HIS 135 Weekly Course Schedule

HIS 135
Weekly Course Schedule

Students can print out the schedule to keep track of their progress in the course. Grades are recorded in the grade book in Blackboard. For an explanation of the critical course deadlines, highlighted on the schedule in bold, please see the course home page.

WEEK	TOPIC	ASSIGNMENT DUE	POINTS	GRADE
1	Unit 1: Introduction	Introduction paragraph	50
2	Unit 2: The Cold War	Paragraph One	50
3		Last Refund Date/ Blackboard Sign-In Deadline
4	Unit 4: Democracy and Decolonization	Paragraph Two	50
5
6	Unit 6: The Changing Modern World	Midterm Exam	200
7
8	Unit 8: The Key Events of the Last Half century	Module Essay 1 Paper	100
9
10	Unit 10: The Key Events of the Last Half century	Module Essay 2 Paper; Last Withdrawal Date	100
11
12	Unit 12: Your Choice	Your Personal Choice Assignment	100 (at least)
13
14	Unit 14: Current Events/Current History	Current Events Paper	100
15	Unit 15: The Regions of the Modern World	Final Exam; Course End-of-Enrollment Date	200
Any Week		Online Discussion (Post ten times during the course.)	50
		TOTAL POINTS	1,000

GRADING
Course grades are based on the following scale (You can also check your Blackboard online grade book for your grades.):

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