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 |
29 June |
Unit 1: Introduction |
Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Canvas Post |
Midnight |
15+ |
Unit 2: Seventeenth-Century Europe |
Seventeenth-Century paragraph |
Midnight |
25 |
|
5 July |
Unit 3: East Asia in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries |
Discussion post/respond |
Midnight |
5 |
Unit 4: South Asia and Gunpowder Empires |
Discussion post/respond |
Midnight |
5 |
|
Digital Project choice of topic and type of project |
Midnight |
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Digital Project assignment |
Midnight |
150 |
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Unit 5: European Modernization |
Discussion post/respond |
Midnight |
5 |
|
12 July |
Unit 6: Africa and the Challenge of Imperialism |
Imperialism paper |
Midnight |
100 |
Unit 7: Latin and Central America in Revolt |
Discussion post/respond |
Midnight |
5 |
|
Unit 8: Russia in Revolt |
Midterm Exam |
Midnight |
150 |
|
19 July |
Unit 9: World War I |
Discussion post/respond |
Midnight |
5 |
Unit 10: World War II |
Genocide group project |
Midnight |
100 |
|
26 July |
Unit 11: Cold War |
Bao Ninh paper |
Midnight |
100 |
Unit 12: Decolonization and Nation-Building in Africa |
Discussion post/respond |
Midnight |
5 |
|
Unit 13: South Asian Independence |
Discussion post/respond |
Midnight |
5 |
|
2 August |
Unit 14: Latin American Modernization |
Wikipedia Analysis paper |
Midnight |
100 |
Unit 15: The United Nations and the World |
Final exam |
Midnight |
200 |
|
Unit 16: The Emergence of the Pacific Rim |
Reflective paragraph |
Midnight |
25 |
|
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TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS |
1,000 |
Course grades are based on the following scale:
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