HISTORY OF SOVIET RUSSIA

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2023 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the causes and consequences of the two Russian Revolutions of 1917. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify and debate major turning points in Soviet history. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Debate key questions of Soviet history, including: What was Marxism-Leninism? What was socialism? What was internationalism? How do people live under totalitarian regimes? Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Analyze the causes and consequences of the Cold War. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Explain why the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Assess the significance of concepts like class, nation, empire, race, and gender for interpreting Soviet history. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Extract reliable information from primary sources. Analyze the meaning and significance of written and visual sources in their historical contexts. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Delineate and evaluate key historiographical debates in Soviet history. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the causes and consequences of the two Russian Revolutions of 1917. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify and debate major turning points in Soviet history. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Debate key questions of Soviet history, including: What was Marxism-Leninism? What was socialism? What was internationalism? How do people live under totalitarian regimes? Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Analyze the causes and consequences of the Cold War. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Explain why the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Assess the significance of concepts like class, nation, empire, race, and gender for interpreting Soviet history. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Extract reliable information from primary sources. Analyze the meaning and significance of written and visual sources in their historical contexts. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Delineate and evaluate key historiographical debates in Soviet history. Audience: Graduate