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