HIS 111 (Summer 2012)
12 Week Course Assignment Schedule
16 May Start
 
 
Grades are recorded in your 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
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
 
* 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 of "C" or better in this course.

 

 

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