HIS 102 (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: Seventeenth-Century Europe

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

8 am
1 March
50
Unit 3: Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment Required American paragraph 8 am
4 March
50
11 March Unit 4: French Revolution Optional French paragraph 8 am
15 March

(25)

Unit 5: Industrial Revolution Required Dickens paper 8 am
19 March
100
18 March Unit 6: Russia in Revolt? Optional Decembrists paragraph 8 am
22 March
(25)
Unit 7: Socialism Midterm Exam Due Date 26 March 150
25 March Unit 8: Nationalism Required Bismarck Paragraph 8 am
29 March
50
Unit 9: Imperialism *Optional Imperialism paper 8 am
2 April
(100)
1 April Unit 10: The Great War *Optional Remarque paper; Last Withdrawal Date (9 October) 8 am
5 April
(100)
Unit 11: Russian Revolution Required Web paper 8 am
9 April
100
8 April Unit 12: Fascism Required Hitler paragraph 8 am
12 April
50
Unit 13: World War II Extra Credit Special project paper 8 am
16 April
(50-100)
15 April Unit 14: Cold War *Optional Solzhenitsyn paper 8 am
19 April
(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.
 
Blue Separator Bar

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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