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