| Week Starts | Topic | Required Assignments and Critical Course Deadlines | Due Date | Possible Points |
| 16 March | Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Canvas Post | Midnight 19 March |
15+ |
| Unit 2: Seventeenth-Century Europe | Seventeenth-Century paragraph | Midnight 22 March |
25 | |
| 23 March | Unit 3: East Asia | Discussion post/respond |
Midnight 26 March |
5 |
| Unit 4: Persia, a Gunpowder Empire? | Discussion post/respond | Midnight 29 March |
5 | |
| Digital Project choice of topic and type of project | Midnight 23 April |
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| Digital Project assignment | Midnight 30 April |
150 | ||
| 30 March | Unit 5: Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment | Discussion post/respond | Midnight 2 April |
5 |
| Unit 6: Industrialization and Western Modernization | Discussion post/respond | Midnight 5 April |
5 | |
| 6 April | Unit 7: Nineteenth-Century World | Imperialism paper | Midnight 9 April |
100 |
| Unit 8: Russia | Midterm Exam | Midnight 12 April |
150 | |
| 13 April | Unit 9: World War I | Discussion post/respond | Midnight 16 April |
5 |
| Unit 10: World War II | Genocide group project Last Withdrawal Date (19 April) |
Midnight 19 April |
100 | |
| 20 April | Unit 11: South Asian Independence | Discussion post/respond | Midnight 23 April |
5 |
| Unit 12: Decolonization and Nation-Building | Bao Ninh paper | Midnight 26 April |
100 | |
| 27 April | Unit 13: Cold War | Discussion post/respond (Digital project from unit 4 due) |
Midnight 30 April |
5 |
| Unit 14: Worldwide Modernization | Wikipedia Analysis paper | Midnight 3 May |
100 | |
| 4 May | Unit 15: Final Exam | Final exam | Midnight 7 May |
200 |
| Unit 16: Twenty-First Century World | Reflective paragraph and discussion posting Course End Date (11 May) |
Midnight 10 May |
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