| Week Starts |
Topic |
Assignments/Critical Course Deadlines | Assignment |
Possible Points |
| 19 August | Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Canvas Post | Midnight Sunday 25 August |
15+ |
| 26 August | Unit 2: Seventeenth-Century Europe | Seventeenth-Century paragraph |
Midnight Sunday 1 September |
50 |
| 2 September | Unit 3: Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment | American paragraph Last Refund Date/ First Assignment Due Date Deadline (5 September) |
Midnight Sunday 8 September |
50 |
| 9 September | Unit 4: French Revolution |
Canvas post/respond | Midnight Sunday 15 September |
5 |
| 16 September | Unit 5: Industrial Revolution | Midnight Sunday 22 September |
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| 23 September | Unit 6: Russia in Revolt? |
Canvas post/respond |
Midnight Sunday 29 September |
5 |
| 30 September | Unit 7: Nationalism |
Bismarck Paragraph |
Midnight Sunday 6 October |
50 |
| 7 October | Unit 8: Socialism |
Midterm Exam |
Midnight Sunday 13 October |
150 |
| 14 October | NON-INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS (Fall Break) | |||
| 21 October | Unit 9: Imperialism |
Imperialism paper |
Midnight Sunday 27 October |
100 |
| 28 October | Unit 10: The Great War |
Remarque paper Last Withdrawal Date (29 October) |
Midnight Sunday 3 November |
100 |
| 4 November | Unit 11: Russian Revolution |
Midnight Sunday 10 November |
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| 11 November | Unit 12: World War II |
Genocide group project |
Midnight Sunday 17 November |
100 |
| 18 November | Unit 13: Cold War | Midnight Sunday 24 November |
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| 25 November | Unit 14: Decolonization |
Wikipedia Analysis paper |
Midnight Sunday 1 December |
100 |
| 2 December | Unit 15: Final Exam | Final exam |
Midnight Sunday 8 December |
250 |
| 9 December | Unit 16: Twenty-First Century World | Reflective paragraph and Canvas posting Course End Date (16 December) |
Midnight Sunday 15 December |
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