RUSSIAN POLITICS

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 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Increase knowledge of the trajectory of political life in Russia from 1917 through the present. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Learn the theoretical and institutional underpinnings of democracy, markets and the rule of law, and how to structure an argument as to the presence or absence of these institutions. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Improve oral advocacy skills through classroom discussion. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Assess the state of a body of scholarly literature related to course themes, identify gaps in that literature, and formulate an original research question in the context of those gaps. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Increase knowledge of the trajectory of political life in Russia from 1917 through the present. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Learn the theoretical and institutional underpinnings of democracy, markets and the rule of law, and how to structure an argument as to the presence or absence of these institutions. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Improve oral advocacy skills through classroom discussion. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Assess the state of a body of scholarly literature related to course themes, identify gaps in that literature, and formulate an original research question in the context of those gaps. Audience: Graduate