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 |
| 19 August | Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Discussion Post | Midnight Thursday 22 August |
15 |
| Unit 2: Seventeenth-Century Europe | Seventeenth-Century paragraph | Midnight Sunday 25 August |
25 | |
| 26 August | Unit 3: East Asia | Discussion post/respond |
Midnight Thursday 29 August |
5 |
| Unit 4: Persia, a Gunpowder Empire? | Discussion post/respond | Midnight Sunday 1 September |
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| Digital Project choice of topic and type of project | Midnight Thursday 26 September |
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| Digital Project assignment | Midnight Thursday 3 October |
150 | ||
| 2 September | Unit 5: Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment | Discussion post/respond | Midnight Thursday 5 September |
5 |
| Unit 6: Industrialization and Western Modernization | Discussion post/respond | Midnight Sunday 8 September |
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| 9 September | Unit 7: Nineteenth-Century World | Imperialism paper | Midnight Thursday 12 September |
100 |
| Unit 8: Russia | Midterm Exam | Midnight |
150 | |
| 16 September | Unit 9: World War I | Discussion post/respond | Midnight Thursday 19 September |
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| Unit 10: World War II | Genocide group project Last Withdrawal Date (21 September) |
Midnight Sunday 22 September |
100 | |
| 23 September | Unit 11: South Asian Independence | Discussion post/respond | Midnight Thursday 26 September |
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| Unit 12: Decolonization and Nation-Building | Bao Ninh paper | Midnight Sunday 29 September |
100 | |
| 30 September | Unit 13: Cold War | Discussion post/respond (Digital project from unit 4 due) |
Midnight Thursday 3 October |
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| Unit 14: Worldwide Modernization | Wikipedia Analysis paper | Midnight Sunday 6 October |
100 | |
| 7 October | Unit 15: Final Exam | Final exam | Midnight Thursday 10 October |
200 |
| Unit 16: Twenty-First Century World | Reflective paragraph and Discussion 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