Department Chair: Timothy Alborn (Carman Hall, Room 202B)
Undergraduate Advisor: Marie Marianetti (Carman Hall, Room 297)
Department Faculty: Distinguished Professor: Joseph W. Dauben; Professors: Evelyn B. Ackerman, Jose Luis Rénique; Associate Professors: Timothy Alborn, Martin J. Burke, Dina Le Gall, Marie C. Marianetti, Andrew W. Robertson, Duane Tananbaum; Assistant Professors: Cindy Lobel, Robyn C. Spencer, William Wooldridge, Amanda Wunder; Lecturer: Robert T. Valentine
The Department of History offers a variety of courses that cover the ancient world, European civilization, the United States, and non-Western civilizations. Students are encouraged to interpret and discuss the diversity of human experience, and to think critically about the ways in which historical events affect their own lives. The Department participates in the interdisciplinary programs in African and African American Studies, Classical Culture, Latin American and Puerto Rican Studies, Women's Studies, and American Studies. The faculty members in the Department are committed to excellence in narrative and analytical historical reading and writing. They offer a variety of services to students who wish to improve their reading or writing skills, or who wish to pursue a historical problem in more depth than class time permits. Students may also study with members of the faculty on independent reading or research projects.
Career Opportunities: History majors frequently enter careers in areas such as education, law, politics, business, library work, and government. History students who wish to discuss career opportunities or advanced studies in graduate school should consult with the Department Chair.
PROGRAMS
30- 36 CREDIT MAJOR IN HISTORY, B.A.
For all students who are not enrolled in the Early Childhood Education or Middle and High School Education Social Studies certification sequence, the History major consists of 36 credits. History courses numbered below the 300-level do not qualify toward the major. Students who wish to take 300- or 400-level courses must have successfully completed the Historical Studies distribution requirement (Area VI), or must have obtained permission from the department. The 36 credits required for the fulfillment of the history major must be distributed as follows:
9 in HIA (ancient and medieval history) and/or HIE (modern European history)
12 in HIS (comparative history) and/or HIW (Asian, African, and Latin-American history).
12 in HIU (American history)
3 in any of the five subject codes.
Note: Of these 36 credits, at least 6 credits must be taken in research-intensive courses, designated with an R in the section number.
Early Childhood/Social Studies Education Specialization (30 credits)
This specialization should be taken only by students in the E.C.E or M.H.S.E. Social Studies Education certification sequence. The 30 credits required for the fulfillment of this specialization (all at the 300- or 400-level) must be distributed as follows:
9 in HIA (ancient and medieval history) and/or HIE (modern European history)
9 in HIS (comparative history) and/or HIW (non-Western history).
3 in HIU 348 (History of New York City and State)
9 in HIU (other courses in American history)
Of these 30 credits, at least 6 credits must be taken in research-intensive courses, designated with an R in the section number.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MINOR IN HISTORY
The History minor consists of 12 credits (four 3-credit courses). These shall be selected from 200-, 300-, or 400-level courses. At least two courses must be at the 300 or 400 level.
TEACHER OF SOCIAL STUDIES
History is an approved major for students wishing to become elementary school teachers or middle- or high school social studies teachers. Students interested in becoming teachers should meet with the History Department Undergraduate Adviser to plan their program as soon as possible in their academic career. They should also consult with the Office of the Dean of Education (Carman B-33, 718-960-4972) for the latest information on State requirements for teacher certification.
Coordinator: Dina Le Gall (Carman Hall, Room 295)
Steering Committee: Associate Professors: Dina Le Gall, Christa Salamandra; Assistant Professors: Elhum Haghighat, Zelda Newman
This interdisciplinary program is designed to introduce students to a variety of topics and issues in the history, politics, languages, societies and cultures of the Middle East and to give them the opportunity to study the Middle East using the tools of several different disciplines. The program is offered as a minor field that complements a wide array of majors. It is particularly valuable for students who wish to combine an interest in the Middle East with majors such as History, Anthropology, Sociology, or Political Science in preparation for graduate work in Middle Eastern Studies or for professional careers in education, business, government, Foreign Service, law, and journalism, among others.
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
Students construct their course of study in consultation with the Minor's Coordinator. They must complete four courses (12 credits), one of which will be the required course MES 245: Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies. The other three may be chosen from any MES courses or from the following list of relevant course offerings in the Humanities and the Social Sciences. Some additional courses, including language tutorials and relevant topics courses, may be counted toward the Minor with the Coordinator's approval.
Two of the four courses taken as part of the Minor must be at the 300 level or above. Students may take no more than two courses with the same alpha code other than MES. Courses from a student's major department may be taken as part of the Minor, but the credits cannot count toward both.
COURSES IN MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES
MES 245: Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies. 3 hours, 3 credits. An introduction to the Middle East viewed through a variety of lenses and disciplinary approaches, including history, anthropology, sociology, political science, and literature.
MES 350: Topics in Middle Eastern History, Society, Politics, and Culture. 3 hours, 3 credits (may be repeated for up to 6 credits when content is different). Intensive study of selected aspects of Middle Eastern history, society, politics, and culture. Topic to be announced each semester.
RELEVANT COURSES IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
ANT 231: Ethnography of the Middle East
ARH 338: Islamic Art
HEB 202: Advanced Hebrew
HEB 217: The Modern Hebrew Short Story
HEB 300: Hebrew Conversation I
HEB 301: Hebrew Conversation II
HEB 324: The Modern Hebrew Essay
HEB 325: History of Modern Hebrew Literature
HEB 327: The Modern Hebrew Novel
HEB 328: Contemporary Hebrew Prose
HCU 326: The Cultural Foundations of Modern Israel
HIS 249: Islamic Civilization
HIW 301: Ottoman History
HIW 302: Modern Middle Eastern History
HIW 303: Contemporary Islamic Movements
HIW 304: Women in the Islamic Middle East
HIW 305: The Arab-Israeli Conflict
POL 334: Political Systems in the Middle East
SOC 345: Men and Women in Muslim Societies (Course in Preparation)
WST 304: Women in the Islamic Middle East (same as HIW 304)
*Courses preceded by an asterisk are not expected to be offered in 2009-2011.
HIS 241: Early Modern Europe, 1400-1815. 3 hours, 3 credits. The making of modern Europe from the Renaissance to the fall of Napoleon.
HIS 242: Contemporary European History. 3 hours, 3 credits. Major themes in European history from the nineteenth century to the present.
HIS 243: Foundations of the United States. 3 hours, 3 credits. Major themes in American history from the end of colonization to the Civil War.
HIS 244: Modern United States History. 3 hours, 3 credits. Major themes in U.S. history from the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction to the present.
HIS(AAS)245: History of African Americans. 3 hours, 3 credits. A study of the major forces shaping the history and culture of African Americans.
HIS 246: Civilizations of the Ancient World. 3 hours, 3 credits. A survey of the Mediterranean world, beginning with the first humans and tracing the development of civilization from Mesopotamia and Egypt to ancient Greek City-States and the fall of Rome.
HIS 247: Medieval Civilization. 3 hours, 3 credits. Western Europe from the fall of Rome through the Protestant Reformation.
HIS(AAS)248: African History. 3 hours, 3 credits. Introduction to the history of Africa.
HIS 249: Islamic Civilization. 3 hours, 3 credits. The formation and diffusion of Islamic civilization during the medieval and early modern period in Anatolia, the Balkans, Africa, and South Asia.
HIS 250: Understanding History. 3 hours, 3 credits. (May be repeated once with change of topic and Departmental approval.) An introduction to the investigation and the interpretation of the past. Strongly recommended for beginning students. Historical subjects vary each semester. (Consult the "Schedule of Classes" for specific topics and sections.)
HIS (LAC)266: Introduction to Latin America and the Caribbean I. 3 hours, 3 credits. Survey of the peoples and civilizations of Pre-Columbian America, and of the institutions, economy, history, and culture of Latin America and the Caribbean from the European conquest to the early nineteenth century (1492-1808).
HIS (LAC) 267: Introduction to Latin America and the Caribbean II. 3 hours, 3 credits. Survey of the nations and cultures, history, economy, and politics of Latin America and the Caribbean from the early nineteenth century to the present.
*HIS 281: Introductory Tutorial in History. One semester, 3 credits. (May not be repeated.) PREREQ: Faculty member's permission prior to registration.
Advanced history courses are divided into five subject groups that are identified by the following course codes:
HIA: Ancient Civilization and Medieval Civilization
HIE: Modern Europe
HIS: Special and Comparative Historical Topics
HIU: United States
HIW: Asia, Latin America, and Non-Western Civilizations
*Courses preceded by an asterisk are Not expected to be offered in 2009-2011.
*HIA (HCU) 302: Biblical History and Archaeology. 3 hours, 3 credits. Study of biblical history in the light of archaeological research. Readings from ancient Hebrew sources in translation in relation to major archaeological discoveries in Israel and the Near East.
HIA (HCU) 304: Ancient Jewish History. 3 hours, 3 credits. Survey of the development of the Jewish people, including the origin of the Hebrews, the experience at Sinai, the United and Divided Kingdoms, the Babylonian exile, the Second Commonwealth, Jewish law and thought, and contacts with the Greeks and Romans.
HIA 306: History of Religions in the Ancient World. 3 hours, 3 credits. A survey of religious beliefs and practices of the Ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean worlds. Religious customs of the ancient Mesopotamian cultures; Mycenaean, Minoan, and Classical Greek myth and ritual; Hellenistic religions and mystery religious cults; private household worship in the Roman Republic; and public religious faith in the Roman Empire.
HIA/ACU/WST 311: Women in Antiquity. 3 hours, 3 credits. Examination of the image, role, and status of women in both Ancient Greek and Roman society, as seen from the important literary works of antiquity.
HIA 314: Classical Myth and Society. 3 hours, 3 credits. A comparison of the origins and development of classical mythology and heroic legend as religious beliefs, their relation to other mythologies, and their adaptation in literature and art from Hesiod and Homer through the present. A comparative analysis of Near Eastern and Nordic myth will be provided.
HIA (ACU) 316: Greek Archaeology of the Classical Period. 3 hours, 3 credits. Study of major Greek sites of the fourth and fifth centuries B.C., including the topographies of Athens, Sparta, Corinth, and Thebes. The influence of Greece on surrounding civilizations, such as Persia's, will be investigated, and the effects of the cultural and political life of the period on urban development will be stressed.
HIA (ACU) 318: Roman Archaeology and Topography. 3 hours, 3 credits. Study of the major pre-Roman sites of Italy, including the cities of Etruria. The development of the city of Rome during the Republican period, and the investigation of sites such as Pompeii and Herculaneum. The spread of Romano-Hellenistic urban civilization throughout the Mediterranean region during the Empire. A detailed study of the topography of Imperial Rome.
HIA 320: History of Ancient Greece. 3 hours, 3 credits. The Ancient Greeks from prehistoric times through the development of the City-State to the death of Alexander the Great. The political, economic, social, and cultural achievement during the Bronze and the Dark Ages, the Archaic and the Classical Period, and the Hellenistic Era.
HIA 321: History of Rome. 3 hours, 3 credits. Foundation and development of the Roman state, including the rise and decline of the Roman Republic and the establishment and fall of the Empire, with emphasis on its political, economic, social, and cultural achievements.
*HIA 325: The Early Christians. 3 hours, 3 credits.
*HIA (HCU) 330: The Jews During the Middle Ages. 3 hours, 3 credits.
*HIA 331: Life and Society in the Middle Ages. 3 hours, 3 credits. The shaping of the European way of life, from 800 to 1450 A.D.: war and peace, work and play, trade and travel, town and country, religious practices, love and sex, clothing and housing, and diet and health care.
*HIA (HCU) 333: A History of Jews in Spain and the Sephardic Dispersion. 3 hours, 3 credits.
*HIA 336: England in the Middle Ages. 3 hours, 3 credits.
HIA 348: Introduction to the History of Science, from Ancient Science to the Scientific Revolution. 3 hours, 3 credits. The course focuses on the essential problems science has faced in theory, religion, and philosophy, providing a background to the understanding of science and its historical development. It studies the character of science in ancient Egypt and Babylonia; the content, methodology, and philosophy of science during the age of Plato and Aristotle; the emergence and decline of Islamic science; the contributions of the medieval period; the roots of the scientific revolution of the Renaissance; the significance of the work of Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Vesalius, and Harvey; and the methods and values of science that emerged from an age of witchcraft, magic, and alchemy before the time of Isaac Newton.
HIA 350: Topics in Ancient and Medieval History. 3 hours, 3 credits (maximum 6 credits). Various sections on specific topics in ancient and medieval history. (For specific topics and sections offered each semester, consult the Department.)
HIA 381: Individual Tutorial Project in Ancient and Medieval History. One semester, 3 credits. (May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.) Individual reading and writing on a specific topic in ancient and medieval history, under faculty direction. PREREQ: Satisfactory completion of 60 college credits, including one 300- or 400-level History course, unless exempted, and instructor's permission prior to registration.
*Courses preceded by an asterisk are Not expected to be offered in 2009-2011.
HIE 301: Introduction to the History of Science, from Descartes and Newton to Darwin and Einstein. 3 hours, 3 credits. The course examines the nature and significance of scientific thinking in general through the work of Descartes, Leibnitz, and Newton; the conflict between science and religion in the seventeenth century; materialism's penetration of biology from physics; the revolution in chemistry associated with Priestly and Lavoisier; the interface between science and the industrial revolution; the work of the French biologist Claude Bernard, illustrating the development of biology and experimental medicine; the startling work of Charles Darwin; and twentieth-century topics, such as field and atomic theory, relativity, and quantum theory and their important philosophical implications.
HIE 302: Europe in the Renaissance and Reformation. 3 hours, 3 credits. Major developments in Western Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, including Renaissance humanism, the rise of the printed book, reformations of religion, overseas exploration, and empire.
HIE 304: Society and Culture in Renaissance Italy. 3 hours, 3 credits. The history of Italy (ca. 1350-1550)from the origins of the Renaissance in Florence to its decline following the sack of Rome in 1527; the dissemination of Renaissance culture throughout Europe and beyond.
HIE 305: Golden-Age Spain. 3 hours, 3 credits. The rise and fall of Spain as an imperial power from the Middle Ages to 1700. Topics include the Reconquest, Columbus and the "Columbian Exchange," the Armada, the Inquisition, and Golden-Age painting, theater, and literature.
HIE 307: Europe in the Age of Enlightenment. 3 hours, 3 credits. Society, politics, and economy in Europe from 1689 through the Napoleonic Wars.
HIE 308: The French Revolution and Napoleon. 3 hours, 3 credits. Preconditions of discontent in late eighteenth-century France, the origin and unfolding of the French Revolution, the Thermidorean Reaction, the rise of Napoleon and his influence in Europe.
HIE 309: Europe, 1815-1914. 3 hours, 3 credits. Political, economic, social, and intellectual ideas and developments from the Congress of Vienna to World War I.
HIE 310: History of European Diplomacy. 3 hours, 3 credits. Survey of European diplomacy, with special emphasis on nineteenth- and twentieth-century developments.
HIE 314: Europe in the Twentieth Century. 3 hours, 3 credits. World War I, the rise and fall of communism in Russia and Eastern Europe, fascism, World War II, postwar prosperity, European union, and the impact of immigration.
HIE 316: Nineteenth-century European Intellectual History. 3 hours, 3 credits. The social and intellectual formation of liberalism, conservatism, nationalism, socialism, and anarchism, and their impact on political and social change in modern Europe.
HIE 317: The History of Ideas and Ideologies in Twentieth-Century Europe. 3 hours, 3 credits. The social movements and ideas that have shaped our modern consciousness, including communism, fascism, existentialism, feminism, revolution, and total war.
HIE 321: Tudor-Stuart England. 3 hours, 3 credits. The advent of the Tudor dynasty, Henry VIII, the divorce, and the church; Queen Elizabeth's government and the church, and Elizabethan society; poverty and vagrancy in the Tudor state; the divine right of kings and mass political attitudes in early Stuart England; the origins of the civil war; the execution of Charles I; Oliver Cromwell and the Saints; Restoration England; and the Glorious Revolution.
HIE 322: Britain in the Age of Industrialization and Empire. 3 hours, 3 credits. Modern Britain in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The impact of the industrial revolution on British society; the American Revolution; democratization; depression, imperialism, and the new liberalism; and the Irish question in British politics.
HIE 323: Britain in the Twentieth Century. 3 hours, 3 credits. World War I and its effects on politics and society; the economic crisis of 1931 and the National Government; depression; Churchill and the war effort; the Labour Party, nationalization and the welfare state after 1945; decolonization; economy and society under Thatcher; the rise of New Labour.
*HIE 325: Italy from Napoleon through Mussolini. 3 hours, 3 credits.
HIE 330: History of Modern France. 3 hours, 3 credits. French politics, society, economy, and culture from the fall of Napoleon to the crisis of 1968. The revolutions of the nineteenth century, colonial policy and decolonization, World Wars and recovery after 1950.
HIE 333: Modern Ireland. 3 hours, 3 credits. The political, economic, social, and cultural history of Ireland from the late eighteenth century to the present.
HIE 335: History of Modern Spain. 3 hours, 3 credits. The history of Spain from the Enlightenment to the present. Goya and the Napoleonic invasion, the Generation of '98, Civil War, Picasso's "Guernica," Franco's dictatorship, Catalan and Basque separatism.
HIE 336: Early Russian History. 3 hours, 3 credits. Origins of Russian history, Kievan, Muscovite, and early Imperial Russia to 1855.
HIE 337: Modern Russian History. 3 hours, 3 credits. Russia from 1855 to the present, including the late Imperial and Soviet eras.
HIE 341: Germany from Bismarck through Hitler. 3 hours, 3 credits. Study of Germany from Bismarck and the unification through Hitler, the Nazi regime, and the Second World War, with a brief survey of postwar developments.
HIE (HCU) 343: The Holocaust. 3 hours, 3 credits. Study of the destruction of the Jews of Europe during World War II. Political anti-Semitism in modern Europe. The rise of Hitler and Nazism. The interwar period in Europe and the spread of anti-Semitism. World War II, ghetto, deportation, and liquidation. Problems of rescue and resistance. Selected readings from the literature of the Holocaust.
*HIE 345: Hitler, the Nazis, Fascism, and Neo-Fascism. 3 hours, 3 credits.
HIE 350: Topics in Modern European History. 3 hours, 3 credits (maximum 6 credits). Various sections on topics in modern European history. (For specific topics and sections each semester, consult the Department.)
HIE 381: Individual Tutorial Project in Modern European History. One semester, 3 credits. (May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.) Individual reading and writing on a specific topic in modern European history, under faculty direction. PREREQ: Satisfactory completion of 60 college credits, including one 300- or 400-level History course, unless exempted, and instructor's permission prior to registration.
HIS (PRS)212: History of Puerto Rico. 3 hours, 3 credits. Survey of the history of Puerto Rico.
HIS (LAC)225: History of the Dominican Republic. 3 hours, 3 credits. Dominican history from pre-history and pre-Colombian times to the Trujillo era. Examination of different socioeconomic trends in the formation of Dominican society, as well as the prominent role played by foreign powers.
HIS 240: East Asian Civilization. 3 hours, 3 credits. The literature, art, religions, and changing social life of people in China, Japan, and Korea. Emphasis on both the changing nature of popular culture and the relationship between long-term historical trends and life today.
*HIS 301: Introduction to the History of Biology. 3 hours, 3 credits.
HIS 302: Science and Society. 3 hours, 3 credits. Social aspects of the growth of modern science from the seventeenth century to the present. Religion and science in Galileo's Italy, science and technology during the industrial revolution, scientific institutions during the French Enlightenment, Darwin and Social Darwinism, eugenics and racial hygiene, big science, and the human genome project.
HIS 304: History of Science in the Twentieth Century. 3 hours, 3 credits. A multidisciplinary survey of scientific and technological developments in the twentieth century, emphasizing the ethical issues and new social implications arising from them. Topics may include recent work in microbiology, D.N.A., and genetic "engineering"; technological innovations in synthetic materials, chemical warfare, and consumer concerns; theories of relativity, quantum physics, atomic weapons, and nuclear energy; anthropological discoveries and human evolution; Freudian psychology and psychoanalysis; man in space; medical science and portents for the future of civilization. There are no prerequisites for this course; students need have no previous background in the sciences.
HIS (HCU) 307: The Course of Modern Jewish History. 3 hours, 3 credits. Survey of the Jewish people in the Western World during the past 300 years; their struggle for political and social equality, their search for new homes and forms of life. The new Jewish centers, Messianic hopes, the struggle for emancipation; the Enlightenment movement; religious, national, and social trends; migration of Jews to America; and World Wars I and II and the emergence of the State of Israel.
HIS 315: The Literature of History. 3 hours, 3 credits. Selected works of historical representation and interpretation from antiquity to the modern era.
HIS 327: World Revolutions. 3 hours, 3 credits. The nature, causes, and results of revolutionary change, including the French, American, Haitian, Russian, and Chinese revolutions, and the depiction of revolutionary change in art, theater, and literature.
HIS 334: The Irish Diaspora. 3 hours, 3 credits. A survey of the circumstances and consequences of Irish immigration from the eighteenth century to the present, including the patterns of settlement and assimilation of Irish immigrants in the West Indies, the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Wales, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
HIS (HCU)342(SOC 242): Anti-Semitism from Early Christianity to Hitler. 3 hours, 3 credits. The origins of the conflict between Christianity and Judaism, and the fate of the Jews in Medieval Europe. The gradual liberation and assimilation of the Jews of Western Europe, 1789-1870. The rise of modern racism and anti-Semitism in Europe, 1889-1939. Hitler, the Nazis, and the destruction of European Jewry during World War II. Anti-Semitism in the contemporary world. Social, psychological, and cultural theories of anti-Semitism will be considered.
HIS 350: Topics in Comparative History. 3 hours, 3 credits (maximum 6 credits). Various sections on topics in comparative history. (For specific topics and sections each semester, consult the Department.)
HIS(AAS)351: Topics in African History, Politics, and Society. 3 hours, 3 credits. Selected aspects of African history, politics, and society. Topics to be announced each semester.
HIS(AAS)353: Topics in Caribbean History, Politics, and Society. 3 hours, 3 credits. Selected aspects of Caribbean history, politics, and society. Topics to be announced each semester.
HIS 381: Individual Tutorial Project in Comparative History. One semester, 3 credits. (May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.)Individual reading and writing on a specific topic in comparative History, under faculty direction. PREREQ: Satisfactory completion of 60 college credits, including one 300-level History course, unless exempted, and instructor's permission prior to registration.
HIS 450: Seminar in Comparative History. 3 hours, 3 credits (maximum 6 credits). PREREQ: Either satisfactory completion of 12 credits in History and a History major or instructor's permission.
*Courses precede by an asterisk are not expected to be offered in 2009-2011.
HIU 301: Colonial British America, 1586-1763. 3 hours, 3 credits. The British colonies in North America from the "lost" English settlement at Roanoke to the treaty ending the French and Indian War. The collision of Europeans and Native Americans, conflicts between the European colonial powers, the establishment of slavery in North America, and political, social, and religious development.
HIU 304: The Era of the American Revolution, 1763-1789. 3 hours, 3 credits. American development from the mid-eighteenth century through the framing of the Constitution, with emphasis on the American Revolution, the interrelation of European and American affairs, and the growth of American institutions and ideals.
HIU 305: The Early Republic, 1789-1824. 3 hours, 3 credits. The founding and development of a republican form of government: the evolution of political parties, the economic growth of the nation and its impact on politics, and the transition from a republic to a democracy engendered by economic growth and the search for political power.
HIU 308: Democracy, Sectionalism, and Slavery in the U.S., 1825-1861. 3 hours, 3 credits. The age of the common man in politics, increasing sectional tensions, and the prominence of the slavery issue in American life. Abolitionism, workingmen's agitation, women's rights, westward expansion, states' rights, the defense of slavery, and the coming of the Civil War.
HIU 309: The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877. 3 hours, 3 credits. Key events of the Civil War and its aftermath, including emancipation and the status and role of newly freed Black Americans.
HIU 310: The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, 1877-1914. 3 hours, 3 credits. Industrialization and the rise of the corporation, the importance of the transcontinental railroads, immigration, urbanization, Black disenfranchisement, Jim Crow and the emergence of the New South, Populism, the integration of the Far West, Progressivism, and trust busting.
HIU(AAS)311: Black Nationalism. 3 hours, 3 credits. Analysis of the social, political, and cultural ideology and practices of Black Nationalist movements.
HIU 314: The United States from World War I through World War II, 1914-1945. 3 hours, 3 credits. Domestic and foreign affairs, including the two World Wars, the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, and Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal.
HIU 315: Recent United States History, 1945 to the Present. 3 hours, 3 credits. Domestic and foreign affairs since the end of World War II. The Cold War and anti-communism at home and abroad, and changes in American social, economic, and political values and institutions.
HIU 316: The American Constitution in Historical Perspective. 3 hours, 3 credits. The American constitutional system from the American Revolution to the present. The evolution of legal structures, the growth of rights and remedies, the changing content of justice, organization of government, the balance of freedom and order.
HIU 317: History of American Foreign Relations, 1750-1912. 3 hours, 3 credits. A history of American foreign relations from Colonial times to the early twentieth century, with emphasis on the diplomacy of the American Revolution; foreign affairs and the Constitution; the War of 1812; the Monroe Doctrine; expansion, sectionalism, and the coming of the Civil War; and America's emergence as a world power.
HIU 318: History of American Foreign Relations, 1912-Present. 3 hours, 3 credits. American foreign relations from the early twentieth century to the present. The U.S. role in World Wars I and II; the Cold War; and the growth of presidential power in foreign affairs.
HIU 319: The United States and the Vietnam War. 3 hours, 3 credits. The reasons why the United States became involved in the Vietnam War, the methods employed, and the consequences of U.S. involvement.
HIU 320: Early American Culture and Intellectual History. 3 hours, 3 credits. The major ideas, institutions, and individuals in American cultural and intellectual life in the mid-seventeenth through the late nineteenth centuries. Puritanism; the Enlightenment in America; republicanism and romanticism; and the professionalization of letters and learning.
HIU 322: Modern American Cultural and Intellectual History. 3 hours, 3 credits. Major trends in American cultural and intellectual life from the late nineteenth century to the present. The commercialization of culture; the secularization of the public sphere; the development of research universities; and the role of intellectuals as cultural critics.
HIU 323: Protest in America. 3 hours, 3 credits. Discussion of nineteenth- and twentieth-century movements for substantive social change in America, emphasizing race and gender.
*HIU 324: The History of Italian-Americans. 3 hours, 3 credits.
HIU (WST) 328: The Family in American History. 3 hours, 3 credits. Historical study of the family in America, including its European roots, its relationship to the frontier, slavery, immigration, and current developments in industrialism, urbanization, and technology.
HIU (WST) 329: History of Sexuality and Sex Roles in America. 3 hours, 3 credits. The history of sexual roles as they have developed and changed in America from Colonial times to the present.
HIU(AAS)330: The Civil Rights Movement. 3 hours, 3 credits. Study of the modern Civil Rights movement.
HIU (WST) 331: History of Women in America. 3 hours, 3 credits. Historical study of women's conditions, statuses, and roles in American society from Colonial times to the present.
HIU 332: History of Health Care in the United States. 3 hours, 3 credits. Examination of health care in America from Colonial times to the present. Topics include the development of the medical profession, the rise of the health movement, the growth of hospitals, and popular attitudes toward health and disease.
HIU 333: American Urban History. 3 hours, 3 credits. The formation, growth, and transformation of American cities from the wilderness village to the megalopolis. Emphasis on the changing political and economic roles of cities; patterns of social stratification, power, and mobility; and trends in recent urban social and cultural life.
HIU 335: Immigration in America. 3 hours, 3 credits. The motives and aspirations of immigrants, their contributions, to and effects upon, American social structure, and the tensions between assimilation and ethnicity.
HIU 336: American Religious History. 3 hours, 3 credits. Religious belief and behaviors of Americans from the seventeenth century to the present. Encounters among European, African, and indigenous religions; Christianization, evangelicalism, and revivalism; church and state relations; and religiously based movements for social reform.
HIU(AAS)(WST)340: History of African American Women. 3 hours, 3 credits. The social, political, and cultural history of African American women in the United States from an interdisciplinary perspective.
HIU 341: American Business History. 3 hours, 3 credits. The rise of business enterprise in America from its earliest commercial origins to giant corporations and conglomerates. Themes include the rise of early commerce, emergence of consolidated industry, prominent businessmen and business techniques, analysis of business philosophy and entrepreneurial attitudes, reactions to corporate power by labor and government, evolution of business forms and structures, and the impact of business enterprise on political, legal, and cultural development.
HIU 342: History of American Labor. 3 hours, 3 credits. The American worker from colonial times to the present, with emphasis on the period since the Civil War. Themes include the origins and character of the American labor movement, the effect of industrialization on the workers, slavery and wage labor, the growth and development of the major American labor unions, the impact of social reformers and radicals on the labor movement and the American worker, public employees and collective bargaining, and the changing attitudes of the American worker.
HIU (HCU) 344: American Jewish History. 3 hours, 3 credits. Survey of American Jewish history from colonial times until the present: migrations, socioeconomic changes, and cultural developments. Special emphasis on the history of American Jewry since 1880: Jewish socialism, Zionism in America, Jewish reactions to anti-Semitism, and Judaic religious life.
HIU 345: American Economic History. 3 hours, 3 credits. (Closed to those who have completed ECO 321.)
HIU 346: History of the American Presidency. 3 hours, 3 credits. America's presidents and how the presidency has developed from George Washington to the present.
HIU 347: The Mainland Borough: The Bronx as a City in History. 3 hours, 3 credits. The urban history of the Bronx from the seventeenth century to the present. Major emphasis on 1874-1945, the period of the borough's most rapid growth, and experience with modern urban problems. Topics include ethnic immigration and mobility, the effects of mass transit development, Prohibition, and the ways various external events, such as wars and depressions, have influenced the borough and its people.
HIU 348: History of New York: City and State. 3 hours, 3 credits. Examination of the interaction between the urban center and the State from their respective origins as New Amsterdam and New Netherland to the twentieth century. Special emphasis is placed on the socioeconomic reasons for the cosmopolitan nature of the metropolis and its uniqueness as a major urban entity.
HIU(AAS)349: The Harlem Renaissance. 3 hours, 3 credits. Examination of the poetry, prose, folklore, history, politics, art, and music of the Harlem Renaissance.
HIU 350: Topics in American History. 3 hours, 3 credits (maximum 6 credits). Various sections on topics in American history. (For specific topics and sections each semester, consult the Department.)
HIU(AAS)352: Topics in African American History and Culture. 3 hours, 3 credits. Selected aspects of African American history and culture. Topics to be announced each semester.
HIU 381: Individual Tutorial Project in American History. One semester, 3 credits. (May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.)Individual reading and writing on a specific topic in American History, under faculty direction. PREREQ: Satisfactory completion of 60 college credits, including one 300-level History course, unless exempted, and instructor's permission prior to registration.
*Courses preceded by an asterisk are not expected to be offered in 2009-2011.
HIW (PRS)300: Social and Economic History of Puerto Rico from the Industrial Revolution to the Present. 3 hours, 3 credits. Intensive survey of the socioeconomic formations of Puerto Rico from the Industrial Revolution to the present. PREREQ (PRS only): PRS 212 or Departmental Approval (for History majors).
HIW 301: Ottoman History. 3 hours, 3 credits. Political, socio-economic, and cultural history of the Ottoman Empire from its fourteenth-century beginnings to its demise at the end of World War I.
HIW 302: Modern Middle Eastern History. 3 hours, 3 credits. Societies and politics of the Middle East in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The Islamic and Ottoman legacies, reforms and reforming elites, changing roles of religion, nationalist ideologies, Great Power intervention, regional politics, and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
HIW 303: Contemporary Islamic Movements. 3 hours, 3 credits. Contemporary movements of Islamic resurgence and activism in the Middle East, North Africa, Central and South Asia, and beyond.
HIW(WST)304: Women and Society in the Islamic Middle East. 3 hours, 3 credits. Women in the Middle East from the advent of Islam to the present. Legal and cultural constructions and social dynamics of marriage, sexual morality, women's access to property, participation in production, and use of space.
HIW 305: The Arab-Israeli Conflict. 3 hours, 3 credits. The Arab-Israeli conflict from the late nineteenth century to the present; political, military, diplomatic, economic, cultural, and psychological dimensions.
*HIW (HCU) 308: The Jews of Tsarist and Soviet Russia. 3 hours, 3 credits.
HIW (LAC)315: Comparative History of the Hispanic Caribbean. 3 hours, 3 credits. Comparative history of Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
HIW 316: East Asia in the Modern World. 3 hours, 3 credits. The making of modern East Asia from the Manchu invasions of the 17th century to the present-day rise of China, Japan, and Korea as military, economic, and cultural powers.
HIW 322: History of Chinese Civilization. 3 hours, 3 credits. Broad chronological survey of Chinese culture and society from ancient times to the present, with special reference to beliefs, family, science, political dissent, art, and literature.
HIW(AAS)323: History of Africa to 1800. 3 hours, 3 credits. Events and forces shaping African history before 1800.
HIW (LAC)324: History of Cuba. 3 hours, 3 credits. History of Cuba, from colonial times to the present. Focus on Cuban independence and United States intervention; race, gender, and construction of the nation; the path toward a socialist revolution; efforts at reform; and Cuba's role in Latin America and the world.
HIW 325: History of Modern Japan. 3 hours, 3 credits. The emergence of Japan as a world power, focusing on its sometimes testy relationship with the United States. Samurai and warfare, Shinto, the fragility of democracy, World War II, the U.S. occupation of Japan, and Japan's role in Asia, and the flourishing of consumer culture.
HIW(AAS)327: History of Africa 1800 to the Present. 3 hours, 3 credits. Events and forces shaping the history of Africa after 1800.
HIW (LAC)330: Latin America in the Nineteenth Century. 3 hours, 3 credits. Changes and continuities in Latin America over the course of the "long nineteenth century," from political independence in the 1820s to the rise of nationalist challenges to liberalism in the 1930s.
HIW (LAC)331: Modern Latin America. 3 hours, 3 credits. The nations of Latin America from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present, with a focus on political reform and revolution, economic development, and social movements.
HIW (LAC) 337: Latin America and the United States from 1823 to the present. 3 hours, 3 credits. Relations between the United States and Latin American countries since their creation as independent republics.
HIW (LAC)338: Colonial Latin America. 3 hours, 3 credits. Examination of the development of colonial societies in Latin America from the "encounter" of the 16th century to the crisis of the Iberian empires in the late-eighteenth century.
HIW (LAC) 340: Slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean. 3 hours, 3 credits. Comparative examination of slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean. Emphasis on the Portuguese (Brazil) and Spanish (Cuba) systems, with reference to the British, North American, and French systems.
HIW (LAC)345: History of South America. 3 hours, 3 credits. Pre-Columbian and colonial foundations of the nation-state and the construction of modern nations in South America in the post-independence period.
HIW 348: Europe and the Non-Western World in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. 3 hours, 3 credits. Imperialism and colonialism in Africa and Asia, the growth of nationalism, decolonization, revolution, independence, and globalization.
HIW 350: Topics in Non-Western History. 3 hours, 3 credits (maximum 6 credits). Various sections on topics in non-Western history. (For specific topics and sections each semester, consult the Department.)
*HIW (LAC) 352: The Mexican Revolution. 3 hours, 3 credits. Examination of the Mexican Revolution of 1910, including nineteenth-century preconditions, overthrow of the old regime, the civil war phase, and postrevolutionary reconstruction of modern Mexico.
HIW 381: Individual Tutorial Project in Non-Western History. One semester, 3 credits. (May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.) Individual reading and writing on a specific topic in non-Western history, under faculty direction. PREREQ: Satisfactory completion of 60 college credits, including one 300-level History course, unless exempted, and instructor's permission prior to registration.