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Inventory of Undergraduate Courses Lower Division courses are listed in only one category in the list below. However, some courses may count towards multiple distribution categories. See individual course descriptions and/or B.A. degree program in history requirements for details. Required courses for history majors HIST. 2001W - The Historian's Craft: Theories and Methods Lower division courses General Surveys HIST. 1101 - The Shaping of the Modern World HIST. 1201 - American Pluralism to 1877 HIST. 1202 - American Pluralism Since 1877 History pre-1500 C.E. HIST. 3001 - Mediterranean and European Cultures to 1500 HIST. 3002 - Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Europe to 1800 HIST. 3003 - The Global Middle Ages HIST. 3015 - The Rise of Macedon HIST. 3021 - Ancient Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great HIST. 3022 - The Hellenistic World HIST. 3023 - Rome: From its Origins to the Death of Julius Caesar HIST. 3024 - Rome: From Julius Caesar to Constantine HIST. 3025 - Death and Afterlife in the Ancient World HIST. 3030 - Ancient Egypt HIST. 3031 - Medieval Europe HIST. 3033 - Medieval Christianity HIST. 3040 - Early Modern Europe HIST. 3044 - Early Modern Religious Transformations (& Their Historical Effects) HIST. 3070 - Russian Empire to the Great Reforms HIST. 3090 - Special Topics in History Before 1500 CE HIST. 3100 - Ancient Jewish History HIST. 3101 - Medieval Jewish History HIST. 3310 - Ancient Mediterranean Religions HIST. 3317 - The Shaping of the Islamic World: From Origins to Modernity HIST. 3352 - Islamic Perspectives on Reason, Science and, Culture HIST. 3530 - Land of the Dragon Throne: Imperial China and its Origins HIST. 3532 - Mysticism, Magic, and Ritual in Ancient China HIST. 3536 - Land of the Rising Sun: Ancient and Medieval Japan HIST. 3560 - States, Kingdoms and Trade: Africa to 1800 African, Asian, Caribbean, Latin American, Middle Eastern history HIST. 3510 - Colonial Latin America HIST. 3512 - Modern Latin America HIST. 3515 - The History of the Caribbean Societies to the End of Slavery HIST. 3517 - History of the Modern Caribbean HIST. 3534 - Revolutionary China HIST. 3535 - People?s China HIST. 3538 - Modern Japan HIST. 3543 - The Jewel in the Crown: British Imperialism and Indian Nationalism HIST. 3545 - Women in Indian History (1800-Present) HIST. 3548 - Gandhi, India, and the World HIST. 3550 - History of the Middle East in the Twentieth Century HIST. 3552 - Jews in the Muslim World: Sephardic Heritage HIST. 3554 - From Empire to Nation-State: the Emergence of Modern Turkey 1800-present HIST. 3557 - Narratives of Turkey: Making Histories and Memories HIST. 3561 - Africa in World History Since 1800 HIST. 3590 - Special Topics in Asian, Caribbean, Latin American, and Middle Eastern History European history HIST. 3050 - England from the Wars of the Roses to the Glorious Revolution HIST. 3080 - Love, Death, and Magic in Europe, 1500-1800 HIST. 3102 - Mystics, Pietists, and Heretics: Early Modern Jewish History HIST. 3103 - Kabbalah and Messianism HIST. 3104 - The Hasidic Movement: Its History and Literature HIST. 3206 - Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Europe from 1800 HIST. 3208 - The Ordeal of Europe, 1880-1945 HIST. 3209 - Europe Since 1945 HIST. 3210 - Terrorism in Modern Europe HIST. 3212 - The Jews in Modern Europe HIST. 3220 - England from the Age of Revolution to the Present HIST. 3230 - The French Revolution and its Legacies HIST. 3231 - Modern France HIST. 3241 - Modern Germany: 1870 to the Present HIST. 3242 - Nazi Germany HIST. 3243 - History of the Holocaust HIST. 3252 - Russia from the Era of Great Reforms to the USSR?s Collapse HIST. 3254 - The Soviet Union as Multiethnic Empire HIST. 3290 - Special Topics in European History Transnational, comparative and/or global history HIST. 3255 - The Soviet Union and the World HIST. 3315 - The History of Christianity HIST. 3320 - The History of Childhood HIST. 3323 - The Atlantic World 1492-1713 HIST. 3325 - Slavery and Freedom: Comparative Perspectives HIST. 3328 - History of Sexuality in the Americas HIST. 3330 - Cities in History HIST. 3332 - Comparative Industrialization, Late 18th to Early 20th Centuries HIST. 3335 - History of Feminism HIST. 3336 - The Home and the World: Gender, Family, and Nation-State?A Cross-Cultural Perspective HIST. 3337 - Gender, Race, and Empire (19th-20th centuries) HIST. 3339 - History of the Future HIST. 3345 - The United States and the Middle East HIST. 3350 - The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, 1881-present HIST. 3360 - Main Currents in Contemporary World History HIST. 3370 - Myth and Memory in Modern World History HIST. 3371 - What is Fascism? HIST. 3372 - The Imperial World at War HIST. 3373 - Religions of India, China and Japan HIST. 3375 - Decolonization HIST. 3380 - Applied History HIST. 3390 - Special Topics in Transnational and Comparative History United States history HIST. 3374 - Indigenous History of the Americas HIST. 3410 - American Constitutional History HIST. 3412 - The Black Atlantic: History and Film HIST. 3413 - African American History through 1865 HIST. 3414 - African American History From 1865 HIST. 3416 - Religious Experience in America HIST. 3418 - Daughters of the Promised Land: Women in American History HIST. 3419 - Colonial North America to 1763 HIST. 3420 - The Revolutionary Generation HIST. 3424 - American Military History to 1900 HIST. 3430 - Civil War and Reconstruction HIST. 3435 - The Frontier in American Culture HIST. 3440 - The Long Gilded Age, 1865-1930 HIST. 3441 - Twentieth-Century America: 1914-1945 HIST. 3442 - Twentieth-Century America: 1945-present HIST. 3450 - United States Foreign Relations since 1898 HIST. 3452 - Americans at War in the 20th and 21st Century HIST. 3453 - The US and the Vietnam War HIST. 3454 - Mini-Course: Veterans, Memorials and American Memory HIST. 3455 - Race, Ethnicity, and Migration: Histories and Discourses HIST. 3458 - Asian American History HIST. 3460 - The Public and the Past: Encountering History Outside the Classroom HIST. 3462 - American Popular Culture HIST. 3470 - Creative Destruction: The History of American Captialism HIST. 3472 - American Dreams and Realities HIST. 3475 - American Environmental History HIST. 3476 - Cities and Nature in American History HIST. 3478 - Medicine and Health in American History HIST. 3479 - Bad Habits: Defining and Controlling the "Minor Vices" in Twentieth-Century America HIST. 3480 - The History of New York City HIST. 3485 - Brooklyn History HIST. 3490 - Special Topics in American History Other lower division courses HIST. 3500 - Conservation and Preservation of Library and Archival Materials HIST. 3501 - Introduction to Archival Management HIST. 3600 - Guided Study HIST. 5900 - Internship in Public History I HIST. 5901 - Internship in Public History II HIST. 5905 - Internship Upper division courses HIST. 4001 - Colloquium in the History of Religion HIST. 4002 - Colloquium in History and Biography HIST. 4003 - Colloquium in Social History HIST. 4004 - Colloquium on Historical Writing HIST. 4005 - Colloquium in Political History HIST. 4006 - Colloquium in Cultural and Intellectual History HIST. 4007 - Colloquium on the History of Women, Gender, and Sexuality HIST. 4008 - Colloquium in Public History HIST. 4009 - Colloquium in Environmental History HIST. 4010 - Colloquium in Global History HIST. 4011 - Colloquium in Economic History HIST. 4012 - Colloquium in Race and Racism HIST. 4200 - Oral History Theory and Practice Independent studies HIST. 5200 - Independent Study HIST. 5300 - Independent Research DISCLAIMER The City University reserves the right, because of changing conditions, to make modifications of any nature in academic programs and requirements of the university and its constituent colleges without advanced notice. Students are advised to consult regularly with college and department counselors concerning their programs of study. Access the college's current and recent course bulletins.
Lower Division courses are listed in only one category in the list below. However, some courses may count towards multiple distribution categories. See individual course descriptions and/or B.A. degree program in history requirements for details.
Required courses for history majors
Lower division courses
General Surveys
History pre-1500 C.E.
African, Asian, Caribbean, Latin American, Middle Eastern history
European history
Transnational, comparative and/or global history
United States history
Other lower division courses
Upper division courses
Independent studies
The City University reserves the right, because of changing conditions, to make modifications of any nature in academic programs and requirements of the university and its constituent colleges without advanced notice. Students are advised to consult regularly with college and department counselors concerning their programs of study.
Access the college's current and recent course bulletins.
