Grades are recorded in your gradebook in Blackboard.
For an explanation of the critical course deadlines, highlighted on the schedule in bold, please see the course home page.
Week Starts
|
Topic |
Assignments/Critical Course Deadlines |
Assignment
Due Date |
Possible Points |
8
January |
Unit 1: Introduction |
Introduction
Paragraph |
8 am
17 January |
50 |
15
January |
Unit 2: The Cold War
|
Paragraph One |
8 am
23 January |
50 |
22
January |
Last Refund Date/
First Assignment Due Date Deadline (27 January) |
29
January |
Unit 4: Democracy and Decolonization
|
Paragraph Two
|
8 am
6 February |
50 |
5
February |
|
12
February |
Unit 6: The Changing Modern World
|
Midterm Exam Due Date |
20 February |
200 |
19
February |
|
26
February |
Unit 8: The Key Events of the Last Half century
|
Module
Essay 1 Paper
|
8 am
4 March |
100 |
11
March |
|
18
March |
Unit 10: The Key Events of the Last Half century
|
Module Essay 2 Paper |
8 am
26 March |
100 |
Last Withdrawal Date (21 March) |
25
March |
|
1
April |
Unit 12: Your Choice
|
Your Personal Choice Assignment
|
8 am
9 April
|
100
(at least) |
8
April |
|
15
April |
Unit 14: Current Events/Current History
|
Current Events
Paper
|
8 am
23 April
|
100 |
23
April |
Unit 15: The Regions of the Modern World
|
Final
Exam; Course End Date (7 May)
|
30 April |
200 |
Any
Week |
|
Online
Discussion (Post ten times during the course.) |
|
50 |
|
|
TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS |
|
1,000 |
The specific assignment deadlines in this course are listed on the course schedule. You may not submit late extra credit work from a course unit. You may submit any of the course assignments, or optional course assignments late, but the maximum point value will then be reduced by one-half.
Course grades are based on the following scale:
- 1,000-900: A
- 899-800: B
- 799-700: C
- 699-600: D
- 599-000: F
Please remember that you must
pass the final exam with a grade of "C" (140/200) or better to earn a
passing grade in this course.
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