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 September | Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Blackboard Post | 8 am 8 September |
15+ |
| Unit 2: Pre-History | Pre-History paragraph |
8 am 8 September |
50 | |
| 7 September | Unit 3: Ancient Near East | Gilgamesh paper Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (11 September) |
8 am 11 September |
100 |
| Unit 4: Classical Mediterranean | Unit 4 Extra Credit |
8 am 26 January |
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| Digital Project choice of topic and type of project | 8 am 23 February |
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| Digital Project assignment | 8 am 2 March |
150 | ||
| 14 September | Unit 5: Classical South Asia | Ramayana paper | 8 am 18 September |
100 |
| Unit 6: Mesoamerica | 8 am 22 September |
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| 21 September | Unit 7: Classical China | Blackboard post/respond | 8 am 25 September |
5 |
| Unit 8: Russia | Midterm Exam | 29 September | 150 | |
| 28 September | Unit 9: Islam and Empire | 8 am 2 October |
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| Unit 10: Charlemagne and the European Middle Ages | Blackboard post/respond Last Withdrawal Date (6 October) |
8 am 6 October |
5 | |
| 5 October | Unit 11: Mongols | 8 am 9 October |
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| Unit 12: African Society | Ibn Battuta group project | 8 am 13 October |
100 | |
| 12 October | Unit 13: Japan | Wikipedia Analysis paper | 8 am 16 October |
100 |
| Unit 14: Renaissance and Reformation | 8 am 20 October |
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| 19 October | Unit 15: Final Exam | Final exam | 8 am 5 March |
200 |
| Unit 16: The World in 1500 | Reflective paragraph and Blackboard 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