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Apr 30, 2024
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HIST 260 History of Russia and the Soviet Union (5 credits)
Distribution Area Fulfilled Social Sciences; General Transfer Elective
Course Description
Explore the development of the Russian state from 700 A.D. to the present. Emphasis is on the political, economic, and religious ideas which shaped the Russian outlook and eventually culminated in the rise and fall of the Soviet Union.
Student Outcomes
1. Identify and analyze the pivotal developments in the FSU republic.
2. Explain the chief components (religious, economic, political, etc.) of the FSU cultures.
3. Analyze the interconnections (social, gender, artistic, intellectual, religious, etc.) among different historical movements, changes, and trends.
4. Identify the major problems facing the FSU today.
5. Draw conclusions from history, discussing recent and present trends and their possible impact on the future.
6. Compare and contrast the cultural realms of the FSU.
7. Analyze the positions in the world of the FSU republics today and in the near future.
8. Discuss the impact of the FSU cultures on the world.
9. Determine an overall plan for an ever wider range of mutually beneficial ties between the USA and the FSU, based on lessons that are drawn from history.
10. Discuss from a historical perspective major features of the geography, as well as current developments in the political, economic, and cultural spheres of the FSU republics.
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