| Week Starts | Topic | Assignments/Critical course Deadlines | Assignment Due Date |
Possible Points |
| 4 February | Unit 1: Introduction | Required Introduction paragraph | 8 am 11 February |
50 |
| 10 February | Unit 2: Pre-History | Required Pre-History paragraph; Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (13 February) |
8 am 14 February |
50 |
| Unit 3: Ancient Near East | Required Gilgamesh paper | 8 am 18 February |
100 | |
| 17 February | Unit 4: Classical Mediterranean | Required Ancient paragraph | 8 am 21 February |
50 |
| Unit 5: Classical South Asia | *Optional Ramayana paper | 8 am 25 February |
(100) | |
| 24 February | Unit 6: Mesoamerica | Optional Quiché paragraph | 8 am 28 February |
(25) |
| Unit 7: Classical China | *Optional Confucius paper | 8 am 4 March |
(100) | |
| 3 March |
Unit 8: Russia | Midterm Exam Due Date | 7 March | 150 |
| Unit 9: Islam and Empire | Required Hadith paragraph | 8 am 11 March |
50 | |
| 10 March |
SPRING BREAK; Last Withdrawal Date (14 March) | |||
| 17 March |
Unit 10: African Society | Required Ibn Battuta paragraph | 8 am 21 March |
50 |
| Unit 11: Mongols | Optional Mongol paragraph | 8 am 25 March |
(25) | |
| 24 March | Unit 12: Japan | Required Web paper | 8 am 28 March |
100 |
| Unit 13: Charlemagne and the European Middle Ages | Extra Credit Special Project paper | 8 am 1 April |
(50-100) | |
| 31 March | Unit 14: Renaissance, Reformation and Exploration | *Optional De Las Casas paper | 8 am 4 April |
8 am 29 March |
| Unit 15: Final Exam | Final exam; Course End Date (8 April) | 8 April | 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. 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
You must pass the final exam with a grade of at least "C" (175/250) in order to earn a grade of "C" or better in this course.