(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course examines introductory research and analytical techniques for locating and interpreting primary and secondary historical documents.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. Fall
Fully Online Course through Google Meet blend of synchronous and asynchronous Required for all first year HIS/POS & SS 7-12 majors.
Undergraduate Courses
Course Delivery DEFINITIONS:
- Online Courses: In online teaching, 100% of instruction takes place online via Canvas and with supplemental platforms like Zoom. There are two types of online courses: asynchronous and synchronous.
- Asynchronous online: Course is fully online, with lessons, assignments, and activities posted in Canvas with due dates. Students complete coursework, engage in discussions, etc., based upon their own schedules, but are required to meet posted deadlines.
- Synchronous online: Online course that includes real-time class meetings using technology (e.g. Zoom). The number of required meetings varies based upon the particular class, but meetings take place during the scheduled class times. Faculty will inform students of the schedule for real-time meetings in their courses.
- Hybrid Courses: Hybrid courses combine both in-person, on-campus meetings with online instruction. All face-to-face activities take place during the regularly-scheduled meeting times in the rooms assigned on the course listing. The number of in-person meetings varies by course. Faculty will notify students of the exact meeting schedule for their courses.
If your class is not listed as online or hybrid, it will meet fully face-to-face following the noted class schedule.
(Cross listed with POS 206) This course examines the impact of the Atlantic Economy, the premier global system of exchange and production from the 15th through the mid-19th centuries, on the African diaspora. Students will explore the role of joint-stock companies in Africa as they organized European investment in the trans-Atlantic trade and the role of the nation-states in defining property rights in human capital. Students will investigate how imperial decisions to establish mercantlist trade affected individuals, migration, social relations, patterns of wealth accumulation. Finally, students will analyze the technological advancements that gave rise to the Cotton Kingdom and how the pushing system as a form of plantation labor management fueled American economic developmeent. The course will culiminate with the expansion of the domestic slave trade and sharecropping that led to the reproductive exploitation of African women and their children. Students will be assessed on their ability to display historical content and economic concepts, to interpret and analyze primary and secondary documents, and to synthesize a collection of sources to create evidence-based historical arguments. Prerequisite: HIS 215, which must be passed with C or better prior to registration for HIS 206. (L03)
Open to HIS/POS concentrators and SSED 7-12 concentrators Synchronous course taught at days and times listed.
This course is being taught synchronous at days and times listed via Zoom.
This course surveys European history from ancient Rome through the Hundred Years War. Themes and topics include: rise and fall of the Roman Empire and its historical legacies, the emergence and spread of Christianity, establishment of the Church and papacy, monastic culture, the Byzantine and Islamic Empires, Carolingian Europe, feudalism, the birth of universities and the liberal arts curriculum, the of origins modern political institutions and sovereign states. (C9)
Online Synchronous/ Asynchronous course; Meetings on days & times listed.
This course surveys European history from ancient Rome through the Hundred Years War. Themes and topics include: rise and fall of the Roman Empire and its historical legacies, the emergence and spread of Christianity, establishment of the Church and papacy, monastic culture, the Byzantine and Islamic Empires, Carolingian Europe, feudalism, the birth of universities and the liberal arts curriculum, the of origins modern political institutions and sovereign states. (C9)
Online Synchronous/ Asynchronous course; Meetings on days & times listed.
This course explores the historical development of New York State from the Dutch and British colonial period through the World War II era. Students will analyze primary and secondary documents that pertain to colonization, migration, commercial exchange, and investigate the impact of reform movements, the boundaries of citizenship, and the transformation of patronage politics in the Empire State. Fulfills Social Studies concentration requirement. Fulfills diversity requirement.
First year students and transfers ONLY Students will be registered by Academic Advising. Online Synchronous at days and times listed.
This course is being taught synchronous at days and times listed via Zoom and Canvas.
This course explores the historical development of New York State from the Dutch and British colonial period through the World War II era. Students will analyze primary and secondary documents that pertain to colonization, migration, commercial exchange, and investigate the impact of reform movements, the boundaries of citizenship, and the transformation of patronage politics in the Empire State. Fulfills Social Studies concentration requirement. Fulfills diversity requirement.
Reserved for first year and first semester transfer students ONLY. Students will be registered by Academic Advising. Synchronous course at days and times listed.
Synchronous course taught at days and times listed via Zoom and Canvas.
This course is an intensive survey of the economic, social, cultural and political developments in the United States from the end of the Civil War to the present. Fulfills diversity requirement. (C9)
Asynchronous Online Blended course with HIS 227
This course is designed to provide an overview of U.S. history since 1865 with particular relevance to history and political science majors and elementary and secondary education social studies concentrators. The course will explore both domestic and international dimensions of the long "American Century," and stress major political, economic and social themes. Students will be introduced to the "building blocks" of the historian's craft: the primary sources like official documents, newspapers, letters, ads and material artifacts that historians use in fashioning their interpretations of historical events. We will also explore varying and contending interpretations of history---historiography---to understand and evaluate the differing values and perspectives historians bring to their work. Students will sharpen critical thinking skills while learning to analyze historical arguments and to construct their own. Fulfills diversity requirement. Fall, Spring (C9)
Online Asynchronous Blended course with HIS 223.
This course introduces East Asian Civilizations from Neolithic times through the 18th century, focusing on China and Japan. It will present historical overviews of the major developments in state formation, court politics, and intellectual movements, but emphasis will be placed on the social and cultural aspects of the civilizations, examining continuities, as well as changes through time. Fulfills diversity requirement. Fall (C9)
This course introduces East Asian Civilizations from Neolithic times through the 18th century, focusing on China and Japan. It will present historical overviews of the major developments in state formation, court politics, and intellectual movements, but emphasis will be placed on the social and cultural aspects of the civilizations, examining continuities, as well as changes through time. Fulfills diversity requirement. Fall (C9)
This course surveys triumphs and tragedies in the development of modern Africa's different political systems since the Conference of Berlin (1884-1885). Topics will include imperialism, peasant resistance, systems of unfree labor, export economies, gender and reproduction, decolonization, Pan-Africanism, and the persistence of neo-colonialism. Fulfills diversity requirement Spring (C9)
Hybrid One credit of this course is online.
This course surveys triumphs and tragedies in the development of modern Africa's different political systems since the Conference of Berlin (1884-1885). Topics will include imperialism, peasant resistance, systems of unfree labor, export economies, gender and reproduction, decolonization, Pan-Africanism, and the persistence of neo-colonialism. Fulfills diversity requirement Spring (C9)
Hybrid One credit of this course is online.
(Cross-listed with POS 300) This course examines the historic changes in political boundaries, economic activities, and cultures that relate to spatial location, environment, and access to resources. Students will analyze the historical forces and policies that prompt migration, community formation, and boundaries and analyze the ways in which decision-making affects diverse environments locally and/or globally. Students will demonstrate geographic reasoning by their ability to use and create maps, interpret geographic data, satellite images, or photographs that explains relationships between communities or regions and their associated historical, political, and/or economic dynamics. This is an integrated social science course that equips students to explore how people interact with their environments and to explain interactions between urban, rural, suburban, displaced or contracted communities.
Restricted to HIS/POS Majors and El Ed SS Concentrators Online Asynchronous course
This course is designed for students to understand Mao Zedong, the controversial leader of Chinese Communist Party for more than 40 years, in the context of the Chinese revolution, as well as to understand the Chinese revolution through examining Mao's thought in depth. Was Mao a 'peasant revolutionary'? Why could Chinese Communist Party achieve victory in 1949? These are some of the topics this course attempts to address. Throughout the semester, we will read scholarly books on Mao and his thought, Mao's own writings, and a case study of the Chinese revolution. We will also watch some movies on the Chinese revolution. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement. Prerequisite: HIS 237, HIS 239, or HIS/POS 300. Spring
The purpose of this course is to provide an opportunity to students and faculty to explore areas of current or topical interest which are not available in the regular Latin American History course offerings. Enrollment is limited to departmental majors.
Online Asynchronous Course
This capstone course will be an examination of the history and politics related to a given topic that will vary by semester.
Restricted to Second Semester Juniors and Seniors HIS/POS Majors and SS Concentrators ONLY. Course also meets on the following 5 Fridays, 9/10, 9/24, 10/01, 10/15, 11/12 from 9:30am-12:00pm.
Course meets M/W 10:25-11:40 and
the following 5 Fridays:
9/10, 9/24, 10/01, 10/15, 11/12 from 9:30am to 12:00pm
Cross listed with POS 498.
Independent Study Application form Required