| Week Starts |
Topic |
Assignments/Critical Course Deadlines | Assignment |
Possible Points |
| 9 January | Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Canvas Post | 8 am 16 January |
15+ |
| 16 January | Unit 2: Pre-History | Pre-History paragraph |
8 am 23 January |
50 |
| 23 January |
Unit 3: Ancient Near East | Gilgamesh paper Last Refund Date/ First Assignment Due Date Deadline (26 January) |
8 am 30 January |
100 |
| 30 January | Unit 4: Classical Greece |
Ancient paragraph |
8 am 6 February |
50 |
| 6 February | Unit 5: Classical Rome and Christianity | 8 am 13 February |
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| 13 February | Unit 6: Islam and Empire |
Hadith paragraph | 8 am 20 February |
50 |
| 20 February | Unit 7: Charlemagne |
Canvas post/respond |
Anytime 27 February |
5 |
| 27 February | Unit 8: Russia |
Midterm Exam |
8 am 6 March |
150 |
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| 13 March | Unit 9: Early Middle Ages |
8 am 20 March |
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| 20 March | Unit 10: Feudalism |
Feudalism group project Last Withdrawal Date (21 March) |
8 am 27 March |
100 |
| 27 March | Unit 11: Medieval Russia |
Wikipedia Analysis paper |
8 am 3 April |
100 |
| 3 April | Unit 12: Late Middle Ages |
Canvas post/respond | 8 am 10 April |
5 |
| 10 April | Unit 13: Reformation |
8 am 17 April |
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| 17 April | Unit 14: Renaissance |
Machiavelli paper | 8 am 24 April |
100 |
| 24 April | Unit 15: Final Exam | Final exam | Anytime 1 May |
250 |
| 1 May | Unit 16: The World in 1500 | Reflective paragraph and Canvas posting Course End Date (7 May) |
8 am 7 May |
25 |
| 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