HIS 101 16 Week Course Schedule

HIS 101
16 Week Course Assignment Schedule

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.

UNIT	TOPIC	ASSIGNMENT	POINTS	GRADE
1	Introduction	Required Introduction paragraph	50
2	Pre-History	Required Pre-History paragraph	50
3	Ancient Near East	Required Gilgamesh paper Last Refund Date/ First Assignment Due Date Deadline	100
4	Classical Greece	Required Pericles paragraph	50
5	Classical Rome and Christianity	Optional Sermon paragraph (25 pts.)
6	Islam and Empire	Required Hadith paragraph	50
7	Russia	Midterm Exam	150
8	Charlemagne	*Optional Song of Roland Paper (100 pts.)
9	Feudalism	Required Feudalism paragraph	50
10	Early Middle Ages	Optional Magna Carta paragraph (25 pts.) Last Withdrawal Date
11	Medieval Russia	Required Web paper	100
12	Late Middle Ages	*Optional Chaucer paper (100 pts.)
13	Renaissance	*Optional Machiavelli paper (100 pts.)
14	Reformation	Extra Credit Special Project paper (50-100 pts)
15	Final Exam	Final Exam Course End Date	250
Any Week		Online Discussion (Post ten times during the course.)	50
	TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS		1,000

* You must do one of these three paper assignments.
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Grading
Course grades are based on the following scale:

1,000-900: A
899-800: B
799-700: C
699-600: D
599-000: F