HIST 351 - Russia: Peter to the Present

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Sustainability
Survey of Russian history with emphasis on everyday life and culture through film, art, literature, and music. Politics of Imperial, Soviet, contemporary Russia through lens of sustainability. Environment economy, state-society relations, foreign relations, national minorities, rebellion/dissent.

Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Area C requirements.
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 with grade C- (CR) or better.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-C - Upper Division Arts or Humanities, Overlay - Sustainability
Course Typically Offered: Spring ONLY

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Know basic analytic concepts for interpreting historical evidence relating to the history of Modern Russia.
Achieve digital literacy in accessing and presenting information about Russian culture.
Demonstrate significant knowledge of major events and trends in the history of Modern Russia.
Write and speak clearly and persuasively about events and trends in Modern Russian history, and work collaboratively with others in solving problems relating to the sustainability of successive political and economic regimes.
Provide original interpretation of assigned sources, and accurately reference all sources in coursework.
Comprehend how differences and similarities among diverse peoples and cultures over time shaped the history of Modern Russia, its empire, and its relationship to the rest of the world.
ILO on Sustainability: understand how crises of sustainability have both shaped and resulted from Russian political and economic regimes since the 18th century.
GE C4: Analyze Russian art and literature as distinct contributions to the global humanities and as both agents and reflections of social change in Russia and abroad.

UD-C. Upper-division Arts or Humanities Learning Outcomes

demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply the principles, methodologies, value systems, and thought processes employed in the arts and humanities;
analyze cultural production as an expression of, or reflection upon, what it means to be human; and
demonstrate how the perspectives of the arts and humanities are used by informed, engaged, and reflective citizens to benefit local and global communities.

Sustainability Overlay Learning Outcomes

identify the environmental, social, and economic dimensions of sustainability, either in general or in relation to a specific problem;
analyze interactions between human activities and natural systems;
describe key threats to environmental sustainability;
explain how individual and societal choices affect prospects for sustainability at the local, regional, and/or global levels.