HIS 102 History of Western Civilization II, Spring 2019

Tentative Weekly Schedule

(week 1) 15 January, Tuesday: Course Introduction

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(week 2) 22 January, Tuesday: Seventeenth-Century Europe and Louis XIV 

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Submit by Sunday (27 January) at midnight

What you can submit for extra credit by Sunday (27 January) at midnight. Please remember that you cannot submit extra credit on the same calendar day that you submit the 17th century paragraph assignment.

(week 3) 29 January, Tuesday: The Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment and the French Revolution

11 September is the last day to drop with a tuition refund or change to audit.

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What you can submit for extra credit by Sunday (3 February) at midnight.

(week 4) 5 February, Tuesday: The Industrial Revolution 

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(week 5) 12 February, Tuesday: Russia's Romantic Revolt

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(week 6) 19 February, Tuesday: Socialism REDO THIS AND PREVIOUS WEEK

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(week 7) 26 February, Tuesday: Nationalism

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(week 8) 5 March, Tuesday: Imperialism

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(week 9) 12 March, Tuesday: NO CLASS

(week 10) 19 March, Tuesday: The Great War

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Submit by Sunday (28 October) at midnight

What you can submit for extra credit by Sunday (24 March) at midnight. Please remember that you cannot submit extra credit on the same calendar day that you submit the World War I paper assignment.

(week 11) 26 March, Tuesday: The Russian Revolutions

31 October, Last day to withdraw without grade penalty

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(week 12) 2 April, Tuesday: Fascism and National Socialism

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(week 13) 9 April, Tuesday: World War II

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Submit by Sunday (14 April) at midnight

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(week 14) 16 April, Tuesday: The Cold War 

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What you can submit for extra credit by Sunday (21 April) at midnight

(week 15) 23 April, Tuesday: Decolonization

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Submit by Sunday (28 April) at midnight

What you can submit for extra credit by Sunday (28 April). Please remember that you cannot submit extra credit on the same calendar day that you submit the Digital Project assignment.

(week 16) 30 April, Tuesday: The Contemporary World

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Submit by Sunday (5 May) at midnight

What you can submit for extra credit by Sunday (5 May). Please remember that you cannot submit extra credit on the same calendar day that you submit the My Family and History paper assignment.

(week 17) 7 May, Tuesday:  Final Exam

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