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 | Required Assignments and Critical Course Deadlines | Due Date | Possible Points |
| 27 June | Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Canvas Post | 8 am 2 July |
15 |
| Unit 2: Seventeenth-Century Europe | Seventeenth-Century paragraph | 8 am 2 July |
50 | |
| 2 July | Unit 3: East Asia | Canvas post/respond Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (3 July) |
8 am 4 July |
5 |
| Unit 4: Persia, a Gunpowder Empire? | Unit 4 extra credit |
8 am 6 July |
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| Digital Project choice of topic and type of project | 8 am 23 July |
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| Digital Project assignment | 8 am 30 July |
150 | ||
| Unit 5: Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment | Canvas post/respond | 8 am 9 July |
5 | |
| 9 July | Unit 6: Industrialization and Western Modernization | 8 am 11 July |
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| Unit 7: Nineteenth-Century World | Imperialism paper | 8 am 13 July |
100 | |
| Unit 8: Russia | Midterm Exam | Anytime before or on 16 July |
150 | |
| 16 July | Unit 9: World War I | 8 am 18 July |
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| Unit 10: World War II | Genocide group project Last Withdrawal Date (22 July) |
8 am 23 July |
100 | |
| 23 July | Unit 11: South Asian Independence | 8 am 25 July |
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| Unit 12: Decolonization and Nation-Building | Bao Ninh paper | 8 am 27 July |
100 | |
| Unit 13: Cold War | (Digital project from unit 4 due) | 8 am 30 July |
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| 30 July | Unit 14: Worldwide Modernization | Wikipedia Analysis paper | 8 am 1 August |
100 |
| Unit 15: Final Exam | Final Exam | Anytime before or on 3 August |
200 | |
| Unit 16: Twenty-First Century World | Reflective paragraph and Canvas posting Course End Date (7 August) |
8 am 6 August |
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