| Week Starts | Topic | Assignments/Critical course Deadlines | Assignment Due Date |
Possible Points |
| 29 January | Unit 1: Introduction | Required Introduction paragraph | 8 am 6 February |
50 |
| 5 February | Unit 2: Pre-History | Required Pre-History paragraph; Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (8 February) |
8 am 9 February |
50 |
| Unit 3: Ancient Near East | Required Gilgamesh paper | 8 am 13 February |
100 | |
| 12 February | Unit 4: Classical Mediterranean | Required Ancient paragraph | 8 am 16 February |
50 |
| Unit 5: Classical South Asia | *Optional Ramayana paper | 8 am 20 February |
(100) | |
| 19 February | Unit 6: Mesoamerica | Optional Quiché paragraph | 8 am 23 February |
(25) |
| Unit 7: Classical China | *Optional Confucius paper | 8 am 27 February |
(100) | |
| 26 February | Unit 8: Russia | Midterm Exam Due Date | 1 March | 150 |
| Unit 9: Islam and Empire | Required Hadith paragraph | 8 am 4 March |
50 | |
| 11 March | Unit 10: African Society | Required Ibn Battuta paragraph; Last Withdrawal Date (8 March) | 8 am 15 March |
50 |
| Unit 11: Mongols | Optional Mongol paragraph | 8 am 19 March |
(25) | |
| 18 March | Unit 12: Japan | Required Web paper | 8 am 22 March |
100 |
| Unit 13: Charlemagne and the European Middle Ages | Extra Credit Special Project paper | 8 am 26 March |
(50-100) | |
| 25 March | Unit 14: Renaissance, Reformation and Exploration | *Optional De Las Casas paper | 8 am 29 March |
(100) |
| Unit 15: Final Exam | Final exam; Course End Date (2 April) | 2 April | 250 | |
| Any Week | Online Discussion (Post ten times during the course.) | 50 | ||
| TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS | 1,000 |
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.