Here is our weekly schedule. New Modules will be activated at the end of each week (by Sunday evening), unless otherwise noted.

DATETOPICASSIGNMENTS
WEEK 1: 8/26-8/31/25
* Module 1: Course Introduction

* Discussion Board #1: Introductions
* Discussion Boards posts are due by midnight, Sunday, 8/31/2025
WEEK 2: 9/1-9/7*Module 3: Ideology* Discussion Board posts 1 and 2
* Module 3 Reading response paper
WEEK 3: 9/8-9/14* Module 4: What is Social Class?See assignments in the module.
WEEK 4: 9/15-9/21
* Module 5: What is Social Class * NOTE: Module 5 will take place over 2 weeks.
* See assignments in module.
WEEK 5: 9/22-9/28
* Module 5: What is Social Class – Part 2* See assignments in module.
WEEK 6: 9/29-10/5
* Module 6: How Class Influenced the Constitution* See assignments in module.
WEEK 7: 10/6-10/12* Module 7: The Structure of US Government* See assignments in module.
WEEK 8: 10/13-10/19* First Exam* First Exam.
* Due date: 10/19/25
WEEK 9: 10/20-10/26* Module 9: Civil Liberties and the Bill of Rights* NOTE: this week you should focus on the study of the Bill of Rights
WEEK 10: 10/27-11/2
* Module 9: Civil Liberties and the Bill of Rights		* NOTE: this week you should focus on the War on Terror, and the Patriot Act
WEEK 11: 11/3-11/9* Module 11: The Court System
* NOTE: Module 11 takes place over two weeks.
WEEK 12: 11/10-11/16* Module 11: The Court System* See assignments in module.
WEEK 13: 11/17-11/23* Module 12: The Supreme Court in Action: The Wal-Mart Case* See assignments in module.
WEEK 14: 11/24-11/30* Module 13: MLK’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”* Discussion Board 13 and Reading Response Paper 13
WEEK 15: 12/1-12/14* Module 14: On Racialized Capitalism* See assignments in module.
* NOTE: you have 2 weeks to complete this last module, along with any other outstanding work, and review for the upcoming Second Exam.
WEEK 16: 12/14-12/18* Module 15: Second Exam* Second Exam.
* DUE DATE: 12/18, Thursday, by midnight.
* Any outstanding assignments should be submitted during this week as well.