PL30101: Russian national option R4: Gorbachev & Perestroika
[Page last updated: 15 October 2020]
 Academic Year: | 2020/1 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
- Semester 1
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 33%, ES 67% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Essay (ES 67%)
- Coursework (CW 33%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Description: | Aims:
The option aims to provide the opportunity for detailed study of political and social change in the USSR during the years 1985-1991.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the unit students should be able to demonstrate understanding of:
* the origins of perestroika and the evolution of Gorbachev's thinking during the years 1985-91;
* the strengths and weaknesses of civil and political society in the USSR 1985-91;
* the demise of the USSR and communist party power in 1991.
Skills:
Skills in critical analysis, conceptual thinking, precision in the use of written and spoken language, exercise of independent judgement, reasoned argument and the planning/conduct/reporting of non-quantitative research are developed and assessed in this unit.
Content:
Origins of perestroika; glasnost and democratization; nationalities issues and conflicts; the collapse of communism.
Key text: A. Brown, The Gorbachev Factor (Oxford: 1997). |
| Programme availability: |
PL30101 is Optional on the following programmes:
Department of Economics
- UHES-AFB01 : BSc(Hons) Economics and Politics (Year 3)
- UHES-AAB01 : BSc(Hons) Economics and Politics with Study year abroad (Year 4)
- UHES-AKB01 : BSc(Hons) Economics and Politics with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UHES-ACB01 : BSc(Hons) Economics and Politics with Combined Placement and Study Abroad (Year 4)
Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
- UHPL-AYB13 : BA(Hons) French and Politics with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB12 : BA(Hons) German and Politics with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB16 : BA(Hons) Italian ab initio and Politics with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB09 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (French and ab initio Russian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB07 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (German and ab initio Russian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB22 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (Spanish and ab initio Russian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB15 : BA(Hons) Russian ab initio and Politics with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB17 : BA(Hons) Spanish and Politics with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AFB30 : BSc(Hons) Politics and International Relations (Year 3)
- UHPL-AAB30 : BSc(Hons) Politics and International Relations with Study year abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AKB30 : BSc(Hons) Politics and International Relations with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UHPL-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Politics with Economics (Year 3)
- UHPL-AAB10 : BSc(Hons) Politics with Economics with Study year abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Politics with Economics with Year long work placement (Year 4)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2020/21 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2021/22 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2020/21.
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