HIS 112 (Spring 2012)
8 Week Course Assignment Schedule
20 February 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
19 February Unit 1: Introduction Required Introduction paragraph 8 am
27 February
50
26 February Unit 2: Seventeenth-Century Europe

Required Seventeenth-Century paragraph; Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (29 February)

8 am
1 March
50
Unit 3: Persia Required Chardin paper 8 am
4 March
100
11 March Unit 4: East Asia Optional Japan paragraph 8 am
15 March
(25)
Unit 5: Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment Required Declaration paragraph 8 am
19 March
50
18 March Unit 6: Industrialization and Western Modernization Optional Industry paragraph 8 am
22 March
(25)
Unit 7: Nineteenth-Century World *Optional Imperialism paper 8 am
26 March
(100)
25 March Unit 8: Russia Midterm Exam Due Date; Last Withdrawal Date (29 March) 29 March 150
Unit 9: World War I *Optional Remarque paper 8 am
2 April
(100)
1 April Unit 10: World War II Required Genocide paragraph 8 am
5 April
50
Unit 11: Modernization Required Web paper 8 am
9 April
100
8 April Unit 12: Cold War Extra Credit Special project paper 8 am
12 April
(50-100)
Unit 13: Decolonization and Nation-Building Required UN paragraph 8 am
16 April
50
15 April Unit 14: South Asian Independence *Optional Gandhi paper 8 am
19 April
(100)
Unit 15: Final Exam Final exam; Course End Date (23 April) 23 April 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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