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    History Major

    Department of History

    History majors are required to take at least eight history courses (24 credits) numbered 3000 and above. They are encouraged to take courses in at least three of the six different geographical areas of our curriculum; these areas are Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, The United States, and Global, Comparative, or Transnational History. Majors are required to take the Capstone Course (History 4900). Students may take six credits toward their majors in other departments, if the courses are related to their program of study; prior consultation with a history department advisor is required.

    Requirements for the Major

     Complete one of the following courses:

    HIS 1000

    Themes in American History 3 credits

    HIS 1001

    Themes in Global History to 1500 C.E. 3 credits

    HIS 1003

    Themes in Global History Since 1500 C.E. 3 credits

    HIS 1005

    Modern American History 3 credits

    HIS 4900

    Capstone Course: In Search of History 3 credits

    Africa

    HIS 3061

    Survey of African History ( BLS 3061)

    3 credits

    HIS 3062

    Women in African History ( BLS 3062)

    3 credits

    HIS 3063

    History of the African Diaspora ( BLS 3063)
    3 credits
    HIS 3065
    The History and Archaeology of Ancient Egypt 3 credits

    HIS 3815

    History of African Religions ( REL 3815)

    3 credits

    Asia

    HIS 3080

    A Survey of Asian History ( AAS 3080)

    3 credits

    HIS 3083

    Women and Gender in the Middle East

    3 credits

    HIS 3084

    The Historical Search for the Prophet Mohammed ( REL 3084)

    3 credits

    HIS 3085

    The Islamic Middle East and North Africa: 622-1789 3 credits

    HIS 3086

    The Modern Middle East and North Africa ( POL 3086)

    3 credits

    HIS 3088

    The Israel-Palestine Conflict
    3 credits

    HIS 3090

    History of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
    3 credits
    HIS 3346
    The Rise of Asia in World Affairs ( AAS 3346), ( POL 3346)
    3 credits
    HIS 3780
    Vietnam at War ( AAS 3780)
    3 credits
    HIS 3781
    History of Modern Southeast Asia ( AAS 3781)
    3 credits
    HIS 3820
    History of Chinese Religion ( AAS 3820), ( REL 3820)
    3 credits
    HIS 3841
    Ancient India 3 credits
    HIS 3842
    The Making of Modern India ( AAS 3842, POL 3842)
    3 credits
    HIS 3851
    The Heritage of Chinese Civilization ( AAS 3851)
    3 credits
    HIS 3853
    The Emergence of Modern Japan ( AAS 3853)
    3 credits
    HIS 3854
    China in Revolution ( AAS 3854)
    3 credits

    Europe

    HIS 3011
    Ancient Greece 3 credits
    HIS 3012
    The Ancient World: Rome 3 credits
    HIS 3016
    Europe in the Age of the Renaissance 3 credits
    HIS 3100
    Jesus—A Historical and Critical Approach ( REL 3100)
    3 credits
    HIS 3221
    European Thought in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries 3 credits
    HIS 3222
    European Intellectual History in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 3 credits
    HIS 3250
    The Third Republic in France 3 credits
    HIS 3340
    Women in Europe: Ancient to Modern 3 credits
    HIS 3351
    Russia Under the Tsars 3 credits
    HIS 3352
     The Russian Revolution 3 credits

    HIS 3356

    Revolutionary Film: Interwar Europe through Cinema 3 credits
    HIS 3360
    Topics in European History 3 credits
    HIS 3538
    The Holocaust in History and Memory ( JWS 3538)
    3 credits

     Latin America and the Caribbean

    HIS 3020
    Afro-Brazilian History ( LACS 3020)
    3 credits
    HIS 3025
    Race, Class, and Gender in Brazil ( LTS 3025)
    3 credits
    HIS 3071
    History of Colonial Latin America  ( LACS 3071), ( LTS 3071)
    3 credits
    HIS 3072
    History of Modern Latin America 3 credits
    HIS 3073
    History of U.S.-Latin American Relations ( LACS 3073), ( LTS 3073)
    3 credits
    HIS 3074
    From Silver to Cocaine: An Economic History of Latin America ( LTS 3074)
    3 credits
    HIS 3075
    History of Caribbean Civilizations 3 credits

    The United States

    HIS 3005
    Social Welfare Policy (POL 3005)
    3 credits
    HIS 3008
    Religion and Politics in the United States ( POL 3008), ( REL 3008)
    3 credits
    HIS 3030
    Vast Early America
    3 credits
    HIS 3041
    Colonial America 3 credits
    HIS 3043
    Police, Prisons, and Repression in the United States 3 credits
    HIS 3044
    The Civil War and Reconstruction: 1850-1880 3 credits
    HIS 3050
    The Emergence of Modern America (formerly HIS 2050 Modern America, 1880-1945) 3 credits
    HIS 3053
    American History 1945-Present (formerly HIS 2053 Recent America, 1945 to the Present) 3 credits
    HIS 3055
    The Sixties in America ( BLS 3055), ( LTS 3055)
    3 credits
    HIS 3056
    The Civil Rights Movement ( BLS 3056), ( LTS 3056)
    3 credits
    HIS 3060
    African American History ( BLS 3060)
    3 credits
    HIS 3102
    American Conservatism: Origins, Development and Contemporary Controversies ( POL 3102)
    3 credits
    HIS 3345
    Asian American History ( AAS 3345)
    3 credits
    HIS 3400
    City and Suburb in Twentieth-Century America 3 credits
    HIS 3140
    History of American Business Enterprise 3 credits
    HIS 3415
    U.S. Economic History 3 credits
    HIS 3450
    History of American Medicine 3 credits
    HIS 3455
    Science and Technology in American Life 3 credits
    HIS 3456
    American Intellectual History 3 credits
    HIS 3456
    Topics in American History 3 credits
    HIS 3472
    American Urban History 3 credits
    HIS 3550
    The Immigrant in American History 3 credits
    HIS 3551
    History of the People of the City of New York 3 credits
    HIS 3552
    The Great Depression, 1929-1940 3 credits
    HIS 3560
    History of the Jewish People in America 3 credits
    HIS 3570
    LGBTQ+ U.S. History (BLS 3570), (LTS 3570), (WSM 3570)
    HIS 3650
    Women in America 3 credits

    Global, Comparative, or Transnational History

    HIS 3009
    Topics in the History of Globalization 3 credits
    HIS 3110
    Food History 3 credits
    HIS 3230
    Modern Imperialism 3 credits
    HIS 3367
    Comparative Revolutions 3 credits
    HIS 3390
    Naval Battles and Society: A Global History 3 credits
    HIS 3420
    American Foreign Relations in the Twentieth Century 3 credits
    HIS 3430
    World War II: A Global History 3 credits
    HIS 3445
    History of the Cold War 3 credits
    HIS 3480
    Introduction to Environmental History 3 credits
    HIS 3860
    Topics in African, Asian, or Latin American History 3 credits
    HIS 3890
    Encounters in Global Ancient Empires 3 credits
    HIS 3950
    Special Topics in Global History 3 credits
    HIS 3970
    History of the Present 3 credit

    Methods

    HIS 3495
    Hands-On History 3 credits
    HIS 3500
    Colloquium in History 3 credits

    HIS 3960

    Introduction to Digital History 3 credits
    HIS 5000
    Independent Research and Reading in History 3 credits
    HIS 5100
    History Internship 3 credits

    HIS 6001H

    HIS 6002H

    HIS 6003H

    History Honors, I, II, and III 3 credits

    Students are expected to complete the major requirements in place at the time they are officially accepted into their programs. Please review the College Bulletin for the relevant academic year.

    Honors Program in History

    History majors and other interested students will be admitted to the program in their junior or senior year. All students will be required to have had at least 12 hours of history courses with B+ average in history and a general average of B. Students falling short of these requirements may be admitted to the program upon the recommendation of two history faculty members.

    The honors program may consist of two tutorials taken consecutively and devoted to reading and researching an area of the students choice. For College requirements for honors, see the Honors Programs section of this bulletin.

    Contact

    Department of History
    646-312-4311

    Department Chair: Mark Rice


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