| Week Starts |
Topic |
Assignments/Critical Course Deadlines | Assignment |
Possible Points |
| 14 January |
Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction paragraph | 8 am 21 January |
50 |
| 20 January |
Unit 2: Pre-History | Required Pre-History paragraph |
8 am 28 January |
50 |
| 27 January |
Unit 3: Ancient Near East | Required Gilgamesh paper; Last Refund Date/ First Assignment Due Date Deadline (1 February) |
8 am 4 February |
100 |
| 3 February |
Unit 4: Classical Mediterranean |
Required Ancient paragraph |
8 am 11 February |
50 |
| 10 February |
Unit 5: Classical South Asia | *Optional Ramayana paper |
8 am 18 February |
(100) |
| 17 February |
Unit 6: Mesoamerica |
Optional Quiché paragraph | 8 am 25 February |
(25) |
| 24 February |
Unit 7: Classical China |
*Optional Confucius paper |
8 am 4 March |
(100) |
| 3 March |
Unit 8: Russia |
Midterm Exam Due Date |
11 March | 150 |
| 10 March |
SPRING BREAK | |||
| 17 March |
Unit 9: Islam and Empire |
Required Hadith paragraph |
8 am 25 March |
50 |
| 24 March |
Unit 10: African Society |
Required Ibn Battuta paragraph; Last Withdrawal Date (27 March) | 8 am 1 April |
50 |
| 31 March |
Unit 11: Mongols |
Optional Mongol paragraph |
8 am 8 April |
(25) |
| 7 April |
Unit 12: Japan |
Required Web paper |
8 am 15 April |
100 |
| 14 April |
Unit 13: Charlemagne and the European Middle Ages |
Extra Credit Special Project paper |
8 am 22 April |
(50-100) |
| 21 April |
Unit 14: Renaissance, Reformation and Exploration |
*Optional De Las Casas paper |
8 am 29 April |
(100) |
| 29 April |
Unit 15: Final Exam |
Final
exam; Course End Date (13 May) |
6 May | 250 |
| Any Week |
Online Discussion (Post during the course.) | 50 | ||
| 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