Department: History

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AAS 1512 Introduction to the Religions of Asia This course is an introduction to the major religions originating in southern and eastern Asia: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism and Shinto. We will examine their basic doctrines, rituals, sacred and apocryphal literature and religious art. T...
AAS 2000 Introduction to Asian American Studies (Experimental) This course introduces students to the principal issues and major concepts of Asian American studies. Topics include the histories of Asian Americans, the concept of Asian American itself, and the expression of Asian Americanness, in film, literature...
AAS 2155 Philosophies from India This course examines the development of the major schools of Indian philosophy: Vedanta, Samkhya, Yoga, and Jainism. The goal of all of these philosophies is liberation. As such, the course will investigate Indian views of the soul, God, and the natu...
AAS 3080 A Survey of Asian History This course will examine the religious, political, economic, and cultural foundations of the major Asian civilizations, especially those of India and China. It will also explore the ways in which the Asian societies responded to the pressures created...
AAS 3085 Topics in Asian and Asian American Studies This course offers a detailed exploration of selected areas of Asian and/or Asian American studies. The topic(s) will change from semester to semester.
AAS 3155 Indian Philosophy This course examines the development of the major schools of Indian philosophy: Vedanta, Samkya, Yoga, and Jainism. The goal of all of these philosophies is liberation. As such, the course will investigate Indian views of the soul, God, and the natur...
AAS 3165 Classical Buddhism Classical Buddhism explores the theory and practice of Buddhism as it originated in India and spread to Tibet and eastern Asia. In addition to examining the life and teachings of the historical Buddha, the course investigates Indian Buddhism after th...
AAS 3170 Classical Chinese Philosophy This course provides a systematic introduction to Chinese philosophy and its classical schools, including Confucianism, Moism, Daoism, and Legalism. These schools will be studied by considering their responses to central philosophical problems, as we...
AAS 3175 The Lives of Hinduism This course provides an introduction to the lives of Hinduism. It traces major developments and changes in the greater Hindu tradition from its inception to the present, and the rituals and value systems that have shaped and continue to shape the liv...
AAS 3345 Asian American History This course examines the history of Asian immigrants and Asian Americans from the mid-19th century to the present. The class focuses both on specific events and on broader themes such as labor, gender, religion, transnationalism, and race. It also ex...
AAS 3346 The Rise of East Asia in World Affairs This course presents the cultures, recent histories, and current conditions of the Asian countries in the context of global politics and economics. Through an examination of economic growth in the context of the world economy and political developme...
AAS 3540 The Tradition of Islam This course examines Islam as a world religion, with an emphasis on history and culture. Both basic tenets and texts will be examined along with ethnographic case studies. These ethnographic sources will cover the spread of Islam to Asia, Sufism, pop...
AAS 3780 Vietnam at War This is an upper-level course on the Vietnam War. It introduces students to thehistorical context of the war by analyzing primary sources from fiction, film,memoirs, and photography as a means to integrate the experiences of variousparticipants. Thi...
AAS 3781 History of Modern Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is remarkable for its linguistic, cultural, social, and religious diversity, and is often called the “crossroads of the world.” This course introduces students to the key historical themes in the history of Southeast Asia as a region f...
AAS 3820 History of Chinese Religion This course examines the historical evolution of the traditions that make up Chinese religion together with the role religion plays in Chinese culture from the earliest recorded history to the present. The major formal (i.e. text-centered) forms of r...
AAS 3821 South Asian Religion Drawing upon Hindu, Islamic, Sikh, and Buddhist scriptural and ritual sources, this course will explore the interrelated development of these four traditions, the central concepts particular to each tradition, the changing nature of political and rel...
AAS 3842 Making of Modern India This course is designed to explore the dynamics of British colonialism and the making of the contemporary Indian nation-state (from the seventeenth to the twentieth century). It will examine the role of the entrepreneurs of the English East India Com...
AAS 3851 The Heritage of Chinese Civilization This course will examine the important social, cultural, intellectual, and economic trends that led to the formation of Chinese civilization. The period covered will be from the prehistoric period to the fourteenth century. The course will focus on t...
AAS 3853 The Emergence of Modern Japan This course is a historical study of Japan during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It will explore the culture, society, and politics that have contributed to the making of modern Japan. The course will focus on the modernization policy instit...
AAS 3854 China in Revolution This course examines the tumultuous history of China from 1800 to the present. Topics covered include the decline of the Qing dynasty, the impact of Western imperialism, the rise of Chinese nationalism, changing cultural forms, the republican and com...
AAS 4005 Advanced Japanese: Learning through Content and Multimedia This course is an advanced Japanese language course. Students will continue to improve their mastery of Japanese language skills through readings about Japanese social and cultural topics as well as multimedia online content. This course may be used...
AAS 4010 Chinese Immigration in Global Perspective This course will focus on the Chinese immigrant experience in New York City, while placing it in the context of Chinese migration to the US and the history of Chinese migration globally. The course will utilize historical texts, ethnographies, lectur...
AAS 4900 Capstone Course: Critical Issues in Asian and Asian American Studies This course focuses on a core issue or theme in Asian and Asian American studies. Examples of these issues include modernity, immigration, colonialism, religious toleration, gender, foreign policy, cross-cultural interactions, and interethnic relatio...
AAS 4905 Language, Literature, and Culture of Japan Through readings in English and the viewing of Japanese cinema, this course introduces students to contemporary Japanese literature, language, communication styles, and cultural backgrounds. Student discussion will also consider especially pressing i...
AAS 4906 Critical Approaches to Japanese Popular Culture This course critically examines Japanese popular culture such as popular music (J-pop), pop art, film, manga (Japanese comics), anime, TV shows, and fan/participatory activities. We will explore what these texts show us about the changing nature of J...
AAS 4907 Film and Moving Image Culture in Japan This course explores films and moving image works in Japan from the earliest period to the present. It also provides tools as well as concepts for examining how cinematic and other visual media work and communicate with their audiences, while enhanci...
AAS 7000 Asian American Studies Elec Asian American Studies Elective Course
AAS 7050 Asian Am Stud Interm Elective Course Elective Course
AAS 7100 Asian Am Stud Advanc Elective Course
AMS 3000 Topics in American Studies Topics in American Studies is an interdisciplinary course designed to introduce students to the rationale and methodology of American studies.
AMS 4900 Topics in American Studies This course is an interdisciplinary course designed to introduce students to the theoretical approaches and research methods in American Studies. The topics and themes may vary from semester to semester, or the same course may be offered by faculty f...
HIS 1000 Themes in American History This course is designed to introduce students to the historical development of fundamental American political and social institutions through the close examination of a major theme in American history. Themes might include but are not restricted to t...
HIS 1000H Honors - American History This course studies the historical development of fundamental cultural, political, and social institutions and traditions through the analysis of recurring themes in world history. To ensure a broad perspective and a comparative approach, trends will...
HIS 1001 Themes in Global History to 1500 C.E. This course studies the historical development of fundamental cultural, political, and social institutions and traditions through the analysis of recurring themes in world history. To ensure a broad perspective and a comparative approach, trends will...
HIS 1001H Honors in Global History This course studies the historical development of fundamental cultural, political, and social institutions and traditions through the analysis of recurring themes in world history. To ensure a broad perspective and a comparative approach, trends will...
HIS 1002 Orig-Europe Civil II Orig-Europe Civil II
HIS 1003 Themes in Global History Since 1500 C.E. This course studies the historical development of fundamental cultural, political, and social institutions and traditions through the analysis of recurring themes in world history. To ensure a broad perspective and a comparative approach, trends will...
HIS 1003H Honors - Global History 1500 This course studies the historical development of fundamental cultural, political, and social institutions and traditions through the analysis of recurring themes in world history. To ensure a broad perspective and a comparative approach, trends will...
HIS 1004 History of American Civilization I This course is no longer offered and is available for transfer credit only.
HIS 1005 Modern American History This course surveys United States history from the post-Civil War years to recent times. Topics include Reconstruction, industrialization, the growth of the United States as a world power, the prosperous Twenties, the depressed Thirties, and the issu...
HIS 1005H Honors - Modern American History This course surveys United States history from the post-Civil War years to recent times. Topics include Reconstruction, industrialization, the growth of the United States as a world power, the prosperous Twenties, the depressed Thirties, and the issu...
HIS 1009 Uses & Value Of His Uses & Value Of His
HIS 1512 Introduction to the Religions of Asia This course is an introduction to the major religions originating in southern and eastern Asia: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, and Shinto. We will examine their basic doctrines, rituals, sacred and apocryphal literature, and religious art....
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HIS 2011 Ancient Greece This course surveys the history of Greece from Homer to Socrates. Topics will include gods and goddesses; heroes, peasants, and slaves; colonies, law givers, and tyrants; Sparta against Athens; Athenian democracy and the Athenian empire; sex and the...
HIS 2012 The Ancient World: Rome A survey of Roman history from its origins to the fall of the Western Empire.
HIS 2013 Medieval Civilization A study of the characteristic feature of European civilization in its formative period from the fifth to the fifteenth century with an emphasis on social, economic, political, and cultural institutions of lasting significance.
HIS 2016 Europe in the Age of the Renaissance This course centers on the social and cultural history of Europe from 1350 to 1520 and examines the idea of "Renaissance", or rebirth of classical antiquity, through a range of topics, such as humanism, religious experience, family structure, constru...
HIS 2021 Early Modern Europe, 1517-1715 An advanced study of European social, political and religious history from the Reformation of the emergence of the modern state system. Emphasis will be placed on religion and revolutionary ideologies, mercantilism and imperialism and the general cri...
HIS 2022 Europe in the Eighteenth Century This course surveys the history of Europe in the eighteenth century. Topics will include the appearance of the idea of equality and its effect on the family, the relations of men and women, slavery, and politics; the power of privilege and the fight...
HIS 2023 Europe in an Era of Revolution A survey of European civilization from the late eighteenth century to the revolutions of 1848, focusing on the crisis of the Old Regime, the French Revolution, Napoleonic Europe, and the forces shaping the period 1815-1848.
HIS 2024 Tudor-Stuart England Tudor-Stuart England
HIS 2026 The Origins of Western Capitalism, 1400-1800 The course explores the crucial period of Western development when Europe achieved global preponderance. It focuses on specific problems: Why did this enormous burst of economic energy occur in the West? Why did it begin in the Mediterranean and then...
HIS 2031 Nineteenth Century Europe This course explores the impact on European society and the world of the democratic and industrial revolutions. Topics include the effect of revolutionary political and economic changes on individuals, families, classes, cultures, and nations; the st...
HIS 2032 Europe in the Early Twentieth Century This course explores Europe in the early twentieth century. Topics include the historical development of Europe, its politics, society, and culture at the turn of this century; the First World War and its impact; the Russian Revolution and the modern...
HIS 2033 Europe and the World Since 1945 This course surveys Europe's political, economic, and cultural role in the post-war world. Topics include the consequences of total war, decolonization, European recovery after World War II, the movement for western European unity, the creation of th...
HIS 2041 The Colonial Period in American History See Department for Description.
HIS 2042 The U.S., 1783-1820 The U.S., 1783-1820
HIS 2043 Jacksonian Era Jacksonian Era
HIS 2044 The Civil War and Reconstruction See Department for Description.
HIS 2044H Honors - Civil War & Rec The Civil War shook America to its core. Citizen-soldiers slaughtered each other by the thousands between 1861 and 1865, testing America's commitment to freedom and democracy. This course examines how slavery, states¿ rights, and terrorism led to the...
HIS 2051 Emerg Of Modn Amer Emerg Of Modn Amer
HIS 2052 U.S. Since WW I 1920-45 U.S. Since WW I 1920-45
HIS 2060 Afro-American History See Department for Description.
HIS 2070 Development of Civilization in Latin America The development of civilization in Latin America from pre-Columbian times to the present. This introductory course deals with the history of Latin America and emphasizes the major trends in the growth of its civilization.
HIS 2075 The Civilization of the Caribbean This course provides a survey of Caribbean history from its Indian origins to the twentieth century. Emphasis is placed on the pressure exerted by the area's proximity to the United States in relation to the independent status of Central America and...
HIS 2080 A Survey of Asian History The course deals with the development of civilization in India, China, and Japan. It examines the nature of the traditional societies and ways in which each culture responded to the pressures created by westernization and modernization.
HIS 2085 The Islamic Middle East and North Africa: 622-1789 A study of the region from the rise of the Arab civilization in the seventh century to the decline of the Ottoman Empire in the late eighteenth century. The course focuses on two themes: on the social structure of the traditional Middle East and on M...
HIS 2086 The Modern Middle East and North Africa A study of the region from the beginnings of modernization in the nineteenth century to the present. The course focuses on two themes: on the history of development and on various conflicts generated between imperialism and nationalism and between ri...
HIS 2090 The Third World in the Modern Era This course surveys the modern history of Asia, Africa, and Latin America - focusing on the role of these regions in the making of the Global Age, the common experiences that have helped shape many of these countries, and Third World perceptions of t...
HIS 2521 Intel Orig Of Capism Intel Orig Of Capism
HIS 2531 Lib Indv&Cptlsm 19cn Lib Indv&Cptlsm 19cn
HIS 2543 Bus & Workers Preind Bus & Workers Preind
HIS 2552 The Great Depression The Great Depression
HIS 2553 Comp Coop Confl Amer Comp Coop Confl Amer
HIS 2580 Cont&Chang Chin-Econ Cont&Chang Chin-Econ
HIS 2585 Cptlsm In The Midest Cptlsm In The Midest
HIS 3000 Topics-American Stud Topics-American Stud
HIS 3005 Social Welfare Policy Focusing on the development of U.S. social welfare policy, the course examines the U.S. system in cross-national perspective, addresses historical developments since 1900, and explores several contemporary challenges, including the underclass, the fe...
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HIS 3008 Religion and Politics in the United States This course investigates the role of religion in American political life from the nation's founding to the present era. Church-state issues will be addressed from the perspectives of political theory and constitutional law. Cultural cleavages on such...
HIS 3009 Topics in the History of Globalization Growing interconnections across the globe are an important historicaldevelopment. This course will examine the historical context and patterns of globalization and global connections in various phases. It will focus on material, information, and migr...
HIS 3010 Central America: A Regional Study The many complex problems and varied cultural elements of this area of nation-states are studied. The goal is to study representative examples of general trends while also explaining the major political, social, and economic events that have shaped a...
HIS 3011 Ancient Greece This course surveys the history of Greece from Homer to Socrates. Topics will include gods and goddess; heroes, peasants, and slaves; colonies, lawgivers, and tyrants; Sparta against Athens; Athenian democracy and the Athenian empire; sex and the fam...
HIS 3012 The Ancient World: Rome This course will survey the history of Rome from its beginnings to the fourth century CE. It will consider the political, economic, religious, social, and cultural developments of the Romans in the context of Rome's growth from a small settlement in...
HIS 3016 Europe in the Age of the Renaissance This course centers on the social and cultural history of early modern Europe from the 14th to the 17th century. Special attention is given to examining the idea of Renaissance, or rebirth of classical antiquity, through a range of topics, such as hu...
HIS 3016H Honors - Europe Age of Renaissance This course centers on the social and cultural history of early modern Europe from the 14th to the 17th century. Special attention is given to examining the idea of Renaissance, or rebirth of classical antiquity, through a range of topics, such as hu...
HIS 3020 Afro-Brazilian History More Africans were forcibly migrated to Brazil than to any other country in the World. This course investigates the social history of these Africans and their descendants. Students will explore issues of identity, slavery, resistance, African cultura...
HIS 3025 Race, Class, and Gender in Brazil This course examines the poly-cultural history of Brazil by using a theoreticalframework that emphasizes the role of race, gender, and ethnicity--and howthese variables have affected socio-economic mobility in Brazil. The coursewill in particular exp...
HIS 3041 Colonial America: From Settlement to Independence This course will analyze the transformation of the English mainland colonies from frontier settlements to complex societies. It will focus on patterns of immigration, demographic variations, the development of regional economies and labor systems, th...
HIS 3044 The Civil War and Reconstruction The Civil War shook America to its core.Citizen-soldiers slaughtered each other by the thousands between 1861 and 1865, testing America's commitment to freedom and democracy. This course examines how slavery, states' rights, and terrorism led to the...
HIS 3050 Emerge Mod America This course provides an in-depth study of the emergence of modern America between 1880 and 1945. Special attention is given to such developments as immigration, urbanization, and industrialization; the rise of corporations and trade unions, the Great...
HIS 3053 American History1945-Present This course explores the history of the modern United States from the end of World War II to the present. Among other topics, the class will examine the advent anddeepening of the Cold War, postwar liberalism, the growth and decline of the social wel...
HIS 3055 The Sixties in America The course explores the major cultural, social, and political developments of the 1960sand their significance for American history and life. Topics may include: Civil Rights, JFK, the New Left,Vietnam, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Second Wave Feminism,...
HIS 3056 The Civil Rights Movement This course examines the social, economic and political origins of the civil rights movement, the major international events that fueled its development, and the movement’s transformation over time. We will study the differing political philosophies...
HIS 3060 African American History This course examines the issue of race and the thoughts and actions of African Americans from the Reconstruction period to the present. While a chronological approach is used, certain themes are paramount. Gender and class are crucial when examining...
HIS 3061 Survey of African History This course addresses the history of Africa's diverse peoples, from their domestication of plants and animals through the decades following independence in the 1960s. Other topics include the creation of trading networks and empires and the developme...
HIS 3062 Women in African History This course examines the contributions of women to historical change in Africa during pre-colonial, and post-colonial eras. Topics include origin stories, slavery, colonial rule, education, clitoridectomy, marriage and the law, sexuality transmitted...
HIS 3063 History of the African Diaspora This course examines the cultural, social, and political impact of the spread of African peoples throughout the world and links Africa and its descendants to the historical development of other areas around the globe. The class focuses primarily on t...
HIS 3065 The History and Archaeology of Ancient Egypt This is an introductory course to the history and archaeology of ancient Egyptand Nubia from early dynastic times until the Roman Period. This course pairsrich archaeological material with documentary sources in order to fully documentlife in ancient...
HIS 3070 History of Civilizations in Latin America A survey of the clash, interactive mixture, and development of civilizations in Latin America, from their ancient indigenous origins to the present. Major economic, social, political, and cultural factors are studied to explain the unique original ac...
HIS 3071 History of Colonial Latin America This course examines Latin America during the Colonial Era between 1400 and 1830 when American, African, and European societies collided in theWestern Hemisphere. The course investigates the creation of new multiethnic societies, and how the intercha...
HIS 3072 History of Modern Latin America This course examines the history of Latin America since the region’sindependence in the early 1800s until the present. The course investigateshow geographically vast and culturally diverse societies have striven tocreate modern nation states and stab...
HIS 3073 History of U.S.-Latin American Relations This course examines the history of international relations between the United States and Latin America since the wars of independence. The course analyzes ways in which diplomatic, political, economic, and cultural links have alteredthe relationship...
HIS 3074 From Silver to Cocaine: An Economic History of Latin America Our present-day understanding of Latin America as a “developing” region hides its historical centrality in the creation of the global economy. This course examines the economic history of Latin America. We investigate how a resource-rich region has h...
HIS 3075 History of Caribbean Civilizations A survey of the clash, interactive mixture, and development of civilizations in Latin America, from their ancient indigenous origins to the present. Major economic, social, political, and cultural factors are studied to explain the unique original ac...
HIS 3080 A Survey of Asian History This course will examine the religious, political, economic, and cultural foundations of the major Asian civilizations, especially those of India and China. It will also explore the ways in which the Asian societies responded to the pressures created...
HIS 3084 The Historical Search for the Prophet Mohammad (Cross-listed with REL) The course will examine the primary and secondary sources, as well as modern academic works, on the life and teaching of the Prophet Mohammad. It is a course on historiography as well as on biography and the early beginnings of Islam. The course will...
HIS 3085 The Islamic Middle East and North Africa: 622-1789 A study of the region from the rise of the Arab civilization in the seventh century to the decline of the Ottoman Empire in the late eighteenth century. The course focuses on two themes: on the social structure of the traditional Middle East and on M...
HIS 3086 The Modern Middle East and North Africa A study of the region in the 20th century, this course will focus on the creation of and conflict between nation-states, especially between Israel and the Arab countries. This course is cross-listed as POL 3086. Credit cannot be received for both HIS...
HIS 3100 Jesus - A Historical and Critical Approach This course tries to find out what it is possible to know of the life of Jesus and of his time and place. It considers the nature of the New Testament documents and of the communities and individuals that produced them. It looks at the varying interp...
HIS 3102 American Conservatism: Origins, Development, and Contemporary Controversies This course examines through the use of theoretical, historical, and empirical analyses the conservative movement in the United States. The emphasis will be on post-World War II conservatism with the focus on conservative intellectuals, McCarthyism,...
HIS 3110 Food History This course examines the food practices of different societies globally andhistorically. During the semester, the class will examine a particular region orset of regions and foodways, with attention to all points of the food chain:food consumption; d...
HIS 3165 Classical Buddhism Classical Buddhism explores the theory and practice of Buddhism as it originated in India and spread to Tibet and eastern Asia. In addition to examining the life and teachings of the historical Buddha, the course investigates Indian Buddhism afterthe...
HIS 3170 Classical Chinese Philosophy This course provides a systematic introduction to Chinese philosophy and its classical schools, including Confucianism, Moism, Daoism, and Legalism. These schools will be studied by considering their responses to central philosophical problems, as we...
HIS 3220 Modern Imperialism Modern Imperialism
HIS 3221 European Thought in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries This course examines the main currents of seventeenth- and eighteenth- century thought as they offer a prelude to modernity. Among the topics to be explored are absolutism and the rise of the nation-state, individualism and the birth of the modern e...
HIS 3222 European Thought in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries This course is a survey of the main currents of European thought and ideology in the last two centuries. The works of major thinkers, such as Adam Smith, Marx, Tocqueville, Mill, Darwin, Weber, Durkheim, and Freud, will be read, analyzed, placed in h...
HIS 3230 Modern Imperialism The course surveys European and American control of the world across two centuries; the forces and personalities contributing to the extension of power; the forms of exploitation, systems of administration, and the reactions of subject peoples; and t...
HIS 3250 The Third Republic in France This course examines the society and politics of France during the Third Republic, 1870-1940. Important themes such as industrialization of society, the conflict between church and state, the rise of modern political parties, the emergence of the tra...
HIS 3290 The Holocaust and Film This course examines the cinematic representations of the Holocaust. We explore films that are used as propaganda; created to represent an aspect of the Holocaust;part of Hollywood feature films; documentaries; comedies; a combination of memoirand fi...
HIS 3340 Women in Europe: Ancient to Modern This course will explore the changing role of women from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century, emphasizing the social and economic roles of women as they moved from family labor and cottage industry to work in industrial factories. The course wi...
HIS 3345 Asian American History This course examines the history of Asian immigrants and Asian Americans from the mid-19th century to the present. The class focuses both on specific events and on broader themes such as labor, gender, religion, transnationalism, and race. It also ex...
HIS 3346 The Rise of Asia in World Affairs This course presents the cultures,recent histories, and current conditionsof Asian countries in the context ofglobal politics and economics.Through an examination of economicgrowth in the context of the worldeconomy and political developmentsboth wit...
HIS 3346H Honors - The Rise of Asia in World Affairs This course presents the cultures, recent histories, and current conditions of the Asian countries in the context of global politics and economics. Through an examination of economic growth in the context of the world economy and political developmen...
HIS 3351 Russia Under the Tsars This course is a survey of the development of the Russian state. Topics will include its dynamic growth in the early Middle Ages; its subjection to the Mongolian nomads; the dramatic reigns of Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, and Catherine the Gre...
HIS 3351H Honors - Russia and the Tsars This course is a survey of the development of the Russian state. Topics will include its dynamic growth in the early Middle Ages; its subjection to the Mongolian nomads; the dramatic reigns of Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, and Catherine the Gre...
HIS 3352 The Russian Revolution and the Soviet Regime An examination of the Russian revolutionary tradition and Marxism; analysis of the social, political, and economic reasons for the outbreak of the Revolution of 1917; a study of the Soviet state under Lenin, Stalin, and Khrushchev; discussion of cont...
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HIS 3360 Topics in European History This course is organized around special subjects: examples are comparative revolution, ideology, and social change; war and modern society; national history; interdisciplinary approaches to history; and historical literature and methodology. The spec...
HIS 3361 Topics in European History This course is organized around special subjects: examples are comparative revolution, ideology, and social change; war and modern society; national history; interdisciplinary approaches to history; and historical literature and methodology.
HIS 3362 Topics in European History This course is organized around special subjects: examples are comparative revolution, ideology, and social change; war and modern society; national history; interdisciplinary approaches to history; and historical literature and methodology.
HIS 3363 Topics in European History This course is organized around special subjects: examples are comparative revolution, ideology, and social change; war and modern society; national history; interdisciplinary approaches to history; and historical literature and methodology.
HIS 3367 Comparative Revolutions A course examining general theories of how, when, and why revolutions occur. These theories will be tested against various revolutions that have occurred since the seventeenth century in Europe, America, and Asia. (This course is cross-listed as POL...
HIS 3370 Topics in European History This course is organized around special subjects: examples are comparative revolution, ideology, and social change; war and modern society; national history; interdisciplinary approaches to history; and historical literature and methodology. The spec...
HIS 3380 Contemporary Islamic World This course will examine in depth specific contemporary topics, such as the Islamic Revival, obstacles to democracy, the Gulf War, the importance of oil, the Israeli-Arab peace process, and Islamic law and business.
HIS 3390 Naval Battles and Society: A Global History This course examines the intricate relationships between internationalrelations, technology, politics, society, and culture that shaped the outcomesof naval battles since classical antiquity. It also explores how the outcomes ofnaval battles since cl...
HIS 3400 Cities and Suburbs in 20th Century America This course explores the development and evolution of American cities and suburbs during the twentieth-century. In addition to focusing on topics such as residential segregation, sprawl, and urban and suburban politics and policy, the class also exa...
HIS 3410 History of American Business Enterprise The rise of American business enterprise is related to the mainstream of American history from the colonial period to the present. Attention is given to those industries that acted at different times as the cutting edge of change. Social and ethical...
HIS 3415 U.S. Economic History This course will survey the economic history of the United States from the pre-colonial period to the present. It will examine the evolving relationship between the state and the economy and consider how changes in economic thought have been reflecte...
HIS 3420 American Foreign Relations in the Twentieth Century This course focuses on the politics of American diplomacy from 1898 to the present with special emphasis on the American role in World Wars I and II.
HIS 3430 World War II: A Global History This course examines the military, political, and social history of World War II, a global conflict that cost more than 55 million lives and fundamentally transformed world affairs. Topics include: the war’s origins in Europe and Asia; military strat...
HIS 3440 U.S. In The Cold War U.S. In The Cold War
HIS 3445 History of the Cold War This course examines the global history of the Cold War, including its origins after World War II, the fall of communism in the early 1990s, and its legacies in today's world. Topics addressed include the start of tensions between communist and capit...
HIS 3446 History of Modern Iraq The course covers the history of modern Iraq from its beginnings after World War I until the present. It examines how the state was created; the revolts against the British; the revolution against the monarchy in 1958; the rule of the Ba'ath Party; t...
HIS 3450 Health Care in America: 1800-Present This course will focus on the history of doctors, patients, epidemics, and other illnesses from smallpox to HIV/AIDS over the last three centuries. It examines the rise of the health care professions, changing meanings of disease, scientific discover...
HIS 3450H Honors - History Health Care This course will focus on the history of doctors, patients, epidemics, and other illnesses from smallpox to HIV/AIDS over the last three centuries. It examines the rise of the health care professions, changing meanings of disease, scientific discover...
HIS 3455 Science and Technology in American Life Science and technology have grown immensely more prominent and powerful in the American culture and economy. This course examines the patterns of these historical developments by a study of selected episodes from the Colonial era to the present. Them...
HIS 3456 American Intellectual History This course will expose students to important American intellectual movements from the Puritans to contemporary political, social and cultural commentators. The focus of the topics may shift but will certainly include these important cultural and po...
HIS 3456H Honors - American Intellectual History This course will expose students to important American intellectual movements from the Puritans to contemporary political, social and cultural commentators. The focus of the topics may shift but will certainly include these important cultural and pol...
HIS 3460 Topics in American History This course will offer a detailed study of selected areas of American history. The topic(s) will change from semester to semester and will be announced prior to registration. See Special Topic(s) for this course.
HIS 3460H Honors - Topics American History This course will offer a detailed study of selected areas of American history. The topic(s) will change from semester to semester and will be announced prior to registration.
HIS 3471 Amer Ur Hist To 1890 Amer Ur Hist To 1890
HIS 3472 American Urban History This course examines the changes in the American city from the colonial period to the present. Topics include changes in the relationship between land use patterns and technology, urban architecture, demographics, and the influence of government poli...
HIS 3472H Honors-American Urban History This course examines the changes in the American city from the colonial period to the present. Topics include changes in the relationship between land use patterns and technology, urban architecture, demographics, and the influence of government poli...
HIS 3495 Hands-On History Hands-On History is a research methods course that will prepare students toconduct independent research in local and online archives and researchcollections. Working in close collaboration with local institutions, students willbe introduced to a spec...
HIS 3500 Colloquium in History Students will read and discuss the works of leading historians and philosophers of history. The instructor will require critiques of the works assigned and/or a research paper on a particular theme. The course provides students with an opportunity to...
HIS 3538 The Holocaust in History and Memory This course examines the history of the Holocaust in a transnational context. Topics may include: the emergence of modern anti-Semitism; the development of Nazism and pan-European fascism; Jewish responses to the crises of the 1930s; mass murder and...
HIS 3550 The Immigrant in American History Over the course of American history, immigrants have contributed greatly to the country's economy, political system, and culture. This course will examine the process and impact of immigration to the United States in the past two centuries. Among the...
HIS 3551 History of the People of the City of New York A study of the history of New York City from its foundation to the present day focusing on the major national groups who settled here. During the semester, the class will consider the background of the great migrations to America, why New York attrac...
HIS 3552 The Great Depression, 1929-1940 This course examines the United States in a decade of crisis through the lens of documentary and feature films of the period. It probes the causes and consequences of the Great Depression, paying particular attention to the ways in which filmmakers m...
HIS 3560 History of the Jewish People in America Examines the major political, social, economic, and cultural developments from the colonial beginnings to the present. Priority is given to examining the American Jewish experience in its American historical context.
HIS 3650 Women in America A historical analysis of the social, political, and economic roles of women in American society; an examination of the ideologies, customs, and laws that legitimated their status within that society; and an exploration into the self-image of American...
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HIS 3780 Vietnam at War This is an upper-level course on the Vietnam War. It introduces students to thehistorical context of the war by analyzing primary sources from fiction, film,memoirs, and photography as a means to integrate the experiences of variousparticipants. Thi...
HIS 3781 History of Modern Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is remarkable for its linguistic, cultural, social, and religious diversity, and is often called the “crossroads of the world.” This course introduces students to the key historical themes in the history of Southeast Asia as a region f...
HIS 3810 Holocaust Literature The Holocaust, the destruction of European Jewry, is often termed an unspeakable,unimaginable, and unrepresentable event. Through a selection of eyewitnesstestimony, novels, stories, poetry, and art, this course examines how such workscontribute to o...
HIS 3815 History of African Religions This course explores the historical development of African religions from the ancient past to the present. The class begins by investigating the development of the four major indigenous religious traditions of Africa from 20,000 B.C. and the methodol...
HIS 3820 History of Chinese Religion This course examines the historical evolution of the traditions that make up Chinese religion together with the role religion plays in Chinese culture from the earliest recorded history to the present. The major formal (i.e. text-centered) forms of r...
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HIS 3841 Ancient India This course explores the ideas, events, and processes that shaped the Hindu-Buddhist world in India from earliest times (2500 B.C.) until the decline of the Mughals in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Topics will include the Harappan Civiliz...
HIS 3842 The Making of Modern India This course is designed to explore the dynamics of British colonialism and the making of the contemporary Indian nation-state (from the seventeenth to the twentieth century). It will examine the role of the entrepreneurs of the English East India Com...
HIS 3851 The Heritage of Chinese Civilization This course will examine the important social, cultural, intellectual, and economic trends that led to the formation of Chinese civilization. The period covered will be from the prehistoric period to the fourteenth century. The course will focus on t...
HIS 3852 Modernization and Westernization in Asia The year 1800 serves as the point of departure for the course. The major problem dealt with is what has been termed the response to the West. Using a comparative topical approach, the course examines how the West affected East Asia; why Japan succeed...
HIS 3853 The Emergence of Modern Japan This course is a historical study of Japan during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It will explore the culture, society, and politics that have contributed to the making of modern Japan. The course will focus on the modernization policy instit...
HIS 3854 China in Revolution This course examines the tumultuous history of China from 1800 to the present. Topics covered include the decline of the Qing dynasty, the impact of Western imperialism, the rise of Chinese nationalism, changing cultural forms, the republican and com...
HIS 3860 Topics in African, Asian, or Latin American History This course will offer a detailed study of selected areas of African, Asian, or Latin American history. The topic(s) will change from semester to semester and will be announced prior to registration. See Special Topic(s) for this course.
HIS 3890 Encounters in Global Ancient Empires This course provides students with an understanding of the particularcharacter of the archaeological, architectural, documentary, and visualevidence for ancient empires. Students will chose their own empire uponwhich to focus. In so doing, students w...
HIS 3950 Special Topics in Global History This course examines a special topic in more than one area of the globe employing methods of comparative, transnational, and/or global history. The course will compare similar issues in more than one global area and/or explore interconnections betwee...
HIS 3950H Honors Special Topics in Global History This course examines a special topic in more than one area of the globe employing methods of comparative, transnational, and/or global history. The course will compare similar issues in more than one global area and/or explore interconnections betwee...
HIS 4500 Collqm In History Collqm In History
HIS 4900 Capstone Course: In Search of History The course examines how history is written, used, and sometimes misused. It explores the differences between primary and secondary, written and oral, official and unofficial sources. It also explores the influence of history on contemporary culture,...
HIS 5000 Independent Research and Reading in History A tutorial offered to qualified students in their junior or senior year who wish to pursue either independent research or reading in an area or topic not adequately covered in the course offerings.
HIS 5000H Independent Study History I Independent Study History I
HIS 5001 Independent Study History II A tutorial offered to qualified students in their junior or senior year who wish to pursue either independent research or reading in an area or topic not adequately covered in the course offerings.
HIS 5002 Independent Research and Reading in History III A tutorial offered to qualified students in their junior or senior year who wish to pursue either independent research or reading in an area or topic not adequately covered in the course offerings.
HIS 5003 Independent Research and Reading in History IV A tutorial offered to qualified students in their junior or senior year who wish to pursue either independent research or reading in an area or topic not adequately covered in the course offerings.
HIS 5100 History Internship This internship will provide history students with an opportunity to apply their skills in research, bibliography, and analysis of historical data by working for a semester in a historical society, museum, institute, archive, or similar organization....
HIS 6000 Ind Study History Ind Study History
HIS 6001 Honors Program See Department for Description.
HIS 6001H History - Honors I These courses offer students of superior academic achievement the opportunity to work individually with a professor on a major research project in History. This project involves in-depth and original historical research. The degree with honors is con...
HIS 6002 Honors Program See Department for Description.
HIS 6002H Honors - History II These courses offer students of superior academic achievement the opportunity to work individually with a professor on a major research project in History. This project involves in-depth and original historical research. The degree with honors is con...
HIS 6003 Honors Program See Department for Description.
HIS 6003H Honors - History III These courses offer students of superior academic achievement the opportunity to work individually with a professor on a major research project in History. This project involves in-depth and original historical research. The degree with honors is con...
HIS 7000 History Elective History Elective
HIS 7050 History Intermediate Elective History Intermediate Elective
HIS 7100 History of Humanities Elective History of Humanities Elective
HIS 7200 History Advanced Ele History Advanced Ele
HIS 7350 History General Education Requirement Met History General Education Requirement Met
HIS 7450 Hist Gen Ed Req Met Hist Gen Ed Req Met
IDC 1000 Computer Literacy This course familiarizes students with computers. Through lectures on the use and the potential for abuse of the computer and through hands-on experience leading to the use of software packages for microcomputers, students come to understand the powe...
IDC 1001H Honors-The Arts in New York During the first seminar, students receive the Honors College Cultural Passport, which introduces them to the study of related cultural events and performances that illustrate the richness of the arts in New York City. Classroom analysis and contextu...
IDC 1002 Chase Interdisciplinary Seminar I The Chase Interdisciplinary Seminar is a thematically organized course that may be cross-listed with a 1000- or 2000-level core curriculum course typically taken by Baruch freshmen in the second semester of their freshman year. The seminar is team-ta...
IDC 1002H Honors Chase Interdisciplinary Seminar I The Chase Interdisciplinary Seminar is a thematically organized course that may be cross-listed with a 1000- or 2000-level core curriculum course typically taken by Baruch freshmen in the second semester of their freshman year. The seminar is team-ta...
IDC 2002 Chase Interdisciplinary Seminar II The Chase Interdisciplinary Seminar is a thematically organized course that may be cross-listed with a 1000- or 2000-level core curriculum course typically taken by Baruch freshmen in the second semester of their freshman year. The seminar is team-ta...
IDC 2002H Chase Interdisciplinary Seminar II The Chase Interdisciplinary Seminar is a thematically organized course that may be cross-listed with a 1000- or 2000-level core curriculum course typically taken by Baruch freshmen in the second semester of their freshman year. The seminar is team-ta...
IDC 3001H Honors - People of New York This Honors College seminar focuses on the role of immigration/migration in the shaping of New York City's identity? Past, present, and future. Topics include the factors that have drawn people to New York; the different ways in which religion, cult...
IDC 3002H Honors - Science and Technology in New York City In the third Honors College seminar, students will study scientific and technological topics that have had an impact on contemporary New York. The specific topic of each seminar will be chosen based on the scientific expertise of the instructor. Poss...
IDC 3010 Globalizations: Past, Present, and Future This course examines the dynamic social, political, cultural, and economic processes that we now refer to as globalization, including: the victory of capitalism and world market economies; the breakdown of nation states; the movement of ideas, people...
IDC 3010H Honors - Globalization This course examines the dynamic social, political, cultural, and economic processes that we now refer to as globalization, including: the victory of capitalism and world market economies; the breakdown of nation states; the movement of ideas, people...
IDC 3020 Philan Amer Culture Philan Amer Culture
IDC 3021 Voluntarism Voluntarism
IDC 3022 Philanthropy Seminar Philanthropy Seminar
IDC 3050 Interdisc Sem In Hum Interdisc Sem In Hum
IDC 3058 Introduction To Science Writing Introduction To Science Writing
IDC 3300 Internship in Environmental Sustainability I Students gain practical experience working for organizations that address the following: the effects of climate change; practices and policies that influence environmental sustainability; and/or the impact of both on the viability of wildlife.Student...
IDC 3301 Internship in Environmental Sustainability II Students gain practical experience working for organizations that address the following: the effects of climate change; practices and policies that influence environmental sustainability; and/or the impact of both on the viability of wildlife.Student...
IDC 4001H Honors - New York in the Twenty-First Century The events of September 11, 2001, profoundly altered the way New Yorkers think about their city and its future. This course addresses the lessons learned from 9/11 and their implications for public in the future. The purpose of the course is to analy...
IDC 4010 The Susan Locke Interdisciplinary Capstone in Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change This course will focus on an interdisciplinary theme related to the environment and will be taught by one faculty member from Natural Sciences and one from another discipline. Course content and faculty will change each year. The course will emphasiz...
IDC 4010H Honors: The Susan Locke Interdisciplinary Capstone in Environmental Sustainability & Climate Change This course will focus on an interdisciplinary theme related to the environment and will be taught by one faculty member from Natural Sciences and one from another discipline. Course content and faculty will change each year. The course will emphasiz...
IDC 4050 Feit Interdisciplinary Humanities Seminar Each semester, this seminar in the humanities focuses on a general theme, an epoch, or a movement from the point of view of two or more different disciplines in the arts and sciences. The course stresses the study of primary sources and student and f...
IDC 4050H Honors - Feit Interdisciplinary Humanities Seminar Each semester, this seminar in the humanities focuses on a general theme, an epoch, or a movement from the point of view of two or more different disciplines in the arts and sciences. The course stresses the study of primary sources and student and f...
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IDC 4060H Honors - Feit Human Seminar II Each semester, this seminar in the humanities focuses on a general theme, an epoch, or a movement from the point of view of two or more different disciplines in the arts and sciences. The course stresses the study of primary sources and student and f...
IDC 5210 Advanced Study in Humanities with Application to Elementary and Early Childhood This course provides early (nursery-grade 3) and elementary (grades 4-6) childhood methods of instruction within the context of an advanced interdisciplinary, multicultural humanities curriculum. Students explore the aesthetic and theoretical relatio...
IDC 5220 Advanced Study in Mathematics/Computer Science with Application to Elementary and Early Childhood Se This team-taught course explores the relationship between undergraduate work in arts/mathematics and the decisions students will make as elementary school teachers. Presentation of motivating topics and hands-on activities that engage children's inte...
IDC 5230 Advanced Study in the Natural Sciences with Application to Elementary and Early Childhood Settings The focus of this team-taught course is integration of the scientific process and fact and then transfer of this knowledge to young children. Students complete independent science laboratory projects, review elementary school science curricula and ot...
IDC 5240 Advanced Seminar in Social Studies with Application to Elementary and Early Childhood Settings This team-taught course applies the analytical tools of the social sciences to a historical problem of special interest to teachers. The problem may vary from year to year but ought to be one that is interdisciplinary and multicultural by nature, rel...
IDC 6001 Interdisciplinary Honors Thesis The IDC honors thesis option is available to outstanding students whose research interests span and integrate more than one discipline.
IDC 6001H Honors - Interdisciplinary Thesis 1 The IDC honors thesis option is available to outstanding students whose research interests span and integrate more than one discipline.
IDC 6002 Interdisciplinary Honors Thesis The IDC honors thesis option is available to outstanding students whose research interests span and integrate more than one discipline.
IDC 6002H Honors IDC Thesis II The IDC honors thesis option is available to outstanding students whose research interests span and integrate more than one discipline.
IDC 6003 Interdisciplinary Honors Thesis The IDC honors thesis option is available to outstanding students whose research interests span and integrate more than one discipline.
IDC 7000 Interdisc LA Elect Interdisc LA Elect
IDC 7000H Honors - Interdisciplinary LA Elective Please see Department for description.
WSM 3085 Special Topics in Women's and Gender Studies This course will allow students to examine topics in the interdisciplinary field of Women's and Gender Studies using the methodologies and bodies of knowledge of one or more particular disciplines, such as psychology, philosophy, history, literature,...
WSM 4900 Topics in Women's Studies This course will allow students to delve into major topics in the field of women's studies and to examine some key debates in this interdisciplinary field. The course will build upon and create conceptual links between courses taken by the student in...