| Week Starts | Topic | Assignments/Critical course Deadlines | Assignment Due Date |
Possible Points |
| 21 August | Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Canvas Post | 8 am 24 August |
15 |
| Unit 2: Pre-History | Pre-History paragraph |
8 am 28 August |
50 | |
| 28 August | Unit 3: Ancient Near East | Gilgamesh paper |
8 am 31 August |
100 |
| Unit 4: Classical Greece | Ancient paragraph | 8 am 4 September |
50 | |
| 4 September | Unit 5: Classical Rome and Christianity | 8 am 7 September |
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| Unit 6: Islam and Empire | Hadith paragraph | 8 am 11 September |
50 | |
| 11 September |
Unit 7: Russia | Midterm Exam | 14 September | 150 |
| Unit 8: Charlemagne | Canvas post/respond | 8 am 18 September |
5 | |
| 18 September |
Unit 9: Early Middle Ages | Last Withdrawal Date (23 September) | 8 am 21 September |
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| Unit 10: Feudalism | Feudalism group project | 8 am 25 September |
100 | |
| 25 September | Unit 11: Medieval Russia | Wikipedia Analysis paper | 8 am 28 September |
100 |
| Unit 12: Late Middle Ages | Canvas post/respond | 8 am 2 October |
5 | |
| 2 October | Unit 13: Reformation | 8 am 5 October |
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| Unit 14: Renaissance | Machiavelli paper | 8 am 9 October |
100 | |
| 9 October |
Unit 15: Final Exam | Final exam | 12 October | 250 |
| Unit 16: The World in 1500 | Reflective paragraph and Canvas posting Course End Date (15 October) |
8 am 15 October |
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