Approved by: Undergraduate Course and Curriculum Committee
Implementation Date: Spring 2017
Note: Deletions are strikethroughs. Insertions are underlined.
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HIST 2250. Russian History from Earliest Times to 1801. (3) Development of the Russian people, focusing upon the rise and fall of the Kievan state, the impact of the period of Tartar domination, the rise of Moscovy, and the growth of the Tsarist autocracy before the reign of Alexander I.
HIST 2251. Russian History from 1801 to 1917 1552 to 1861. (3) Decline and fall of the Tsarist empire, focusing upon the efforts of the last four rulers to perpetuate the monarchy and upon the factors working against the effort. Discussion of Russian history from the foundation of Tsarist Empire to the heyday of the Romanov Dynasty.
HIST 2252. Russian History from 1917 1861 to the Present. (3) Development of Soviet Russia, focusing upon the October 1917 Revolution, Lenin's years of rule, Stalin's rise to power, the Five Year Plan and the years since World War II. Discussion of the decline of the Tsarist Empire through the rise and fall of Soviet Russia.
HIST 3110 2235. The Age of Revolutions in Europe, 1789 to 1871 1917. (3) A study discussion of the role of the major revolutions of the nineteenth century played in the making of modern politics.
HIST 3115 2237. Nineteenth Century Europe, 1814 to 1914. (3) A discussion of the political Political developments in European history from the Congress of Vienna: liberalism, socialism, nationalism, imperialism and the diplomacy leading to World War I.
HIST 3116 2240. Twentieth Century Europe, 1914 to the Present. (3) A discussion of the causes Causes and results of World War I, rise of new governments, collapse of collective security, World War II and the postwar period.
HIST 3118 2242. Eastern Europe After 1945. (3) The first half of this course examines the impact of Communism on Eastern Europe, including its effects on daily life, the economy and politics. The second half covers Eastern Europe’s troubled transition after 1989, looking at the difficulties this region has faced while trying to create democratic governments and market economics.