| Week Starts | Topic | Assignments/Critical course Deadlines | Assignment Due Date |
Possible Points |
| 30 May |
Unit 1: Introduction |
Introduction paragraph | 8 am 4 June |
50 |
| 3 June |
Unit 2: The Cold War | Paragraph One |
8 am 11 June |
50 |
| Last Refund Date/Blackboard Sign-In Deadline (7 June) | ||||
| 10 June | Unit 4: Democracy and Decolonization | Paragraph Two | 8 am 18 June |
50 |
| 17 June |
Unit 6: The Changing Modern World | Midterm Exam Due Date | 25 June | 200 |
| 24 June |
Unit 8: The Key Events of the Last Half century | Module Essay 1 Paper | 8 am 28 June |
100 |
| Unit 10: The Key Events of the Last Half century | Module Essay 2 Paper | 8 am 2 July |
100 | |
| 1 July |
Unit 12: Your Choice | Your Personal Choice Assignment | 8 am 9 July |
100 (at least) |
| Last Withdrawal Date (3 July) | ||||
| 8 July |
Unit 14: Current Events/Current History | Current Events Paper | 8 am 16 July |
100 |
| 15 July |
Unit 15: The Regions of the Modern World | Final Exam; Course End Date (25 July) | 20 July | 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 of "C" or better in this course.