HIST 260 History of Russia and the Soviet Union (5 credits)

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.

Degree Outcomes
Social Sciences: Graduates analyze and interpret social phenomenon using social science theories and methods.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50