HIS 111 (Fall 2012)
16 Week Course Assignment Schedule
22 August 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
22
August
Unit 1: Introduction Introduction paragraph 8 am
27 August
50
26
August
Unit 2: Pre-History Required Pre-History paragraph
8 am
4 September
50
2
September
Unit 3: Ancient Near East Required Gilgamesh paper 8 am
10 September
100
Last Refund Date/
First Assignment Due Date Deadline (8 September)
9
September
Unit 4: Classical Mediterranean
Required Ancient paragraph
8 am
17 September
50
16
September
Unit 5: Classical South Asia *Optional Ramayana paper
8 am
24 September
(100)
23
September
Unit 6: Mesoamerica
Optional Quiché paragraph 8 am
1 October
(25)
30
September
Unit 7: Classical China
*Optional Confucius paper
8 am
10 October
(100)
7
October
Unit 8: Russia
Midterm Exam Due Date
15 October 150
14
October
Unit 9: Islam and Empire
Required Hadith paragraph
8 am
22 October
50
21
October
Unit 10: African Society
Required Ibn Battuta paragraph 8 am
29 October
50
Last Withdrawal Date (31 October)
28
October
Unit 11: Mongols
Optional Mongol paragraph
8 am
5 November
(25)
4
November
Unit 12: Japan
Required Web paper
8 am
12 November
100
11
November
Unit 13: Charlemagne and the European Middle Ages
Extra Credit Special Project paper
8 am
19 November
(50-100)
18
November
Unit 14: Renaissance, Reformation and Exploration
*Optional De Las Casas paper
8 am
26 November
(100)
25
November
Unit 15: Final Exam
Final exam; Course End Date (17 December)
3 December 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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