| Week Starts |
Topic |
Assignments/Critical Course Deadlines | Assignment |
Possible Points |
| 19 August | Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Canvas Post | Midnight Sunday 25 August |
15+ |
| 26 August | Unit 2: Pre-History | Pre-History paragraph |
Midnight Sunday 1 September |
50 |
| 2 September |
Unit 3: Ancient Near East | Gilgamesh paper Last Refund Date/ First Assignment Due Date Deadline (5 September) |
Midnight Sunday 8 September |
100 |
| 9 September | Unit 4: Classical Greece |
Ancient paragraph |
Midnight Sunday 15 September |
50 |
| 16 September | Unit 5: Classical Rome and Christianity | Midnight Sunday 22 September |
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| 23 September | Unit 6: Islam and Empire |
Hadith paragraph | Midnight Sunday 29 September |
50 |
| 30 September | Unit 7: Charlemagne |
Canvas post/respond |
Midnight Sunday 6 October |
5 |
| 7 October | Unit 8: Russia |
Midterm Exam |
Midnight Sunday 13 October |
150 |
| 14 October | NON-INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS (Fall Break) | |||
| 21 October | Unit 9: Early Middle Ages |
Midnight Sunday 27 October |
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| 28 October | Unit 10: Feudalism |
Feudalism group project Last Withdrawal Date (29 October) |
Midnight Sunday 3 November |
100 |
| 4 November | Unit 11: Medieval Russia |
Wikipedia Analysis paper |
Midnight Sunday 10 November |
100 |
| 11 November | Unit 12: Late Middle Ages |
Canvas post/respond | Midnight Sunday 17 November |
5 |
| 18 November | Unit 13: Reformation |
Midnight Sunday 24 November |
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| 25 November | Unit 14: Renaissance |
Machiavelli paper | Midnight Sunday 1 December |
100 |
| 2 December | Unit 15: Final Exam | Final exam | Midnight Sunday 8 December |
250 |
| 9 December | Unit 16: The World in 1500 | Reflective paragraph and Canvas posting Course End Date (16 December) |
Midnight Sunday 15 December |
25 |
| TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS | 1,000 | |||
Course grades are based on the following scale:
- 1,000-900: A
- 899-800: B
- 799-700: C
- 699-600: D
- 599-000: F