THE SOVIET UNION AND THE WORLD, 1917-1991

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities or 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: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the domestic and international consequences of the two Russian Revolutions of 1917. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify and evaluate major turning points in the Soviet Union’s relationship with other states. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Analyze how ideas, institutions, armies, and cultures moved across borders in the 20th century. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Debate the causes and consequences of the Cold War from different points of view. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Assess the significance of concepts like socialist internationalism, totalitarianism, communism, and fascism for thinking about the 20th century. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Extract reliable information from primary sources. Analyze the meaning and significance of written and visual sources in their historical contexts. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Delineate and evaluate key historiographical debates in Soviet history. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the domestic and international consequences of the two Russian Revolutions of 1917. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify and evaluate major turning points in the Soviet Union’s relationship with other states. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Analyze how ideas, institutions, armies, and cultures moved across borders in the 20th century. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Debate the causes and consequences of the Cold War from different points of view. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Assess the significance of concepts like socialist internationalism, totalitarianism, communism, and fascism for thinking about the 20th century. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Extract reliable information from primary sources. Analyze the meaning and significance of written and visual sources in their historical contexts. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Delineate and evaluate key historiographical debates in Soviet history. Audience: Graduate