HIS 111 (Spring 2012)
16 Week Course Assignment Schedule
9 January 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
8
January
Unit 1: Introduction Introduction paragraph 8 am
17 January
50
15
January
Unit 2: Pre-History Required Pre-History paragraph
8 am
23 January
50
22
January
Unit 3: Ancient Near East Required Gilgamesh paper 8 am
30 January
100
Last Refund Date/
First Assignment Due Date Deadline (27 January)
29
January
Unit 4: Classical Mediterranean
Required Ancient paragraph
8 am
6 February
50
5
February
Unit 5: Classical South Asia *Optional Ramayana paper
8 am
13 February
(100)
12
February
Unit 6: Mesoamerica
Optional Quiché paragraph 8 am
20 February
(25)
19
February
Unit 7: Classical China
*Optional Confucius paper
8 am
27 February
(100)
26
February
Unit 8: Russia
Midterm Exam Due Date
5 March 150
11
March
Unit 9: Islam and Empire
Required Hadith paragraph
8 am
19 March
50
18
March
Unit 10: African Society
Required Ibn Battuta paragraph 8 am
26 March
50
Last Withdrawal Date (21 March)
25
March
Unit 11: Mongols
Optional Mongol paragraph
8 am
2 April
(25)
1
April
Unit 12: Japan
Required Web paper
8 am
9 April
100
8
April
Unit 13: Charlemagne and the European Middle Ages
Extra Credit Special Project paper
8 am
16 April
(50-100)
15
April
Unit 14: Renaissance, Reformation and Exploration
*Optional De Las Casas paper
8 am
23 April
(100)
22
April
Unit 15: Final Exam
Final exam; Course End Date (7 May)
30 April 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 in this course.

 

 

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