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 |
| 1 July | Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Discussion Post | Midnight Thursday 4 July |
15 |
| Unit 2: Seventeenth-Century Europe | Seventeenth-Century paragraph | Midnight Sunday 7 July |
50 | |
| 8 July | Unit 3: East Asia | Discussion post/respond Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (7 July) |
Midnight Wednesday 10 July |
5 |
| Unit 4: Persia, a Gunpowder Empire? | Unit 4 extra credit |
Midnight Friday 12 July |
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| Digital Project choice of topic and type of project | Midnight Sunday 28 July |
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| Digital Project assignment | Midnight Sunday 4 August |
150 | ||
| Unit 5: Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment | Discussion post/respond | Midnight Sunday 14 July |
5 | |
| 15 July | Unit 6: Industrialization and Western Modernization | Midnight Wednesday 17 July |
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| Unit 7: Nineteenth-Century World | Imperialism paper | Midnight Friday 19 July |
100 | |
| Unit 8: Russia | Midterm Exam | Midnight Sunday 21 July |
150 | |
| 22 July | Unit 9: World War I | Midnight Thursday 25 July |
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| Unit 10: World War II | Genocide group project Last Withdrawal Date (26 July) |
Midnight Sunday 28 July |
100 | |
| 29 July | Unit 11: South Asian Independence | Midnight Wednesday 31 July |
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| Unit 12: Decolonization and Nation-Building | Bao Ninh paper | Midnight Friday 2 August |
100 | |
| Unit 13: Cold War | (Digital project from unit 4 due) | Midnight Sunday 4 August |
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| 5 August | Unit 14: Worldwide Modernization | Wikipedia Analysis paper | Midnight Tuesday 6 August |
100 |
| Unit 15: Final Exam | Final Exam | Midnight Thursday 8 August |
200 | |
| Unit 16: Twenty-First Century World | Reflective paragraph and Discussion posting Course End Date (11 August) |
Midnight Sunday 11 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