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 |
50+ |
| 10 February | Unit 2: Pre-History | Pre-History paragraph |
8 am 13 February |
50 |
| Unit 3: Ancient Near East | Gilgamesh paper |
8 am 17 February |
100 | |
| 17 February | Unit 4: Classical Mediterranean | Ancient paragraph | 8 am 20 February |
50 |
| Unit 5: Classical South Asia | *Optional Ramayana paper | 8 am 24 February |
(100) | |
| 24 February | Unit 6: Mesoamerica | 8 am 27 February |
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| Unit 7: Classical China | *Optional Confucius paper | 8 am 3 March |
(100) | |
| 3 March | Unit 8: Russia | Midterm Exam | 7 March | 150 |
| Unit 9: Islam and Empire | Hadith paragraph Last Withdrawal Date (8 March) |
8 am 10 March |
50 | |
| 10 March | Unit 10: African Society | Ibn Battuta paragraph |
8 am 13 March |
50 |
| Unit 11: Mongols | 8 am 17 March |
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| 17 March | Unit 12: Japan | Web paper | 8 am 20 March |
100 |
| Unit 13: Charlemagne and the European Middle Ages | Extra Credit Special Project paper | 8 am 24 March |
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| 24 March | Unit 14: Renaissance, Reformation and Exploration | *Optional De Las Casas paper | 8 am 27 March |
(100) |
| Unit 15: Final Exam | Final
exam Course End Date (30 March) |
30 March | 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.
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