Grades are recorded in the gradebook in Canvas. For an explanation of the critical course deadlines, highlighted on the schedule in bold, please see the course syllabus.
| Week Starts | Topic | Assignments/Critical Course Deadlines | Assignment Due Date |
Possible Points |
| 22 August | Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Canvas Post | 8 am 27 August |
15 |
| Unit 2: Seventeenth-Century Europe | Seventeenth-Century paragraph | 8 am 27 August |
50 | |
| 27 August | Unit 3: Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment | American paragraph |
8 am 30 August |
50 |
| Unit 4: French Revolution | Canvas post/respond | 8 am 3 September |
5 | |
| 3 September | Unit 5: Industrial Revolution | 8 am 6 September |
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| Unit 6: Russia in Revolt? | Canvas post/respond | 8 am 10 September |
5 | |
| 10 September | Unit 7: Nationalism | Nationalism Paragraph | 8 am 13 September |
50 |
| Unit 8: Socialism | Midterm Exam | Anytime before or on 17 September |
150 | |
| 17 September | Unit 9: Imperialism | Imperialism paper | 8 am 20 September |
100 |
| Unit 10: The Great War | Remarque paper Last Withdrawal Date (24 September) |
8 am 24 September |
100 | |
| 24 September | Unit 11: Russian Revolution | 8 am 27 September |
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| Unit 12: World War II | Genocide group project | 8 am 1 October |
100 | |
| 1 October | Unit 13: Cold War | 8 am 4 October |
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| Unit 14: Decolonization | Wikipedia Analysis paper | 8 am 8 October |
100 | |
| 8 October | Unit 15: Final Exam | Final exam | Anytime before or on 11 October |
250 |
| Unit 16: Twenty-First Century World | Reflective paragraph and Canvas posting Course End Date (16 October) |
8 am 15 October |
25 | |
| TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS | 1,000 |
Course grades are based on the following scale:
- 1,000-900: A
- 899-800: B
- 799-700: C
- 699-600: D
- 599-000: F