| Week Starts | Topic | Assignments/Critical course Deadlines | Assignment Due Date |
Possible Points |
| 26 September | Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Canvas Post | 8 am 29 September |
15+ |
| Unit 2: Pre-History | Pre-History paragraph |
8 am 3 October |
50 | |
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| Unit 3: Ancient Near East | Gilgamesh paper |
8 am 6 October |
100 | |
| Unit 4: Classical Greece | Ancient paragraph | 8 am 10 October |
50 | |
| 10 October | Unit 5: Classical Rome and Christianity | 8 am 13 October |
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| Unit 6: Islam and Empire | Hadith paragraph | 8 am 17 October |
50 | |
| 17 October | Unit 7: Russia | Midterm Exam | anytime 20 October |
150 |
| Unit 8: Charlemagne | Canvas post/respond | 8 am 24 October |
5 | |
| 24 October | Unit 9: Early Middle Ages | Last Withdrawal Date (29 October) | 8 am 27 October |
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| Unit 10: Feudalism | Feudalism group project | 8 am 31 October |
100 | |
| 31 October | Unit 11: Medieval Russia | Wikipedia Analysis paper | 8 am 3 November |
100 |
| Unit 12: Late Middle Ages | Canvas post/respond | 8 am 7 November |
5 | |
| 7 November | Unit 13: Reformation | 8 am 10 November |
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| Unit 14: Renaissance | Machiavelli paper | 8 am 14 November |
100 | |
| 14 November | Unit 15: Final Exam | Final exam | anytime 17 November |
250 |
| Unit 16: The World in 1500 | Reflective paragraph and Canvas posting Course End Date (20 November) |
8 am 20 November |
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