| Week Starts |
Topic |
Assignments/Critical Course Deadlines | Assignment |
Possible Points |
| 16 May | Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Canvas Post | 8 am 23 May |
15+ |
| 23 May | Unit 2: Seventeenth-Century Europe | Seventeenth-Century paragraph Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (28 May) |
8 am 30 May |
50 |
| 30 May | Unit 3: Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment | American paragraph | 8 am 4 June |
50 |
| Unit 4: French Revolution | Canvas post/respond | 8 am 6 June |
5 | |
| 6 June | Unit 5: Industrial Revolution |
8 am 13 June |
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| 13 June | Unit 6: Russia in Revolt? | Canvas post/respond |
8 am 20 June |
5 |
| 20 June | Unit 7: Socialism |
Midterm Exam |
anytime 27 June |
150 |
| 27 June | Unit 8: Nationalism |
Bismarck Paragraph |
8 am 30 June |
50 |
| Unit 9: Imperialism | Imperialism paper | 8 am 4 July |
100 | |
| 4 July | Unit 10: The Great War |
Remarque paper Last Withdrawal Date (5 July) |
8 am 11 July |
100 |
| 11 July | Unit 11: Russian Revolution |
8 am 18 July |
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| 18 July | Unit 12: World War II |
Genocide group project |
8 am 25 July |
100 |
| 25 July | Unit 13: Cold War | 8 am 28 July |
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| Unit 14: Decolonization | Wikipedia Analysis paper | 8 am 1 August |
100 | |
| 1 August |
Unit 15: Final Exam | Final exam | Anytime 4 August |
250 |
| Unit 16: Twenty-First Century World | Reflective paragraph and Canvas posting Course End Date (7 August) |
8 am 7 August |
25 | |
| TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS | 1,000 |
There are specific assignment deadlines in this course, and these are listed on the course schedule. 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. You may not submit late extra credit work. You may not take a required exam late.
Course grades are based on the following scale:
- 1,000-900: A
- 899-800: B
- 799-700: C
- 699-600: D
- 599-000: F