5 |
| 26 October | Unit 11: Mongols | Last Withdrawal Date (30 October) |
8 am 3 November |
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| 2 November | Unit 12: African Society | Ibn Battuta group project | 8 am 10 November |
100 |
| 9 November | Unit 13: Japan | Wikipedia Analysis paper | 8 am 17 November |
100 |
| 16 November | Unit 14: Renaissance and Reformation | 8 am 24 November |
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| 23 November | Unit 15: The World in 1500 | Reflective paragraph and Blackboard posting | 8 am 1 December |
25 |
| 30 November | Unit 16: Final Exam | Final
exam Course End Date (16 December) |
8 December | 200 |
| 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