| Week Starts |
Topic |
Assignments/Critical Course Deadlines | Assignment |
Possible Points |
| 22 August |
Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Canvas Post | 8 am 29 August |
15+ |
| 29 August |
Unit 2: Seventeenth-Century Europe | Seventeenth-Century paragraph |
8 am 5 September |
50 |
| 5 September | Unit 3: Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment | American paragraph Last Refund Date/ First Assignment Due Date Deadline (8 September) |
8 am 12 September |
50 |
| 12 September |
Unit 4: French Revolution |
Canvas post/respond | 8 am 19 September |
5 |
| 19 September |
Unit 5: Industrial Revolution | 8 am 26 September |
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| 26 September |
Unit 6: Russia in Revolt? |
Canvas post/respond |
8 am 3 October |
5 |
| 3 October | Unit 7: Socialism |
Midterm Exam |
anytime 10 October |
150 |
| 10 October |
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS (Fall Break) | |||
| 17 October |
Unit 8: Nationalism |
Bismarck Paragraph |
8 am 24 October |
50 |
| 24 October |
Unit 9: Imperialism |
Imperialism paper |
8 am 31 October |
100 |
| 31 October | Unit 10: The Great War |
Remarque paper Last Withdrawal Date (1 November) |
8 am 7 November |
100 |
| 7 November |
Unit 11: Russian Revolution |
8 am 14 November |
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| 14 November |
Unit 12: World War II |
Genocide group project |
8 am 21 November |
100 |
| 21 November |
Unit 13: Cold War | 8 am 28 November |
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| 28 November |
Unit 14: Decolonization |
Wikipedia Analysis paper |
8 am 5 December |
100 |
| 5 December | Unit 15: Final Exam | Final
exam |
anytime 12 December |
250 |
| 12 December | Unit 16: Twenty-First Century World | Reflective paragraph and Canvas posting Course End Date (18 December) |
8 am 18 December |
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