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