| Week Starts |
Topic |
Assignments/Critical Course Deadlines | Assignment |
Possible Points |
| 21 August |
Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction paragraph | 8 am 26 August |
50 |
| 25 August |
Unit 2: Pre-History | Required Pre-History paragraph |
8 am 3 September |
50 |
| 1 September |
Unit 3: Ancient Near East | Required Gilgamesh paper; Last Refund Date/ First Assignment Due Date Deadline (7 September) | 8 am 9 September |
100 |
| 8 September |
Unit 4: Classical Mediterranean |
Required Ancient paragraph |
8 am 16 September |
50 |
| 15 September |
Unit 5: Classical South Asia | *Optional Ramayana paper |
8 am 23 September |
(100) |
| 22 September |
Unit 6: Mesoamerica |
Optional Quiché paragraph | 8 am 30 September |
(25) |
| 29 September |
Unit 7: Classical China |
*Optional Confucius paper |
8 am 7 October |
(100) |
| 6 October |
Unit 8: Russia |
Midterm Exam Due Date |
16 October | 150 |
| 13 October |
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS (Fall Break) | |||
| 20 October |
Unit 9: Islam and Empire |
Required Hadith paragraph |
8 am 28 October |
50 |
| 27 October |
Unit 10: African Society |
Required Ibn Battuta paragraph; Last Withdrawal Date (31 October) | 8 am 4 November |
50 |
| 3 November |
Unit 11: Mongols |
Optional Mongol paragraph |
8 am 11 November |
(25) |
| 10 November |
Unit 12: Japan |
Required Web paper |
8 am 18 November |
100 |
| 17 November |
Unit 13: Charlemagne and the European Middle Ages |
Extra Credit Special Project paper |
8 am 25 November |
(50-100) |
| 24 November |
Unit 14: Renaissance, Reformation and Exploration |
*Optional De Las Casas paper |
8 am 2 December |
(100) |
| 1 December |
Unit 15: Final Exam |
Final
exam; Course End Date (17 December) |
9 December | 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