Week Starts
|
Topic |
Assignments/Critical Course Deadlines |
Assignment
Due Date |
Possible Points |
16
May |
Unit 1: Introduction |
Introduction
paragraph |
8 am
21 May |
50 |
20
May |
Unit 2: Pre-History |
Required Pre-History paragraph; Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (28 May)
|
8 am
29 May |
50 |
27
May |
Unit 3: Ancient Near East |
Required Gilgamesh paper |
8 am
4 June |
100 |
3
June |
Unit 4: Classical Mediterranean
|
Required Ancient paragraph
|
8 am
7 June |
50 |
Unit 5: Classical South Asia |
*Optional Ramayana paper |
8 am
11 June |
(100) |
10
June |
Unit 6: Mesoamerica |
Optional Quiché paragraph
|
8 am
14 June |
(25) |
Unit 7: Classical China |
*Optional Confucius paper |
8 am
18 June |
(100) |
17
June |
Unit 8: Russia
|
Midterm Exam Due Date |
25 June |
150 |
24
June |
Unit 9: Islam and Empire
|
Required Hadith paragraph
|
8 am
2 July
|
50 |
1
July |
Unit 10: African Society
|
Required Ibn Battuta paragraph
|
8 am
5 July |
50 |
Unit 11: Mongols |
Optional Mongol paragraph; Last Withdrawal Date (6 July) |
8 am
9 July |
(25) |
8
July |
Unit 12: Japan
|
Required Web paper
|
8 am
16 July |
100 |
15
July |
Unit 13: Charlemagne and the European Middle Ages
|
Extra Credit Special Project paper
|
8 am
23 July |
(50-100) |
22
July |
Unit 14: Renaissance, Reformation and Exploration
|
*Optional De Las Casas paper
|
8 am
30 July
|
(100) |
29
July |
Unit 15: Final Exam
|
Final
exam; Course End Date (8 August)
|
3 August |
250 |
Any
Week |
|
Online
Discussion (Post ten times during the course.) |
|
50 |
|
|
TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS |
|
1,000 |