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Undergraduate Course: Stalin's Russia, 1921-1941 (HIST10336)

Course Outline
School School of History, Classics and Archaeology College College of Humanities and Social Science
Course type Standard Availability Not available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken) SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) Credits 40
Home subject area History Other subject area None
Course website None Taught in Gaelic? No
Course description There is a wide variety of published translated Russian primary source
material available on this subject, giving the students a chance to engage with the latest debates in Russian history. This period is crucial to understanding the rise and fall of the world&©s first great socialist experiment, and provides a Russian perspective
on important debates in modern history: Did communism offer a more viable model of modernity than capitalism? Why did so many European states turn towards political extremism, violence and dictatorship in the early twentieth century? Why did these tyrannous regimes fail?
Entry Requirements
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements A pass in 40 credits of third level historical courses or equivalent.
Before enrolling students on this course, Directors are asked to contact the History Honours Admission Secretary to ensure that a place is available (Tel: 503783).
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2010/11 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1) WebCT enabled:  Yes Quota:  19
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
CentralSeminar1-22 11:10 - 13:00
First Class Week 1, Monday, 11:10 - 13:00, Zone: Central. Seminar - Sem 1 Kirkpatrick Room William Robertson Building and Sem 2 G.13 HC&A Teviot Pl.
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours:Minutes Stationery Requirements Comments
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)Exam Paper 12:0016 sidesTo precede Exam Paper 2
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)Exam Paper 22:0016 sidesTo follow Exam Paper 1 (not on same day)
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
&· advanced knowledge of events in Russia from 1921 to 1941;
&· the ability to critically assess different historiographical interpretations on the rise of Stalin, the nature of Stalinism and the course of the Great Terror, utilising a wide range of primary sources;
&· the ability to pursue independent lines of research in gathering material from primary and secondary sources, critically assess them and arrive at their own conclusions;
&· the ability to independently identify general themes in the history of Stalinism and a mature awareness of the place of these events in the broader context of modern Russian history
Assessment Information
Two Final two-hour examinations, worth 40% of the overall grade
Two 4,000-word essays (one per semester), worth 40% of the overall grade
Oral assessment, worth 20% of the overall grade (one presentation per semester 7.5% each= total 15%, plus general class participation in discussions 5%)
Oral grade: $úStudents will prepare a short text to accompany each of their
presentations. The course tutor will decide the grade for each presentation based on criteria published in the course document; 50% of this will be based on the delivery of the presentation in class, and 50% on the text, which along with the course organiser&©s written feedback to the student will be made available to the external examiner.
$ú The class participation grade will be discussed in the first instance with the student shortly before each essay is due. Essay advice can be given at this meeting and the student will be asked to fill in a brief self-assessment form on their oral performance.
It is hoped that the student and tutor will closely agree on the grade based on criteria published in the course document, though the final decision will be made by the tutor the self-assessment form will be made available to the external examiner for adjudication if the student feels the grade is unfair.
Students will be expected to include some analysis of primary sources in both
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Contacts
Course organiser Dr Iain Lauchlan
Tel: (0131 6)50 3769
Email: Iain.Lauchlan@ed.ac.uk
Course secretary Ms Tamsin Welch
Tel: (0131 6)50 3783
Email: twelch@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
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