HIS 101 (Spring 2012)
8 Week Course Assignment Schedule
20 February Start Date
 
 
Grades are recorded in the 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
19 February Unit 1: Introduction Introduction paragraph 8 am
27 February
50
26 February Unit 2: Pre-History

Required Pre-History paragraph; Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (29 February)

8 am
1 March
50
Unit 3: Ancient Near East Required Gilgamesh paper 8 am
4 March
100
11 March Unit 4: Classical Greece Required Ancient paragraph 8 am
15 March

50

Unit 5: Classical Rome and Christianity Optional Sermon paragraph 8 am
19 March
(25)
18 March Unit 6: Islam and Empire Required Hadith paragraph 8 am
22 March
50
Unit 7: Russia Midterm Exam Due Date 26 March 150
25 March Unit 8: Charlemagne *Optional Song of Roland Paper; Last Withdrawal Date (29 March) 8 am
29 March
(100)
Unit 9: Feudalism Required Feudalism paragraph 8 am
2 April
50
1 April Unit 10: Early Middle Ages Optional Magna Carta paragraph 8 am
5 April
(25)
Unit 11: Medieval Russia Required Web paper 8 am
9 April
100
8 April Unit 12: Late Middle Ages *Optional Chaucer paper 8 am
12 April
(100)
Unit 13: Renaissance *Optional Machiavelli paper 8 am
16 April
(100)
15 April Unit 14: Reformation Extra Credit Special project paper 8 am
19 April
(50-100)
Unit 15: Final Exam Final exam; Course End Date (23 April) 23 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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