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