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 | Required Assignments and Critical Course Deadlines | Due Date | Possible Points |
| 22 August | Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Canvas Post | 8 am 29 August |
15+ |
| 29 August | Unit 2: Pre-History | Pre-History paragraph |
8 am 5 September |
50 |
| 5 September | Unit 3: Ancient Near East | Gilgamesh paper Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (8 September) |
8 am 12 September |
100 |
| 12 September | Unit 4: Classical Mediterranean | Unit 4 Extra Credit |
8 am 19 September |
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| Digital Project choice of topic and type of project | 8 am 21 November |
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| Digital Project assignment | 8 am 28 November |
150 | ||
| 19 September | Unit 5: Classical South Asia | Ramayana paper | 8 am 26 September |
100 |
| 26 September | Unit 6: Classical China | 8 am 3 October |
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| 3 October | Unit 7: Islam | Canvas post/respond | 8 am 10 October |
5 |
| 10 October | Unit 8: Russia | Midterm Exam | 17 October | 150 |
| 17 October | Unit 9: Mesoamerica | 8 am 24 October |
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| 24 October | Unit 10: Charlemagne and the European Middle Ages | Canvas post/respond |
8 am 31 October |
5 |
| 31 October | Unit 11: Mongols | Last Withdrawal Date (1 November) |
8 am 7 November |
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| 7 November | Unit 12: African Society | Ibn Battuta group project | 8 am 14 November |
100 |
| 14 November | Unit 13: Japan | Wikipedia Analysis paper | 8 am 21 November |
100 |
| 21 November | Unit 14: Renaissance and Reformation | (Digital project from unit 4 due) | 8 am 28 November |
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| 28 November | Unit 15: Explorations | Final Exam | 8 am 5 December |
200 |
| 5 December | Unit 16: The World in 1500 | Reflective paragraph and Canvas posting Course End Date (18 December) |
18 December | 25 |
| 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