Grades are recorded in the gradebook in Canvas. For an explanation of the critical course deadlines, highlighted on the schedule in bold, please see the course home page.
| Week Starts | Topic | Required Assignments and Critical course Deadlines | Due Date | Possible Points |
| 14 March | Unit 1: Introduction and Themes in Russian History |
Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Canvas Post | 8 am 15 March |
15 |
| Unit 2: Reaction and Modernization under Alexander III and Nicholas II | Witte paragraph |
8 am 19 March |
50 | |
| 19 March | Unit 3: A Silver Age of Russian Culture | Canvas post/respond |
8 am 22 March |
5 |
| Unit 4: Marxism | Canvas post/respond | 8 am 26 March |
5 | |
| 26 March | Unit 5: 1905 | 1905 paragraph |
8 am 29 March |
50 |
| Unit 6: World War I | 8 am 2 April |
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| 2 April | Unit 7: 1917 and Civil War | Midterm Exam | Anytime 5 April |
150 |
| Unit 8: NEP and the Roaring 1920s | Lenin's Testament paragraph | 8 am 9 April |
50 | |
| 9 April | Unit 9: Stalinism in the 1930s | Bulgakov paper |
8 am 12 April |
100 |
| Unit 10: World War II | Last Withdrawal Date (16 April) | 8 am 16 April |
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| 16 April | Unit 11: Cold War Abroad | Secret Speech paragraph | 8 am 19 April |
50 |
| Unit 12: Thaw at Home | Solzhenitsyn paper | 8 am 23 April |
100 | |
| 23 April | Unit 13: Gorbachev | Gorbachev paragraph | 8 am 26 April |
50 |
| Unit 14: Putin-Medvedev | Putin group project | 8 am 30 April |
100 | |
| 30 April | Unit 15: Whither Russia in the Twenty-First Century? | Final exam | Anytime 3 May |
250 |
| Unit 16: A New Russian Culture | Reflective paragraph and Canvas posting Course End Date (8 May) |
8 am 7 May |
25 | |
| TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS | 1,000 |
Course grades are based on the following scale:
- 1,000-900: A
- 899-800: B
- 799-700: C
- 699-600: D
- 599-000: F