| Week Starts |
Topic |
Assignments/Critical Course Deadlines | Assignment |
Possible Points |
| 11 January | Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Canvas Post | 8 am 18 January |
15+ |
| 18 January | Unit 2: Seventeenth-Century Europe | Seventeenth-Century paragraph |
8 am 25 January |
50 |
| 25 January | Unit 3: Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment | American paragraph Last Refund Date/ First Assignment Due Date Deadline (28 January) |
8 am 1 February |
50 |
| 1 February | Unit 4: French Revolution |
Canvas post/respond | 8 am 8 February |
5 |
| 8 February | Unit 5: Industrial Revolution | 8 am 15 February |
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| 15 February | Unit 6: Russia in Revolt? |
Canvas post/respond |
8 am 22 February |
5 |
| 22 February | Unit 7: Socialism |
Midterm Exam |
Anytime 29 February |
150 |
| 29 February | Unit 8: Nationalism |
Bismarck Paragraph |
8 am 7 March |
50 |
| 14 March | Unit 9: Imperialism |
Imperialism paper |
8 am 21 March |
100 |
| 21 March | Unit 10: The Great War |
Remarque paper Last Withdrawal Date (22 March) |
8 am 28 March |
100 |
| 28 March | Unit 11: Russian Revolution |
8 am 4 April |
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| 4 April | Unit 12: World War II |
Genocide group project |
8 am 11 April |
100 |
| 11 April | Unit 13: Cold War | 8 am 18 April |
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| 18 April | Unit 14: Decolonization |
Wikipedia Analysis paper |
8 am 25 April |
100 |
| 25 April | Unit 15: Final Exam | Final exam |
Anytime 2 May |
250 |
| 2 May | Unit 16: Twenty-First Century World | Reflective paragraph and Canvas posting Course End Date (8 May) |
8 am 8 May |
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