| Week Starts |
Topic |
Assignments/Critical Course Deadlines | Assignment |
Possible Points |
| 9 January | Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Canvas Post | 8 am 16 January |
15+ |
| 16 January | Unit 2: Seventeenth-Century Europe | Seventeenth-Century paragraph |
8 am 23 January |
50 |
| 23 January | Unit 3: Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment | American paragraph Last Refund Date/ First Assignment Due Date Deadline (26 January) |
8 am 30 January |
50 |
| 30 January | Unit 4: French Revolution |
Canvas post/respond | 8 am 6 February |
5 |
| 6 February | Unit 5: Industrial Revolution | 8 am 13 February |
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| 13 February | Unit 6: Russia in Revolt? |
Canvas post/respond |
8 am 20 February |
5 |
| 20 February | Unit 7: Socialism |
Midterm Exam |
Anytime 27 February |
150 |
| 27 February | Unit 8: Nationalism |
Bismarck Paragraph |
8 am 6 March |
50 |
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| 13 March | Unit 9: Imperialism |
Imperialism paper |
8 am 20 March |
100 |
| 20 March | Unit 10: The Great War |
Remarque paper Last Withdrawal Date (21 March) |
8 am 27 March |
100 |
| 27 March | Unit 11: Russian Revolution |
8 am 3 April |
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| 3 April | Unit 12: World War II |
Genocide group project |
8 am 10 April |
100 |
| 10 April | Unit 13: Cold War | 8 am 17 April |
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| 17 April | Unit 14: Decolonization |
Wikipedia Analysis paper |
8 am 24 April |
100 |
| 24 April | Unit 15: Final Exam | Final exam |
Anytime 1 May |
250 |
| 1 May | Unit 16: Twenty-First Century World | Reflective paragraph and Canvas posting Course End Date (7 May) |
8 am 7 May |
25 |
| 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