HISTORY OF RUSSIA

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and debate major turning points in Russian imperial history. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Explain why the Tsarist autocracy lasted for so long and why it collapsed in 1917. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Explain why Russia's relationship to Europe - or "the West" - has been so fraught. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Assess the significance of concepts like empire and nation for interpreting imperial Russian history. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Communicate ideas, questions, and conclusions clearly in written and spoken form to make compelling arguments. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Delineate and evaluate key historiographical debates in imperial Russian history. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and debate major turning points in Russian imperial history. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Explain why the Tsarist autocracy lasted for so long and why it collapsed in 1917. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Explain why Russia's relationship to Europe - or "the West" - has been so fraught. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Assess the significance of concepts like empire and nation for interpreting imperial Russian history. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Communicate ideas, questions, and conclusions clearly in written and spoken form to make compelling arguments. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Delineate and evaluate key historiographical debates in imperial Russian history. Audience: Graduate