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 |
| 21 October | Unit 1: Introduction | Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Discussion Post | Midnight Thursday 24 October |
15 |
| Unit 2: Seventeenth-Century Europe | Seventeenth-Century paragraph | Midnight Sunday 27 October |
25 | |
| 28 October | Unit 3: East Asia | Discussion post/respond Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (25 October) |
Midnight Thursday 31 October |
5 |
| Unit 4: Persia, a Gunpowder Empire? | Discussion post/respond | Midnight Sunday 3 November |
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| Digital Project choice of topic and type of project | Midnight Thursday 28 November |
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| Digital Project assignment | Midnight Thursday 5 December |
150 | ||
| 4 November | Unit 5: Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment | Discussion post/respond | Midnight Thursday 7 November |
5 |
| Unit 6: Industrialization and Western Modernization | Discussion post/respond | Midnight Sunday 10 November |
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| 11 November | Unit 7: Nineteenth-Century World | Imperialism paper | Midnight Thursday 14 November |
100 |
| Unit 8: Russia | Midterm Exam | Midnight Sunday 17 November |
150 | |
| 18 November | Unit 9: World War I | Discussion post/respond | Midnight Thursday 21 November |
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| Unit 10: World War II | Genocide group project Last Withdrawal Date (21 November) |
Midnight Sunday 24 November |
100 | |
| 25 November | Unit 11: South Asian Independence | Discussion post/respond | Midnight Thursday 28 November |
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| Unit 12: Decolonization and Nation-Building | Bao Ninh paper | Midnight Sunday 1 December |
100 | |
| 2 December | Unit 13: Cold War | Discussion post/respond (Digital project from unit 4 due) |
Midnight Thursday 5 December |
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| Unit 14: Worldwide Modernization | Wikipedia Analysis paper | Midnight Sunday 8 December |
100 | |
| 9 December | Unit 15: Final Exam | Final exam | Midnight Thursday 12 December |
200 |
| Unit 16: Twenty-First Century World | Reflective paragraph and Discussion posting Course End Date (16 December) |
Midnight Sunday 15 December |
25 | |
| TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS | 1,000 |
Course grades are based on the following scale
- 1000-900: A
- 899-800: B
- 799-700: C
- 699-600: D
- 599-000: F