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 |
| 26 September | Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Canvas Post | 8 am 1 October |
15 |
| Unit 2: Seventeenth-Century Europe | Seventeenth-Century paragraph | 8 am 1 October |
50 | |
| 1 October | Unit 3: Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment | American paragraph |
8 am 4 October |
50 |
| Unit 4: French Revolution | Canvas post/respond | 8 am 8 October |
5 | |
| 8 October | Unit 5: Industrial Revolution | 8 am 11 October |
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| Unit 6: Russia in Revolt? | Canvas post/respond | 8 am 15 October |
5 | |
| 15 October | Unit 7: Nationalism | Nationalism Paragraph | 8 am 18 October |
50 |
| Unit 8: Socialism | Midterm Exam | Anytime before or on 22 October |
150 | |
| 22 October | Unit 9: Imperialism | Imperialism paper | 8 am 25 October |
100 |
| Unit 10: The Great War | Remarque paper Last Withdrawal Date (29 October) |
8 am 29 October |
100 | |
| 29 October | Unit 11: Russian Revolution | 8 am 1 November |
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| Unit 12: World War II | Genocide group project | 8 am 5 November |
100 | |
| 5 November | Unit 13: Cold War | 8 am 8 November |
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| Unit 14: Decolonization | Wikipedia Analysis paper | 8 am 12 November |
100 | |
| 12 November | Unit 15: Final Exam | Final exam | Anytime before or on 15 November |
250 |
| Unit 16: Twenty-First Century World | Reflective paragraph and Canvas posting Course End Date (20 November) |
8 am 19 November |
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