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 |
| 19 August | Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Canvas Post | Midnight Thursday 22 August |
15 |
| Unit 2: Seventeenth-Century Europe | Seventeenth-Century paragraph | Midnight Sunday 25 August |
50 | |
| 26 August | Unit 3: Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment | American paragraph |
Midnight Thursday 29 August |
50 |
| Unit 4: French Revolution | Canvas post/respond | Midnight Sunday 1 September |
5 | |
| 2 September | Unit 5: Industrial Revolution | Midnight Thursday 5 September |
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| Unit 6: Russia in Revolt? | Canvas post/respond | Midnight Sunday 8 September |
5 | |
| 9 September | Unit 7: Nationalism | Nationalism Paragraph | Midnight Thursday 12 September |
50 |
| Unit 8: Socialism | Midterm Exam | Midnight Sunday 15 September |
150 | |
| 16 September | Unit 9: Imperialism | Imperialism paper | Midnight Thursday 19 September |
100 |
| Unit 10: The Great War | Remarque paper Last Withdrawal Date (21 September) |
Midnight Sunday 22 September |
100 | |
| 23 September | Unit 11: Russian Revolution | Midnight Thursday 26 September |
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| Unit 12: World War II | Genocide group project | Midnight Sunday 29 September |
100 | |
| 30 September | Unit 13: Cold War | Midnight Thursday 3 October |
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| Unit 14: Decolonization | Wikipedia Analysis paper | Midnight Sunday 6 October |
100 | |
| 7 October | Unit 15: Final Exam | Final exam | Midnight Thursday 10 October |
250 |
| Unit 16: Twenty-First Century World | Reflective paragraph and Canvas posting Course End Date (13 October) |
Midnight Sunday 13 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