HIS 101 (Fall 2012)
8 Week Course Assignment Schedule
5 September Start Date
 
 
Grades are recorded in the gradebook in Blackboard. For an explanation of the critical course deadlines, highlighted on the schedule in bold, please see the course home page.
 
Week Starts Topic Assignments/Critical course Deadlines Assignment
Due Date
Possible
Points
5
September
Unit 1: Introduction Introduction paragraph 8 am
10 September
50
9
September
Unit 2: Pre-History

Required Pre-History paragraph

8 am
13 September
50
Unit 3: Ancient Near East Required Gilgamesh paper; Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (13 September) 8 am
17 September
100
16
September
Unit 4: Classical Greece Required Ancient paragraph 8 am
20 September

50

Unit 5: Classical Rome and Christianity Optional Sermon paragraph 8 am
24 September
(25)
23
September
Unit 6: Islam and Empire Required Hadith paragraph 8 am
27 September
50
Unit 7: Russia Midterm Exam Due Date 1 October 150
30
September
Unit 8: Charlemagne *Optional Song of Roland Paper 8 am
4 October
(100)
Unit 9: Feudalism Required Feudalism paragraph 8 am
10 October
50
7
October
Unit 10: Early Middle Ages Optional Magna Carta paragraph; Last Withdrawal Date (8 October) 8 am
11 October
(25)
Unit 11: Medieval Russia Required Web paper 8 am
15 October
100
14
October
Unit 12: Late Middle Ages *Optional Chaucer paper 8 am
18 October
(100)
Unit 13: Renaissance *Optional Machiavelli paper 8 am
22 October
(100)
21
October
Unit 14: Reformation Extra Credit Special project paper 8 am
25 October
(50-100)
Unit 15: Final Exam Final exam; Course End Date (30 October) 29 October 250
Any Week   Online Discussion (Post ten times during the course.)   50
    TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS   1,000
 
* You must do one of these three book paper assignments.
 
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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

Please remember that you must pass the final exam with a grade of "C" (175/250) or better to earn a passing grade in this course.

 

 

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