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History
All upper-division (300- and 400-level) HIS courses, except
HIS 490 Directed Readings, HIS 494 Field Experience, and HIS
499 Independent Study, fulfill the writing-intensive requirement;
and all require at least six credits of lower-level (100 and
200) HIS courses as a prerequisite.
HIS 100—Introduction to History and Political Science
(1)
{Cross-listed with POS 100}
This course examines introductory research and analytical
techniques for locating and interpreting primary and secondary
historical documents. Students are introduced to basic methods
for constructing historical arguments based on the compilation
of evidence. Finally, students will explore the impact of
ideology and identity on the evolution of historical perspectives
and schools of thought.
HIS 111 Global History: Themes
of Ancient Civilization (3)
An historical introduction to multi-disciplinary study of
the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, China,
Persia, Greece and Rome. (L03) Fall
HIS 112 Global History: Themes
of Medieval Civilization (3)
An introduction to evolution of religion-centric cultures
- Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam - and
the emergence of feudal, mercantile and urban institutions.
(L03) Fall 2001
HIS 113 Global History: Themes
of Modern Civilization (3)
An introduction to the decline of religion-centric societies
of Eurasia, Africa, and the Americas, and the emergence of
such secular institutions as the State, Government, City,
Trade, Industry, the University and the diffusion of European
culture. (L03) Spring
HIS 114 Global History: Themes
of Contemporary Civilization (3)
An introductory study of homogenization
of human heritage by secularized and industrialized European
culture through science and technology, proselytization, imperial
structures, and internationalization of political, economic
and educational institutions. (L03)
HIS 150 Latin America Through Film and Novels (3)
The course uses visual images and the words of Latin American
novelists to provide a graphic portrait of daily life in Latin
America. Films, lectures, and readings stress the triumphs
and tragedies of the Latin American struggle for peace and
justice. (L03) Fall
HIS 180 New York's Revolutionary War (1)
The path to revolution in the diverse colony of New York was
a complicated one with complex political, social, and cultural
roots. Through examination of these causes and the military
events of the war, especially those in New York, students
will gain an understanding of the lives of New Yorkers during
the Revolutionary period, the effects of the war on society
and culture, and the meaning of the Revolution in the postwar
development of the new State of New York. Fall 2001
HIS 180 Regional Architecture (1)
This course will offer a survey of the architecture and the
built environment of the Hudson-Mohawk Region over a period
of more than three centuries. It will present both vernacular
and formal architecture, and concepts and vocabulary for both.
Students will come away with the ability to identify the various
styles and materials of architecture and relate them to the
main artistic periods in which they were used. Fall 2001
HIS 180 Muscle, Wind, and Power: Pre-Industrial New York
(1)
Pre-industrial life and work in New York State depended on
muscle, wind and water power, aided by fire, to carry out
all domestic and household tasks, extract products from natural
resources, and make a living in almost every way. This course
focuses on how people lived, ate, dwelt, raised their families
and made their livelihoods in the Age of Homespun prior to
1850. Spring 2002
HIS 180 Years of Smoke: 19th Century Industrial New York
(1)
The Industrial Revolution changed New York, making its landscape
and urban areas recognizably what they are today, drawing
new populations and transforming both workplace and home.
New means of transportation and communication, new industries
and new points of view were changing the state. This course
surveys the industrialization of 19th century New York and
its effects on the people of the state. Fall 2002
HIS 180 The Anti-Rent Wars (1)
The Anti-Rent movement in New York was rooted in Dutch and
English attempts to transplant medieval feudalism to the New
World. The eventual popular reaction against that feudal system
of landlord and tenant and both peaceful and violent efforts
to overturn its two centuries of entrenched establishment
will be the focus of this course. Relevant personalities and
events from the 17th through the 19th centuries will be discussed.
Fall 2002
HIS 180 Big Wheel Turning: Victorian Albany (1)
The course surveys 19th century Albany, when the last vestige
of its colonial past was disappearing and, architecturally,
socially, politically and economically, the city was becoming
modern. It was a time when new populations, new industries,
and new means of transportation and communication were changing
the lives of Albanians and planting the seeds of 20th century
Albany. Spring 2003
HIS 180 New York State
in the Civil War (1)
This course will discuss constitutional, economic, and cultural
issues leading to the American Civil War, concentrating on
the role of New York State. The course will examine major
military events and leaders, New York's participation in and
contributions to the war, and the effects of the Civil War
on the New Yorkers of the homefront.
HIS 200 Women in U.S. (3)
A study of women's experience since the colonial period, with
emphasis on shifting roles and images, the struggle for equality,
and women's expanding public responsibilities. (L03) Fall
HIS 210 Ancient Mediterranean
to 400 A.D. (3)
This course surveys the history of the ancient Mediterranean
world, examining the cross-cultural influences of civilizations
like Egypt in northern Africa, Sumeria in southwest Asia,
and Greece in southern Europe. It concludes with an assessment
of the evolution of Roman society from republic to empire.
(L03) Fall 2001
HIS 211 Middle Ages, 400-1400 (3)
This course surveys medieval Europe and emphasizes the development
of feudalism, the Christian Church, the Byzantine and Carolingian
Empires, and conflicts with Islam leading to the Crusades.
It concludes with an examination of the 14th century political,
economic, and social crisis that consumed Europe. (L03) Spring
2002
HIS 212 Early Modern Europe,
1400-1870 (3)
This course surveys European history from the late Middle
Ages through the Age of Revolution. It examines the Renaissance,
Reformation, Enlightenment, and highlights the development
of absolutism, capitalism, colonialism, nationalism, liberalism,
and revolution. (L03) Fall
HIS 214 20th Century Europe (3)
An examination of the major issues from the internal history
of particular nations and their relationship to international
trends. (L03) Spring 2003
HIS 221 17th and 18th Century United States (3)
This course covers conquest and colonization; growth of political,
social, economic, and cultural institutions; revolution and
independence; creation of a new nation. (L03) Fall
HIS 222 19th Century
United States (3)
This course examines political, economic, social and cultural
factors in the maturing of the United States. (L03) Fall
HIS 223 20th Century
United States (3)
An examination of the political, economic, and social development
of the modern United States and its role in world affairs.
(L03) Spring
HIS 225 New York State History (3)
A study of the interrelationship of the economic, social,
and cultural factors in the historical development of New
York State, with special focus on local history. (L03) Spring
HIS 227 The Immigrant in
The United States (3)
This course covers the historical experiences of immigrant
groups from the 17th century to the present. Backgrounds,
new-world experiences, cultural responses and impact on American
life will be considered. (L03)
HIS 238 Modern Asia (3)
A survey of major civilizations of Asia, particularly India,
China, Japan and Southeast Asia during the modern period since
1500. It covers pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial
periods and provides an in-depth analysis of those factors
and forces - social, political, economic, cultural, and intellectual
- that have constructed national and Asian identity in the
past and affected their present and future possibilities.
(L03) Spring 2002
HIS 240 United States and World Affairs (3)
This course surveys the history of U.S. diplomatic relations
with special emphasis on the late 19th century transformation
of the U.S. political economy and its impact on the nation's
emergence as a world power. (L03) Spring 2003
HIS 249 Colonial Latin America (3)
A survey of indigenous civilizations, highlighting Maya, Aztec,
and Inca cultures, both before and after the Spanish/ Portugese
conquest and colonization. The course examines European national
rivalries and colonial institutions, including the Catholic
Church, the encomienda, and enslavement of Africans, to assess
their impact on Latin American development. Fulfills writing-intensive
requirement. (L03)
HIS 250 Origins and Development of Modern Latin America
(3)
An examination of Latin American wars of independence; emergence
of national states; 20th century efforts to resolve political,
social, and economic problems; contemporary affairs in selected
countries. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement.
(L03) Fall
HIS 261 African American History to 1877 (3)
This course examines pre-conquest African civilizations, the
European invasion, the enslavement of African peoples, their
contributions to the development of the colonies and early
U.S. republic, and their historic struggle for freedom. (L03)
Fall
HIS 262 African American History Since 1877 (3)
This course examines the historical development of African
Americans since Reconstruction, the social and political structures
of exclusion and violence utilized to deny black citizenship,
African American migration and institution building, the Civil
Rights movement and urbanization. (L03) Spring
HIS 263 American Frontiers (3)
This course examines the frontier's role in North American
history from English attacks on the Powhatan Confederacy following
the founding of Jamestown in 1607 through the rise of Jeffersonian
expansionist thought and the removal of the Cherokee during
the Jacksonian Age of Democracy, the invasion of Texas and,
finally, the late 19th century conquest of the Plains Indians.
Students will explore the mythological icon of the frontier
in American history, the racialized ideology of Manifest Destiny,
and the complexity of Western cultures. Primary documents
produced by Native American diplomats and warriors, black
cowboys, coal miners, female ranchers, railroad magnates and
traders will comprise the multiple historical voices of those
who laid claims to this highly contested terrain. (L03) Spring
HIS 265 Modern Africa (3)
An introductory survey of the development of the different
political systems of modern Africa, since the Conference of
Berlin (1884-1885) to the present triumphs and tragedies.
Such concepts and topics as colonization, imperialism, resistance
to colonization, decolonization, and political and economic
development in the current age of globalization will be explored.
(L03) Fall 2001
HIS 266 African American Protest from the 1960s (3)
This topic will be an evaluation of the variety of Black protest
from the 1960s through the 1970s. Course will engage sources
from the Civil Rights Movement, the Black Panther Movement,
and the Black Aesthetic Movement in order to determine the
various motivations, influences, long-term effects, practicality,
and resistance to the ideologies and principles of Black protest
of the period. (L03)
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HIS 268 Traveling African American Experience (1)
A weekend course involving travel to various cities to visit
historical, cultural, and educational institutions in the
African American community. An additional fee is usually
required.
HIS 287 Albany: A City and its
Politics (3)
{Cross-listed with POS 287)
An overview of the politics of Albany in the past 70 years
with emphasis on the historical, societal and economic influences
on the political scene. (L10) Spring
HIS 310 Rome: Republic
to Empire (3)
This course examines the development of the Roman Republic,
its distinctive social organization and cultural legacy, the
Punic Wars and the conquest of the Mediterranean, the age
of Augustus and imperial expansion, the rise of Christianity,
and the fall of the Roman Empire. Fulfills writing-intensive
requirement. Fall 2001
HIS 312 Renaissance and
Reformation (3)
This course examines the political, economic, intellectual,
and artistic renaissance, its impact on medieval feudal institutions,
the Catholic Church, and religious life. It explores the relationship
between Renaissance ideas, the Protestant Reformation, and
popular culture. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement.
Spring 2002
HIS 314 Age of Absolutism (3)
This course examines the 17th and 18th century evolution of
modern secular states, both absolute and limited monarchies,
as they responded to social crises. It compares and contrasts
the roles of the State, mercantilism, colonialism, and international
law in the historical development of France, Russia, Spain,
England, the German states, and the United Provinces. Fulfills
writing-intensive requirement. Fall 2002
HIS 318 Age of Nationalism
and Revolution (3)
This course examines the social, political, economic, and
international forces that shaped revolutionary discontent,
unleashed liberal, socialist, and nationalist ideologies,
and reconstructed the European social order, giving birth
to new nations, like Germany and Italy. Fulfills writing-intensive
requirement. Spring 2003
HIS 321 U.S. Policy in Latin
America (3)
Examines U.S. relations with Latin America in the 20th century
and their impact on regional social, political, and economic
development. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement. Spring
2003
HIS 325 20th Century U.S. Diplomatic History (3)
This course surveys the early emergence of the United States
as a world power, its establishment of an ultraimperialist
international system by the end of World War II, and the steady
erosion of its global power after the war against Vietnam.
Fulfills writing-intensive requirement.
HIS 340 Ancient China (3)
This course covers ancient Chinese history from the emergence
of the Shang Civilization to the fall of the Sung Dynasty
(10th century A.D.). It will include social, political, cultural,
intellectual, and religious movements, such as Confucianism,
Dowism, and Buddhism; and arts, crafts, and sciences like
medicine, astronomy and printing. Fulfills writing-intensive
requirement.
HIS 341 Middle East (3)
A study of the historical, cultural, economic and political
factors of selected nations of the Middle East. Fulfills
writing-intensive requirement. Summer
HIS 342 History of China (3)
An interdisciplinary study of the historical development of
China with an emphasis on the Peoples' Republic of China.
Fulfills writing-intensive requirement. Fall 2001
HIS 343 History of Japan (3)
An intensive survey of the historical, cultural, economic,
and political development of Japan. Fulfills writing-intensive
requirement.
HIS 344 India and Its Neighbors (3)
A multi-disciplinary study of the Indian subcontinent with
an emphasis on the modern and contemporary eras. Fulfills
writing-intensive requirement. Spring 2003
HIS 345 Southeast Asia (3)
An interdisciplinary study of the historical development of
the countries of Southeast Asia. Emphasis will be placed on
the contemporary situation in selected areas. Fulfills
writing-intensive requirement. Spring 2002
HIS 355 Central America
& Caribbean (3)
This course examines the role of foreign investment and private
enterprise in regional development since 1900. It explains
how economic growth has affected democratic political institutions
and revolutionary movements in Cuba, Jamaica, the Dominican
Republic, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador. Fulfills
writing-intensive requirement. Fall 2002
HIS 357 Mexico (3)
This course surveys the history of Mexico since independence
with special emphasis on the causes, evolution, and consequences
of the 1910 Revolution. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement.
Spring 2002
HIS 362 Ancient Africa (3)
An intensive examination of classical African civilizations,
their impact on continental political, economic, social, and
cultural developments, and their relations with Asian and
European societies before 1500 A.D. The African gold trade
and the empires of Egypt, Kush, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Mali, and
Songhay may receive special attention. Fulfills writing-intensive
requirement
HIS 364 African and Caribbean Colonialism (3)
An intensive study of comparative colonial regimes, this course
examines the evolution of British imperialism in Africa in
the 19th century and the transition from slavery to impoverished
wage labor in the English-speaking Caribbean during the same
historical epoch. Students will explore the relationship between
colonization and waged labor ideology, as well as the interlocking
dynamics of abolitionist doctrine, racial ideology, and political
disfranchisement. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement.
Spring 2002
HIS 367 The Atlantic World (3)
This course examines the English and French colonization of
the New World from the perspective of Native Americans and
Africans from 1492 through 1808. Students will read a wide
array of primary and secondary documents in order to analyze:
the roles that Native Americans and Africans played in developing
modern American culture; European competition and accumulation
during the golden age of piracy; the relationship between
religious notions of divine providence and colonization; and
the impact of racial ideology on democratic praxis during
the Age of Revolution. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement.
Fall
HIS 368 African American
Women's History (3)
This course illuminates the history of black women in the
United States, their mass organizations, and their leadership
roles in the collective struggle for social justice and popular
liberation. It focuses special attention on women like Harriet
Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells, and Fannie Lou Hamer
and their efforts to establish and enlarge the rights of women,
African Americans, farmers, workers, and the poor. Fulfills
writing-intensive requirement. Spring 2003
HIS 372 Topics in U.S. Intellectual History (3)
A study of selected clusters of ideas which have influenced
public life in the U.S. Possible topics might include Puritanism,
Republicanism, Free Labor Ideology, Social Darwinism, Pragmatism,
Neo-Orthodoxy, or the Ideologies of the New Left and the New
Right. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement. Fall 2002
HIS 374 Men, Women and Work
in 19th Century United States (3)
A survey of the impact of the onset and development of industrialization
on the lives of working-class men and women. Fulfills writing-intensive
requirement
HIS 376 The United States
in the 1960s (3)
A study of a unique decade of turmoil and hope with emphasis
on the Civil Rights movement, the New Left, and the domestic
impact of the Vietnam War. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement.
Spring 2002
HIS 378 Topics in Women's History
A study of particular topics in U.S. women's history. Possible
topics include the struggle for suffrage; women and reform;
women and the welfare state; home and work; race, class and
gender in women's history; the women's movement of the sixties
and seventies. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement.
Spring 2003
HIS 380 Special Topics (3)
The purpose of this course is to provide flexibility within
the course offerings and an opportunity to students and faculty
to explore areas of current or topical interest which are
not available in the regular course offerings. Fulfills
writing-intensive requirement.
HIS 380 Special Topics: Historical Structures of Accumulation
(3)
This course will examine the historical transformation of
various structures of accumulation that developed in the modern
Atlantic world between the 15th and 20th centuries. Students
will explore the dynamics of merchant, industrial, and transnational
capitalism as global systems that promoted asymmetrical relationships
of power by controlling access to resources and technical
skills, while simultaneously combining systems of free and
unfree labor. This seminar will analyze the effects of these
structures on uneven development, both international and internal,
and will examine selected ideological components that accompanied
each historical epoch. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement.
HIS 490 Directed Readings (1-3)
Prior consent of faculty is required.
HIS 494 Field Experience (3)
The field experience is intended to provide students in history
with an opportunity to explore career alternatives. Students
are placed at museums, historical sites, and historical societies
or with organizations involved in archaeological research
or archives management. Students are expected to spend approximately
120 hours at their placement and are graded pass/fail on the
basis of a letter of recommendation from the organization.
No required prerequisites.
HIS 498 Seminar: The Rise of Corporate America, 1890-1930
(3)
This course examines the emergence of large corporations in
the late 19th century and their impact on American society,
politics and culture. Students will explore the conflict between
corporate businessmen, workers, and farmers, and middle-class
reformers over the shape and direction of the nation in the
20th century, with particular attention to the realms of politics,
law, and workplace relations. Fulfills writing-intensive
requirement. Fall 2001
HIS 498 Seminar: Labor and
the Law (3)
This course examines the role that the law has played in the
development of the U.S. labor movement, focusing on the 1870s
to the present. It explores a variety of contested theories
and claims about the relative effects of the law on the political
and economic strategies of the labor movement. At the center
of the analysis is an exploration of the supposed "exceptionalism"
of the United States which has led to it having one of the
weakest labor movements in the industrialized world. Fulfills
writing-intensive requirement. Spring 2002
HIS 498 Seminar: Cultural
Imperialism (3)
Examines critically the goals methods of not only imperialists
in the field, but also their partisans and protagonists, like
Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Macaulay, et. al. The course also
will critically examine imperialism's cultural collaborators
and confederates and their impact. It will include imperialism's
antagonists such as Lenin, Gramsci, Fanon, and Said. Fulfills
writing-intensive requirement. Fall 2002
HIS 498 Seminar: The City In The World Economy (3)
This seminar will explore the origins and evolution of humankind's
most complex entity - the city. Through the use of historical
and cross-national analysis, this course will examine the
relationship between the city and economy in various societies
of the world through different phases of history. Fulfills
writing-intensive requirement. Spring 2003
HIS 499 Independent Study (1-3)
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