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 |
| 3 February | Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Blackboard Post | 8 am 10 February |
25+ |
| Unit 2: Pre-History | Pre-History paragraph Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (11 February) |
8 am 13 February |
50 | |
| 10 February | Unit 3: Ancient Near East | Gilgamesh paper |
8 am 17 February |
100 |
| Unit 4: Classical Mediterranean | Ancient paragraph |
8 am 20 February |
50 | |
| 17 February | Unit 5: Classical South Asia | Ramayana paper | 8 am 24 February |
80 |
| Unit 6: Mesoamerica | Blackboard post/respond | 8 am 27 February |
5 | |
| 24 February | Unit 7: Classical China | Blackboard post/respond | 8 am 3 March |
5 |
| Unit 8: Russia | Midterm Exam | 7 March | 150 | |
| 3 March | Unit 9: Islam and Empire | Hadith paragraph Last Withdrawal Date (8 March) |
8 am 10 March |
50 |
| Unit 10: Charlemagne and the European Middle Ages | Blackboard post/respond | 8 am 24 March |
5 | |
| 10 March | Unit 11: Mongols | Mongol paragraph |
8 am 13 March |
50 |
| Unit 12: African Society | Ibn Battuta group project | 8 am 17 March |
100 | |
| 17 March | Unit 13: Japan | Wikipedia Analysis paper | 8 am 20 March |
100 |
| Unit 14: Renaissance and Reformation | Blackboard post/respond | 8 am 27 March |
5 | |
| 24 March | Unit 15: The World in 1500 | Reflective paragraph and Blackboard posting | 8 am 27 March |
25 |
| Unit 16: Final Exam | Final
exam Course End Date (30 March) |
30 March | 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