They then survey the social, political, and economic issues facing the countries of Central and South America today. Three or four countries will be studied in depth, including Mexico and Argentina. Open to Seniors. This course surveys Russian history to the beginning of the collapse of the Tsarist regime in World War I. After studying autocracy and orthodoxy in Old Russia and westernization under Peter the Great, students focus on the 19th century. Emphasis is placed on the impact of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, the reaction under Nicholas I, the emergence of the revolutionary tradition, and the rise of Marxism.
Special attention is given to Russian literature.
Open to Seniors. This course is an introduction to contemporary Russia, beginning with a study of the revolutions of 1917. Topics studied are Marxist-Leninist theory in practice, Stalin's dictatorship and the rise of Russia as a world power, Russia's role in World War II, the Cold War, change and reform from Stalin through Gorbachev, and the period following the collapse of the Soviet regime. Open to Seniors. This course allows students to study selected issues from modern U.S. social and political history in much greater depth than is possible in History 333.