HIS 102 Course Schedule

HIS 102
Course 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	Seventeenth-Century Europe	Required Seventeenth-Century paragraph	50
3	Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment	Required American paragraph Last Refund Date/ Blackboard Sign-In Deadline	50
4	French Revolution	Optional French paragraph (25 pts.)
5	Industrial Revolution	Required Dickens paper	100
6	Russia in Revolt?	Optional Decembrists paragraph (25 pts.)
7	Socialism	Midterm Exam	150
8	Nationalism	Required Bismarck Paragraph	50
9	Imperialism	*Optional Achebe paper (100 pts.)
10	The Great War	*Optional Remarque paper (100 pts.) Last Withdrawal Date
11	Russian Revolution	Required Web paper	100
12	Fascism	Required Hitler paragraph	50
13	World War II	Extra Credit Special project paper (50-100 pts.)
14	Cold War	*Optional Solzhenitsyn paper (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