Undergraduate Bulletin

Fall 2024

HIS: History

HIS 100: The Ancient World

An overview of the cultures and civilizations of the Old World from the emergence of the first cities around 3500 BCE to the fall of the Roman Empire. The primary focus is on the development of the stream of tradition antecedent to modern Europe that begins in the ancient Near East and moves through Greece and the Hellenistic world to Rome. The emergence of the first civilizations in India and China will also be treated. Students will focus on individual and group behavior within society and use historical methods and content as a means to observe and analyze human activity and society. Formerly offered as HIS 105. Not for credit in addition to HIS 105.

DEC:     F
SBC:     GLO, SBS

3 credits

HIS 101: Ancient Mesopotamia to Early Modern Europe

An introduction to the ideas and institutions of "the West" from the beginnings of civilization to the early modern period. Topics include ancient cultures; the rise of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; medieval politics and society; Renaissance art and thought; the Reformation and Counter-Reformation; the new science; and absolutism and the emergence of the modern state.

DEC:     F
SBC:     GLO, SBS

3 credits

HIS 102: Modern European History, 18th c. to the Present

An introduction to the revolutionary events in politics and the economy, principally the industrialization of society, and the national, class, ethnic, and gender conflicts that dominated the period, including their cultural and ideological aspects. The course begins with the wars and revolutions of the 18th c., including the French Revolution, characterized by high hopes for the rational mastery of nature and society. It concludes with the Second World War, a period of mass destruction and total war, and the construction of the institutions of post-national Europe.

DEC:     F
SBC:     GLO, SBS

3 credits

HIS 103: American History to 1877

A survey of American history from the Age of Discovery to the end of Reconstruction. Topics include the transplantation of European culture to America, the rise of American nationalism, the democratization of American society, the institution of slavery, and the emergence of an industrial society.

DEC:     F & 4
SBC:     DIV, SBS, USA

3 credits

HIS 104: United States Since 1877

A survey of modern American history from the end of Reconstruction to the present. The course focuses on the impact of industrialization on social, cultural, and political life; the emergence of the United States as a world power; and the adaptation of that power to the crises of the later 20th century.

DEC:     F & 4
SBC:     DIV, SBS, USA

3 credits

HIS 113: America in the Atlantic World

Students will learn about the transformations of the regions surrounding the Atlantic Ocean--especially Africa, Europe, the Americas--as they first came into prolonged contact during the early modern period. We will examine the cultural, economic, and environmental impacts of their diverse people's engagements with each other during periods of initial encounter, conquest, and colonization. Then we will examine how those interpersonal and geopolitical relationships were transformed during the age of revolution, emancipation, and nation-building.

DEC:     F & 4
SBC:     GLO, SBS, USA

3 credits

HIS 116: Women as a Force in US History

Surveys the history of women and gender in the United States from 1900 to the present. The course focuses on three kinds of changes: in women's work and the gendered division of labor; in relationships between gender, politics, and the state; and the rise of consumer and mass cultures. Students will read what historians and other scholars have written about women and analyze historians' sources in the form of documents and images. We will pay particular attention to differences among women in such areas as race and ethnicity, class, religion, and sexuality. Students should acquire a deeper understanding of the forces influencing women's lives and gender norms and a better appreciation of how women and gender have shaped the history of the United States.

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     SBS, USA

3 credits

HIS 201: The Ancient Near East

An overview of the world's first civilization, from the invention of writing to the conquests of Alexander the Great (d. 323 BCE). Ancient Mesopotamia, in which Sumerians Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians developed their distinctive cultures, will be the central focus, but other Near Eastern peoples who were deeply influenced by the Mesopotamian tradition, such as the Hittites, Israelites, Phoenicians, and Persians, will be covered as well.

DEC:     J
SBC:     GLO

3 credits

HIS 202: Ancient Greece

Basic features of modern life can be traced back to the people of ancient Greece: democracy, philosophy, theater, and more all began among the ancient Hellenes. Who were these people? What enabled them to achieve so much, and why has their influence lasted so long? This course will try to answer these questions.

DEC:     I
SBC:     GLO

3 credits

HIS 203: Ancient Rome

Important features of modern culture, the legal and religious foundations of our heritage, were shaped by the people of ancient Rome. How could the inhabitants of one city achieve so much, and why has their influence lasted so long? This course will try to answer these questions.

DEC:     I
SBC:     GLO

3 credits

HIS 206: Europe in the Age of Discovery, 1348-1789

This course examines the period in European history from the Black Death until the French Revolution (roughly 1348 to 1789). During this period of Renaissance, Reformation, and Enlightenment, early modern Europe experienced a series of crises in authority that ushered in the modern world. The course will explore how new discoveries (both geographical and intellectual) challenged existing worldviews; movements of religious reform challenged the authority of the Church and the unity of Europe; and new political doctrines, accompanied by a series of striking rebellions, challenged the foundations of traditional rule.

DEC:     I
SBC:     GLO, SBS

3 credits

HIS 212: Ancient History of Mesoamerica

A detailed examination of the Pre-Columbian civilizations of Mesoamerica. Traces the historical development of Mesoamerican populations from transhumant hunter-gatherers to some of the world's most intriguing independent civilizations. Emphasis will be placed on the social, economic, and political trajectories of the Olmec, Teotihuacano, Zapotec, Maya, Toltec, and Aztec peoples. Class will conclude with a discussion of the role of ancient history in the region's modern identity.

DEC:     J
SBC:     GLO

3 credits

HIS 213: Colonial Latin America

An introduction to the colonial history of Spanish America and the Caribbean. It approaches the colonial era of Latin America and the Carib-bean as a unique historical turning point in human history. For the first time in world history, the destinies of three continents (Europe, Africa, and America) became inextricably linked. At the same time, the expansion of Europe into the New World in the 16th century also signaled the end of a millennial history of native civilizations, as the Aztec, Mayan, and Inca civilizations seemed almost to collapse under the weight of Spanish militarism, colonial bureaucracy, and the Christian crusades.

DEC:     J
SBC:     GLO, SBS

3 credits

HIS 214: Modern Latin America

An introduction to the major themes in the history of modern Latin America, from the early nineteenth century to the present. Students will gain a deeper understanding of some of the central historical themes that have shaped Latin American society and politics since achieving independence, thus providing the basis for making sound observations and judgments about the political, economic, social, and cultural realities affecting Latin America today. The class advances chronologically as well as thematically, covering topics such as nationalism, political economy, U.S.-Latin American relations, revolutionary & counterrevolutionary struggle, and cultural practices. Lectures approach the hemisphere comparatively, drawing similarities and differences between different nation-states and regions. This course is offered as both HIS 214 and POL 214.

DEC:     J
SBC:     GLO, SBS

3 credits

HIS 215: Long Island History

An exploration of U.S. history through the lens of Long Island's history from colonial times to the present. Topics include the island's Native Americans, colonial settlement, towns and counties, the Revolution, slavery, whaling, farming, the Long Island Railroad, suburbanization and modern cultural, social, and economic developments.

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     SBS, USA

3 credits

HIS 216: History of U.S.-Latin American Relations

An examination of the impact of U.S. economic and political relations with Latin America from the mid-19th century to the present. The course considers changes in American policy toward Latin America, as well as the varying responses of Latin American nations to U.S. intervention and influence. This course is offered as both HIS 216 and POL 216.

DEC:     J
SBC:     GLO, SBS

3 credits

HIS 218: Ancient, Medieval, & Early Modern South Asia

Surveys the history of South Asia (contemporary India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, with some consideration of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Tibet, and Sri Lanka) in ancient, medieval, and early modern eras. Central themes include the emergence of social orders, religions, and regions; global and regional mobility and connections; relations between social and religious communities (Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims; peasants, elites, genders); changing state structures; and early European presence. This course is offered as both AAS 218 and HIS 218. Formerly offered as AAS/HIS 347; not for credit in addition to AAS/HIS 347.

DEC:     J
SBC:     GLO, HUM

3 credits

HIS 220: Japan in the Age of Courtier and Samurai

Surveys the history of Japan from ancient times to the late nineteenth century. Examines the complex processes of political, economic, social, and cultural change in Japan's transformation from aristocratic rule under the emperor to warrior rule under the samurai. This course is offered as both AAS 219 and HIS 220.

DEC:     J
SBC:     GLO, SBS

3 credits

HIS 221: Introduction to Modern African History

Historical themes in 19th- and 20th-century Africa. Topics include social and political relations in African states; slavery and the slave trade in West Africa; the impact of Christianity and Islam on African colonialism; colonialism and its consequences; nationalist movements and de-colonization; pan-Africanism and the politics of African unity; the postcolonial state project; economic planning in postcolonial Africa; and African states and international politics in the Cold War era. This course is offered as both AFS 221 and HIS 221.

DEC:     J
SBC:     GLO, SBS

3 credits

HIS 223: Regional History of Africa

Given the immensity of the African continent, it is often divided into regions (such as east, west, north, or southern, equatorial, the Horn, the Sahel, Atlantic or Indian Ocean) to explore connections and boundaries. This course gives students the opportunity to focus more deeply on a region of Africa. The particular region examined will change each semester. Factors that integrate a region may be environment and land use strategies, long-distance trade networks, religious communities, imperialism, and political regimes. The course will examine the challenges to regional integration, such as conflicts, language diversity, and separatist movements. This course is offered as both AFS 223 and HIS 223. Students may repeat the course when the region changes.

DEC:     J
SBC:     GLO, SBS

3 credits

HIS 225: Jewish History from Antiquity to the Middle Ages

Jewish history and the development of Judaism from Ancient Israel until the close of the Middle Ages (ca. 1000 B.C.E.- ca. 1492 C.E.). The course begins with the epic tales of the Hebrew Bible, examines the varieties of Judaism which arose under Greece and Rome, explores the "parting of the ways" between Judaism and Christianity, and ends with the rise and fall of Jewish settlements in the Muslim Middle East and across Christian Europe. This course is offered as both HIS 225 and JDS 225.

DEC:     J
SBC:     CER, GLO

3 credits

HIS 226: Modern Jewish History: Dilemmas of Difference

An examination of the emergence of modern forms of Judaism from 1492 until the present day, covering Jewish life through the Reformation, French Revolution, the emergence of democracy, two World Wars, Holocaust, and the establishment of the State of Israel, tracing the shift both in centers of life and in the ideas that furnished those centers. This course is offered as both HIS 226 and JDS 226.

DEC:     F
SBC:     GLO, SBS

3 credits

HIS 227: Islamic Civilization & Muslim Societies

Surveys the history of the Muslim world from the rise of Islam to the present. Covers the early history of Islamic civilization in the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding regions. Explores the diversity of global Muslim societies and examines examples from across Asia, Africa, Europe, and beyond. Central topics include the life of Muhammad, conversion, European colonialism, Western media representations, and the rise of radical militant and progressive movements.

DEC:     J
SBC:     GLO, SBS

3 credits

HIS 229: Victorian Britain

This course explains the social, cultural and political history of Britain in the nineteenth century. It pays particular attention to the impact of empire, industrialization and major constitutional reform and revolution on domestic politics, social attitudes and intellectual and cultural life in Britain. Topics to be explored include industrialization and class; Reform Acts; the gospel of work; the condition of England question; urban anthropology and the discovery of poverty; the cult of true womanhood, feminism and the public sphere; the impact of the Indian Mutiny of 1857; Africa and the Victorians; the regime of sexuality; Jack the Ripper and the others within. We explore these issues through lectures, reading, films, discussion exams and essays. Formerly offered as HIS 305. Not for credit in addition to HIS 305.

DEC:     I
SBC:     GLO, SBS

3 credits

HIS 230: Britain since 1688: Four Nations in the World

Covers the history of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, as well as the overseas British empire, from the Glorious Revolution of 1688 to the premiership of neoliberal Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (1979-1982). Themes include the impact of ethnic conflicts in the British Isles and overseas empire on the emergence of one of the first unambiguous 'nation-states' in Europe and the only one to avoid revolutionary upheaval in the 18th and 19th centuries; the Industrial Revolution and its aftermath; the rise of democracy and parliamentary parties, including the Labour Party; women's rights and suffrage; the impact of two World Wars; and the creation of a welfare state with cradle-to-grave social security that is destroyed by decolonialism and racism. The politics and experience of class, gender, race and nation are the lenses through which this history is developed, bringing the history of the British Isles and empire into a single frame.

DEC:     I
SBC:     GLO, SBS

3 credits

HIS 235: The Heirs of Rome: The Early Medieval World, 300-1000

A survey of the history of Europe and the Mediterranean in the early Middle Ages (300-1000). Tracing the legacy of Rome through its three successors (the Greek East, the Latin West, and Islam), this course examines the birth and spread of Christianity and Islam; prominent religious and aristocratic women; the disintegration of imperial power; changing military organization and warrior society; the development of monasteries and manuscript culture; Viking invasions; and the courtly cultures of the Carolingian, Abbasid, and Byzantine empires. Emphasis is placed on the reading of primary sources - literary and religious texts and material culture.

DEC:     I
SBC:     GLO

3 credits

HIS 236: The World of the Later Middle Ages, 1000-1500

A survey of Europe in the Later Middle Ages (1000-1500) from the Crusades and rise of towns and national monarchies through the birth of universities; changing roles and opportunities for women; religious dissent and inquisitions; and years of warfare, plague, and schism. The course covers social, political, cultural, and religious developments. Emphasis is placed on the reading of primary sources - literary and religious texts and material culture.

DEC:     I
SBC:     GLO

3 credits

HIS 237: Science, Technology, and Medicine in Western Civilization I

An examination of science, technology, medicine, and their social organization from 1450-1790 (from the Renaissance to the French Revolution) and the origin of those systems in Western cultures. Among the topics covered are experimentation and mathematics, funding of technological development by the state, organizations of scientists, the place of science and technology in cultural life, industrialization, and the character and organization of medical practice.

DEC:     H
SBC:     STAS

3 credits

HIS 238: Science, Technology, and Medicine in Western Civilization II

An examination of science, technology, medicine, and their social organization from 1790 to the present (from the French Revolution to the end of the Cold War) and the development of these systems world wide. Among the topics covered are professionalization of medicine, implications of physics for defense industries, growth of biotechnology, and the impact of Darwinism on culture.

DEC:     H
SBC:     STAS

3 credits

HIS 239: From Columbus to Darwin: Investigating Nature, Medicine, and Science in the Americas

From the 16th to the 19th century, Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans all contributed to new knowledge production in the Americas in the realms of natural history, medicine, and early science. Within various colonial contexts, the drive to find, collect, and, where possible, commodify native plants, animals, and peoples played critical roles in larger contests to control people and places. As competing imperial powers sought to exploit natural resources and reshape entire regions in the service of empire, Indians and enslaved Africans variously resisted or contributed to those efforts. This course explores how changing concepts of the natural world impacted the development of science, medicine, and technology and influenced concepts of race, gender, class, and human adaptability. Readings will include current works by historians and other scholars as well as primary documents ranging from fantastical early travel narratives, to revealing accounts of Indian and African American medical/spiritual practitioners, to increasingly empirical studies by surveyors, engineers, and scientists in the 19th century.

SBC:     ESI, SPK, STAS

3 credits

HIS 241: Nazi Genocide and the Holocaust

The rise of modern anti-Semitism since the late 18th century and its political application in Nazi Germany. Topics include the destruction process, ghetto life, resistance, foreign response, and the war crimes trials. This course is offered as both HIS 241 and JDS 241.

DEC:     I
SBC:     GLO

3 credits

HIS 247: Modern Korea through Visual Culture

Examines Korea's historical experiences and social transformation from mid-nineteenth century to present through visual materials such as photographs, films, postcards, print materials and paintings as well as historical texts and secondary analysis. Students will acquire in-depth knowledge of Korea's modern experiences as well as its contemporary society and culture. The course aims to cultivate students' visual literacy on modern Korea through interpreting and analyzing historical visual documents and creating their own visual essays. This course is offered as both AAS 247 and HIS 247.

DEC:     F
SBC:     GLO, SBS

3 credits

HIS 248: Modern Europe, 1815-1914

European history from the Congress of Vienna to the outbreak of the First World War, with emphasis on political and social developments, but also including economic and cultural trends.

DEC:     I
SBC:     GLO

3 credits

HIS 249: Modern Europe, 1914-1945

European history from the outbreak of the First World War to the post-World War II period, with emphasis on political and social developments, but also including economic and cultural trends. Consideration of the historic forces leading up to the events of 1914.

DEC:     I
SBC:     GLO

3 credits

HIS 250: The Second World War, 1939-1945

A comprehensive examination of the ordeal of total war. Military history forms the background for a study of how societies mobilized to meet the demands of total war; how people faced foreign occupation and persecution; and how the war changed political, economic, and social institutions, inspired moral reflection and cultural expression, and altered the global balance of power.

DEC:     F
SBC:     GLO, SBS

3 credits

HIS 251: Europe Since 1945

A study of contemporary Europe against the background of 20th century history, emphasizing political developments beginning with the Cold War, de-colonization, the problems of postindustrial society, managed capitalism, and intellectual and cultural movements such as existentialism and Marxist humanism.

DEC:     I
SBC:     GLO

3 credits

HIS 256: Tacos to Telenovelas: Latin American Popular Culture

This course uses popular culture as an entryway into the study of modern Latin American history, politics and society. Through an integration of theoretical approaches and selected case studies, we will analyze how and why popular culture is not "neutral" in Latin America, but rather is linked to the larger problem of national identity. In doing so, the course will traverse the territory of nationalism, cultural imperialism, and cultural hybridity. The class focuses on the following sites of popular culture in particular: music, comics, telenovelas, cinema, sports, and food.

DEC:     J
SBC:     DIV, GLO, SBS

3 credits

HIS 261: Change and Reform in the United States, 1877-1919

The growth of industrialism, class conflict, and ethnic diversity in America and the rise of social reform movements to address these changing conditions. Includes early 19th-century background and explores implications for the present day.

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     DIV, SBS, USA

3 credits

HIS 262: American Colonial Society

Political, economic, social, and cultural characteristics of the American colonies from their founding until their separation from Great Britain. Particular attention is devoted to the interaction of cultures and peoples in the making of colonial societies as reflected in the institution of slavery and ethnic, racial, and provincial identities.

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     DIV, SBS, USA

3 credits

HIS 263: Age of the American Revolution

The social, economic, and political history of the period 1763-1787, set against the background of the development of colonial society. The course stresses social and economic changes, the causes and results of the Revolution, the formation of new state and national governments, and the first party system.

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     SBS, USA

3 credits

HIS 264: The Early Republic

Against the background of colonial and revolutionary developments, the course examines the beginnings of modern political, economic, and social institutions in the United States. Areas covered include the conflict between the North and South, economic growth and diversity, political democratization and the rise of the professional politician, changes in the roles of men and women, and the development of American popular culture.

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     DIV, USA

3 credits

HIS 265: Civil War and Reconstruction

An examination of the political and social roots of the conflict between the slave South and free-labor North, going back to the earliest settlements and Constitutional debates. Major themes include how two very different societies fought the war; the political battles over the nature of the reunited nation; the Black Experience during slavery, wartime, and Reconstruction; and changing white racial attitudes throughout this era.

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     DIV, USA

3 credits

HIS 266: History of the United States West

Study of the United States West as both a place and a process, examining the region through its history as the homeland of various Native American peoples; as an object of European imperial designs and then Mexican and U.S. economic, territorial, and cultural expansionism; and finally as a region with particular ties to the United States federal government as well as distinctive patterns of race relations and a unique place in U.S. cultural memory.

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     USA

3 credits

HIS 273: U.S. History, 1900-1945

The twentieth century has been referred to by some as the "American century." This course will examine how and why the United States started the twentieth century as an isolationist nation and ended the half-century mark as a global "super power." Even as the U.S. moved from the periphery of world influence to its center, the nation also experienced social and economic unrest. We will therefore consider changing roles for women, minorities, and immigrants as their history shaped the nation.

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     SBS, USA

3 credits

HIS 274: U.S. History, 1945-2000

Examines how and why the United States started the mid-twentieth century as an isolationist nation and ended the century mark as the world's sole 'super power.' The course considers such topics as: the use of atomic weapons; Cold War politics and culture; consumerism and the American economy; national security; liberalism and conservatism; the struggle for civil rights and Black Freedom; cultural struggles between the Left and the Right; women, gender, and the 'sexual revolution'; and the post-Cold War world.

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     SBS, USA

3 credits

HIS 277: The Modern Color Line

An exploration of the significance of race in 19th- and early 20th-century America. Topics include forms of political organization and collective struggle; the social and psychic consequences of racist subjection; the relationship among race, racism, and culture; and the cultural politics of race and gender. This course is offered as both AFS 277 and HIS 277.

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     USA

3 credits

HIS 280: The History of the U.S. Working Class

A broad overview of the historical trends and transformations that have shaped the lives of working class men and women in the United States from the 19th century to the present. Class topics will include the racialization and feminization of labor, capitalism and Marxism, working-class pop culture, unionization struggles, workplace tragedies, controversial corporations, and the effects of globalization.

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     SBS, USA

3 credits

HIS 281: Global History and Geography

The ways in which geography has influenced human history, and the ways in which the societal impact on Earth's ecosystems has grown since the Industrial Revolution. Additional topics include old and new ideas about history, geography, and climate; the gradual unveiling of the whole face of the Earth through exploration and cartography; and the recent development of Geographical Information Systems (GIS).

Prerequisite: one D.E.C. F or SBS course

Advisory Prerequisite: one D.E.C. E or SNW course

DEC:     H
SBC:     STAS

3 credits

HIS 282: African American History Since 1877

The study of African American history allows students to understand the American experience in terms of both its problems and its possibilities; and its power to include or exclude. This course is a survey of African American history from Reconstruction to the present. The goal of this course is to have students consider the cultural, economic, and political experiences of African Americans. The course emphasizes the "long civil rights" movement and the African American freedom struggle from the end of Reconstruction through the late twentieth century.

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     SBS, USA

3 credits

HIS 283: The History of Latinos in the United States

An introduction to the social, political, and cultural history of Latinos, the fastest-growing population in the United States, using a variety of readings and films to illuminate selected topics and themes in this population's history from 1848 to the present. Key course topics include legacies of conquest; past and present immigration; inclusion and exclusion; labor movements and activism; articulations of race, gender, and citizenship in urban and rural settings; transnationalism; Latino politics; and contemporary border control and immigration debates.

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     DIV, SBS, USA

3 credits

HIS 285: Games, Burlesques, and Spectacles: Popular Culture in 19th-Century America

In the 19th century, the word culture, which referred to the nurture of something, came to mean "a thing in itself." Culture is something people make or do. It is moral, intellectual, creative activity. It is also a response to personal and social relationships and to political and economic developments. It is a mode of interpreting our common experience, and even changing it. This course analyzes the way 19th-century popular entertainment culture--from dancing, boxing, and gambling to novels, newspapers, and circus acts--reflected and shaped American society. Previously offered as HIS 326; not for credit in addition to HIS 326.

DEC:     F & 4
SBC:     SBS, USA

3 credits

HIS 286: The Global History of Human Health

Surveys how the health of the globe's diverse human populations has varied from prehistory to the present. Focuses on the ways in which changes in diet, residency patterns, global interconnections, and environment have led to health transitions. These transitions and events include, but are not limited to, the transition to agriculture, urbanization, imperial expansion, colonialism, industrialization, world wars, factory farming, and the transportation revolution. The development of medicine, public policies, and global health organizations will be a central theme as will be the development of global health disparities.

DEC:     F
SBC:     STAS

3 credits

HIS 287: Crime and Criminal Justice in the U.S.

Study of the development of police, courts, prisons, criminal law and crime in the United States from the 17th century to the present. How were the institutions of criminal justice created? How did they change? How have people perceived and responded to crime? Previously offered as HIS 373. Not for credit in addition to HIS 373.

DEC:     F & 4
SBC:     SBS, USA

3 credits

HIS 288: Wealth and Inequality in Early America

Focuses on Americans as producers, sellers and consumers from the earliest years of European colonization through the mid 1800s. Working thematically and chronologically, we will examine such topics as: the American colonies in the context of global trade; the Atlantic slave trade; early American colonies, the roles they played for imperial powers, and the connections among the backgrounds, goals, values, and local conditions; trade between native Americans and European Americans and the ways in which trade affected both societies; Americans as consumers; the financial system and the counterfeit financial system; the emergence of a middle-class in the late-18th and 19th centuries; early industrialization; slave economies; Americans as workers; and risk, success, and failure in an increasingly industrial nation and the ramifications of failure for American identity and democracy.

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     DIV, SBS, USA

3 credits

HIS 289: Wealth and Inequality in America's Corporate Age

Delves into the historical dynamics of shifts in the ways wealth has been created in an American economy dominated by large corporations, and the forces that have shaped changing patterns of its distribution. It concentrates especially on the many explanations that have been offered for why, over long historic periods that have characterized the age of the modern corporation, wealth in the United States has become both more and less skewed toward the top with a special focus on the history of the financial sector.

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     SBS, USA

3 credits

HIS 293: Disease in American History

An examination of changing disease patterns and their impact on American society from the colonial period to the present. Particular attention is paid to the great epidemics of the 19th c. and the role of public health measures in containing them, and the emergence of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes as the leading causes of death in the 20th c.

DEC:     H
SBC:     STAS

3 credits

HIS 295: History of North American Cities and Suburbs

Surveys the history of cities and suburbs throughout North American history. We begin with the indigenous cities of pre-contact period and the walking city of preindustrial times. The bulk of the course will then cover tumultuous urban growth associated with the rise and migration of modern industry from the nineteenth through the twentieth century, and over the succeeding decades, in and around places such as New York, Los Angeles, and Mexico City. Requirements will include in-class quizzes and other exercises, a short and medium length paper and a take-home final.

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     SBS, USA

3 credits

HIS 299: College Regional Studies Program

A topics course designed to allow explorations in American history at the lower-division level. The exact topic of the course may vary. Possible topics include: the history of Long Island, American politics and society in the twentieth century, or American maritime history, among others. Submissions may be considered under the university's ACE program. Stony Brook students interested in any of these courses may inquire directly with the History Department's Director of Undergraduate Studies for enrollment details.

SBC:     SBS, USA

3 credits

HIS 300: Topics in Global History

Designed for upper-division students, this course provides an in-depth study of a specific topic relating to global history. May be repeated as the topic changes.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     F
SBC:     GLO, SBS+

3 credits

HIS 301: Reading and Writing History

Workshop in the craft of history, with an emphasis on source analysis, writing & argumentation, and historical research methods. As the gateway course for the History major senior seminar, HIS 301 teaches students how to interpret and critique primary and secondary sources, become proficient in the standards of writing in History, and develop competency in library research. These skills are taught through a close analysis of a particular field or theme in history.

Prerequisite: History major or minor; U3 or U4 status; or permission of instructor

SBC:     ESI

3 credits

HIS 302: Environmental History in Global Perspective

An exploration of human-caused transformations in natural environments and in ideas about nature from prehistory to the present. Examining topics from agriculture and deforestation in classical antiquity to the Columbian encounter, from problems of environmental management in imperial India to the emergence of environmentalism as a global movement today, the course focuses on case studies from several regions, including the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, New England, and South Asia.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     H
SBC:     STAS

3 credits

HIS 303: The Crusades and Medieval Society

This course examines the various medieval military conflicts known collectively as The Crusades. We will investigate specific episodes such as the Latin conquest of Jerusalem, the Children's Crusade, the Shepards' Crusade, and the Albigensian Crusade. We will also explore such issues as the origins of the idea of crusade, the social developments underlying the crusades, crusading culture and propaganda, the European encounter with the Muslim world, and the long term effects of the crusades on European society, politics, culture, and economy.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     I
SBC:     SBS+

3 credits

HIS 304: Religion, Magic and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe

An exploration of the ways in which, from the late Middle Ages through the Renaissance and Reformation to the Enlightenment, Europeans struggled to define their identity and beliefs. The course will investigate such topics as medieval reactions to magic and heresy, the rise of the witch hunts, the split-up of Christendom into warring Catholic and Protestant empires, and the emergence of modern ideas of skepticism and toleration.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     I
SBC:     SBS+

3 credits

HIS 307: Silk Roads and Spice Routes: Travel, Exploration and Discovery in the Premodern World

How globalized was the world before the modern period? What connected famous explorers like Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, and Christopher Columbus to people who traveled the globe as part of their daily lives as merchants, diplomats, and sailors? Travel was a central feature of the medieval world and one of the primary factors that contributed to cultural contact, communication, exchange, and the diffusion of ideas between Europe, Africa and Asia in the pre-modern era. This course will explore the interconnected histories of the medieval world, focusing primarily on the Mediterranean world¿Latin Christendom, Byzantium and the Islamic world¿between roughly 500 and 1700. It will also devote attention to travel and travelers in the Atlantic world (including West Africa), the Indian Ocean, Central Asia, and China during the same period. Whether the motivation was exploration, piety, knowledge, survival, or profit, the act of travel involved the travelers in larger processes of interaction and exchange between cultures. We will examine the lives and accounts of pilgrims, merchants, scholars, slaves, and soldiers to investigate what motivated people to travel to, from, or within regions throughout the medieval world, and how they portrayed their experiences. With an emphasis on primary sources and class discussion, we will explore the writings of a diverse group of travelers and situate them within their larger social, cultural, and political contexts, while at the same time coming to terms with their reasons for travel and their particular world view.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

SBC:     DIV, GLO, SBS+

3 credits

HIS 308: Britain and France in the Age of Revolution

This course examines the social, intellectual, cultural and political life of Britain, France and their overseas colonies from the death of the Sun King to the Battle of Waterloo. We will examine the sources and consequences of related developments, focusing on: the structure of the ancient regime states; the impact of war and empire; women, race and public culture in the Enlightenment; Paris and London as global cities; exoticism and exploration; the emergence of popular radicalisms, and the transatlantic circuits of revolution.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     I
SBC:     SBS+

3 credits

HIS 309: Victorian Britain and Monsters: A Peculiar History of Empire

Focuses on the impact of empire and urbanization on Victorian society, culture and politics, and especially upon Victorian conceptions of gender, race, and racial difference as the basis of national greatness, superiority and global social hierarchy. At war with indigenous peoples in its empire for almost the entire century, and faced with restive and even revolutionary laborers, Irish Home Rulers and suffragettes on the domestic front, Victorians formulated imaginary solutions to the real social and political problems faced at home and in the colonies, and these formulations of monsters, social or supernatural impacted nothing less than western conceptions of modernity itself. National and imperial developments across hemispheric and transoceanic space provide the larger contexts for the two assigned novels (about monsters) and historical narratives and primary sources (about Victorian society). Finally, the course also teaches historians how to use literary fiction as historical sources (a methodology distinct from but linked to that of literature departments), in conjunction with primary and secondary historical works.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

SBC:     DIV, SBS+

3 credits

HIS 310: Britain Since 1945: Postcolonial Disruptions

Examines the 'great events' of the post World War period and the patterns of social, economic, and political change through the lens of British experience. In particular, we will attend to the impact of decolonization on issues of race, class and gender within British domestic culture. Britain entered the 20th century as the world's premier imperial power, the barometer of global technological, cultural, political and intellectual developments. As the empire disintegrated, wracked by world wars and nationalist revolts, the British state took up a different kind of revolution -- a 'socialist' revolution--that sought to give its citizens economic and social security 'from the cradle to the grave.' At the same time, British society was significantly enlivened, and further transformed, by the influx of immigrants from former colonies and the Commonwealth. The second half of the twentieth century thus marked the successes and failures of the twinned projects of socialism and decolonization, while also producing new kinds of mass cultural exports that continue to shape global culture. These narratives of changing configurations of empire, class, race, gender and politics are the subject of our course, and will be explored through imaginative and historical literature and film.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

SBC:     DIV, SBS+

3 credits

HIS 312: From Empire to Third Reich: Germany, 1890-1945

From Bismarck's dismissal through the Wilhelmian Empire, the First World War and Revolution to Germany's unsuccessful experiment with democracy - the Weimar Republic - accompanied by the rise of Hitler's Nazi movement, which culminated in the Third Reich and the Second World War.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     I
SBC:     SBS+

3 credits

HIS 314: Indigenous-Settler Relations in the United States

Surveys the relations between the first peoples to inhabit the territory that becomes the United States--Indigenous Peoples--and European and Euro-American colonizers and investigates instances of violence, removal, and assimilation through the concepts of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity. Students will critically explore the ethical decisions that settlers made, the political choices that settlers and their governments made to foster the expansion of the United States, legal actions that Indigenous Peoples initiated to preserve their sovereignty, and the movement for social justice that Indigenous Peoples are currently undertaking.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

SBC:     CER, DIV, SBS+

3 credits

HIS 315: Nazi Empire

The purpose of this course is to understand state-organized violence and racist terrorism during the Third Reich. In this course students are also expected to understand the role of war in the Nazi plans for realizing their racial utopia and to develop a more complex understanding of mass violence in this process.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

SBC:     GLO, SBS+

3 credits

HIS 318: Modern European Intellectual History

An examination of the great movements of ideas in their social and historical contexts in modern European history. Themes may include liberalism, conservatism, romanticism, 19th-century realism, and the discovery of the unconscious.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     I
SBC:     SBS+

3 credits

HIS 320: Latino New York

Movements of people and waves of immigration have made New York City into a microcosm of the Americas and a meeting point for various cultures. Latinos (or people of Latin American descent or origin living in the United States) have been a vital part of New York since its founding and still continue to change New York. The course examines the 'Latinoization' of New York from the 1600s to the present day, and addresses the lives and experiences of Spanish, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Central and South American, and Mexican communities. Key course topics include immigration; identity formation; labor and political activism; race relations and civil rights movements; and cultural production such as fashion, music, theatre, and art.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     DIV, SBS+, SPK

3 credits

HIS 323: Women of Color in the U.S.

In what ways is the history of race in America a gendered history? This course will focus on the creation of the modern color line in American history by analyzing the 20th century cultural productions of African American, Asian American, Native American, and Latina/Chicana women. Our central concern will be the ways in which race has been historically constructed as a gendered category. This course is offered as both HIS 323 and WST 323. This course is offered as both HIS 323 and WST 323.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     K
SBC:     DIV, SBS+

3 credits

HIS 325: Civil Rights and Black Power

The course considers how the 'long civil rights movement' and century-long struggles for Black Power were interwined movements, rather than conventional narratives that conceive them as being opposed to one another. The course will therefore span the whole of the twentieth century, beginning with the founding of the United Negro Improvement Association and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and it will conclude with the turn from civil rights to economic justice, Black political empowerment, and campaigns against police brutality. Offered as both AFS 325 and HIS 325.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     SBS+

3 credits

HIS 327: The Arts as History

Examines 19th-century America through the visual, literary, and performance arts. The significance of every work of art lies in the immediate conditions of its production and reception, in who created or practiced it, how people learned to do it, the skills it encompassed, how it became an employment, where it was exhibited or performed, and who marketed, bought, or enjoyed it. In this class, 19th-century drawings, paintings, sculptures; essays, novels, poems; music, dance, and theater are studied as primary documents, physical embodiments of their historical moment.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     F
SBC:     HFA+, SBS+

3 credits

HIS 328: History of New York City

A survey of the evolution of New York City from native American communities, Dutch outpost, British town, American nineteenth through twenty-first century metropolis in the context of cultural diversity, conflict, and the quest for the almighty dollar. The course will develop how the city has both mirrored and shaped national political, economic, social and cultural trends.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     SBS+

3 credits

HIS 329: Environmental Disasters

An examination of the evolution of environmental danger and disaster, this course surveys the history of environmental devastation and risk throughout the modern era, from the early twentieth century into the first decades of the twenty-first. Among the disasters singled out for study are those from nuclear radiation, petrochemicals, and hurricanes and rising sea levels.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     H
SBC:     STAS

3 credits

HIS 331: Immigration in American History

An examination of the ways in which the immigration of various people from around the world, and how immigration has shaped American history and U.S. national identity. Beginning with the American colonial period and going up to the present day, the course traces the development of policies toward immigrants from Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Other key topics include twenty-first century debates over immigration policy in the post 9/11 era, inequalities within the U.S. immigration system, pro-immigrant rights movements, and the impact of economics and foreign policy upon border and citizenship legislation.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     DIV, SBS+

3 credits

HIS 332: Postcolonial South Asia

Surveys the history of South Asia (contemporary India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, with some consideration of Nepal, Afghanistan, and Myanmar/Burma) from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Central themes include decolonization, legacies of British colonial rule and anti-colonial nationalism, state-building, regionalism, citizenship and rights, changing urban and rural spaces, new political movements, securitization, and economic transitions.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     J
SBC:     ESI, SBS+

3 credits

HIS 334: Women and Gender in Pre-Modern European History

An examination of the position of women in European society from ancient Greece through the Italian Renaissance. The course examines women's roles in the family and political life; women's economic activities; women and the Christian church; cultural attitudes concerning women; and women's own writing and creativity. This course is offered as both HIS 334 and WST 360. Formerly offered as HIS 360.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     I
SBC:     SBS+

3 credits

HIS 336: Women and Gender in Modern European History

This course will examine modern European history from a gender perspective. In other words, we will examine the ways in which the constantly challenged and changing social division of humans into the categories of women and men structured the political, economic, and cultural history of Europe during its period of global dominance. The period covered is roughly from the 18th century through the Second World War, with background provided at one end and a brief review of post-national Europe at the other. This course is offered as both HIS 336 and WST 334.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     I
SBC:     SBS+

3 credits

HIS 337: History of Korea

Examines Korean history from ancient to modern times. Korea is one of the many ancient, non-European civilizations claiming a cultural influence on the region and one of the main players in the history of East Asia. Reflecting its unique historical experiences, Korean history has raised diverse debatable issues. The primary goal of this course is to provide an overview of Korean history and, at the same time, through introducing multiple debatable issues of historical significance, the course attempts to enhance students' analytical capability in approaching complicated historical issues. This course is offered as both AAS 337 and and HIS 337.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     J
SBC:     SBS+

3 credits

HIS 338: Asian and Pacific Islanders in American History

Asian and Pacific Islanders in American History is an examination of the historical factors that have molded Asian and Pacific Islander life in the United States. Strongly emphasized themes include imperialism/colonialism, immigration, gender/sexuality, second generation, and images/mass media. This course is offered as both AAS 336 and HIS 338.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     SBS+

3 credits

HIS 339: Recent African American History

A study of recent African American history. Topics will include the dramatic increase in the number of black elected officials, rise of the black middle-class, the urban crisis, contemporary civil rights struggles, affirmative action, the decline of black radicalism, and the incorporation of black leadership. Enables students to examine the relationship between African Americans and American society during the past 100 years, particularly since 1970. This course is offered as both AFS 339 and HIS 339.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     K
SBC:     SBS+, USA

3 credits

HIS 340: Topics in Asian History

Designed for upper-division students, this course provides an in-depth study of a specific topic in Asian history. May be repeated as the topic changes. This course is offered as both AAS 340 and HIS 340.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     J
SBC:     GLO, SBS+

3 credits

HIS 344: Modern Japan

The history of Japan from the beginning of its imperialistic expansion in 1895 to World War II and postwar reconstruction, including such contemporary topics as educational issues, economic policies, and foreign relations. This course is offered as both AAS 343 and HIS 344.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     J
SBC:     GLO, SBS+

3 credits

HIS 348: Colonial South Asia

Surveys the history of South Asia (contemporary India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, with some consideration of Nepal, Afghanistan, and Myanmar) in the era of British colonial domination, c. 1750-1950. Central topics include the late pre-colonial context, the rise of formal colonial rule, economic and social transformations, anti-colonial nationalism, decolonization, and debates over the ethics of both colonialism and different schemes for bringing about its end.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     J
SBC:     CER, SBS+

3 credits

HIS 350: Topics in African History

May be repeated as the topic changes.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     J
SBC:     SBS+

3 credits

HIS 351: Revolutionary China: Politics, Culture, and Power

Explores the history of revolutionary nation-building efforts in 20th century China, examining social, cultural, economic and political developments during the "Republican" and "Maoist" periods. Focuses on key terms and concepts used by agents and analysts of revolutionary change. Draws on interdisciplinary scholarly studies, government documents, media reports, auto-biographical accounts, and popular fiction to assess the consequences of major events on people's lives, livelihoods, worldviews, and personal relationships. This course is offered as both AAS 351 and HIS 351.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     J
SBC:     SBS+

3 credits

HIS 352: Environmental History of China

The history of interaction between human activities and the natural environment in China, with special attention to ecological consequences of various paradigms of economic development throughout Chinese history. Focus in on the political ecology of state-level societies, and the relationships between cultural ideas, behavioral practices, human health, and environmental change. This course is offered as both AAS 352 and HIS 352.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     H
SBC:     STAS

3 credits

HIS 353: Postwar Japan

This course provides an in-depth look at post World War II Japanese society, culture, and political-economy. We will take up a number of debates on topics such as the postwar "miracle," technocracy vs. democracy, mass consumer culture, Japanese youth, postwar feminism, US-Japan relations, and war memory. This course is offered as both AAS 353 and HIS 353.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     J
SBC:     GLO, SBS+

3 credits

HIS 356: Zionism, Israel, and the Middle East

This course explores one of the more divisive events of the twentieth century: the establishment of the State of Israel. Beginning with the origins of the Zionist movement and its activities in nineteenth-century Europe and the Middle East, the course then moves to explore the establishment of the state in 1948 and subsequent Israeli politics and society, with an eye to its relationship with neighboring Arab states, the Palestinians, and Jews around the world. This course is offered as both HIS 356 and JDS 356.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     I
SBC:     CER, SBS+

3 credits

HIS 360: Changing Families: US History to 1860

Explores the American past from the perspective of ordinary people through lectures and readings that emphasize the experiences and ideas of individuals and groups of men and women of different classes, races, ages, beliefs, ethnic origins, and regions as they pursued competing notions of liberty and democracy. Previously offered as HIS 291; not for credit in addition to HIS 291.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     DIV, SBS+

3 credits

HIS 361: Slavery and Freedom in the Making of the Atlantic

From Caribbean plantations to North American seaports, enslaved Africans played vital roles in building the Atlantic world. In this course, we will examine the historical roots of slavery, the transatlantic slave trade, and changing labor systems from the colonial period to the early 19th century. We will consider how individuals endured the traumatic Middle Passage, survived life in bondage, resisted brutal exploitation, asserted their humanity, and struggled for freedom. The course takes a comparative approach incorporating different regions, time periods, and environments.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     CER, DIV, SBS+

3 credits

HIS 362: Unsettled Decade: The Sixties

A study of the 1960's, emphasizing conflict within American liberalism between cold warriors and antiwar activists, advocates of the bureaucratic welfare state versus those favoring small-scale community operations, and technocratic liberalism versus a policy of immediacy and moral witness. Special attention is given to the paradigmatic qualities of the civil rights movement, the domestic side of the Vietnam War, and the relationship of liberalism to radicalism.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     K
SBC:     SBS+

3 credits

HIS 363: Topics in American History

Topics may include titles such as American Cars and Highways, Radio and Television, and Disney's America. Designed for upper-division students, this course provides an in-depth study of a specific topic within social sciences disciplines such as history, economics, political science, and linguistics. Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the methods social scientists use to explore social phenomena, and knowledge of the major concepts, models, and issues of the social science discipline(s) studied. May be repeated as the topic changes.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     F
SBC:     SBS+

3 credits

HIS 364: Oceans Past: World History from a Maritime Perspective

Although approximately 70% of Earth's surface is covered by water, this vast submerged expanse is often regarded as an unfathomable space with no history. Yet for thousands of years, humans have negotiated the oceans' heaving waves, plumbed their silent depths for marine resources, and at times been humbled by Poseidon's awesome force. In this course, we will explore the historical significance of oceans and coastal zones from social, economic, and environmental perspectives. We will also learn about the diversity of people's maritime experiences from the pre-modern period to today.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     STAS

3 credits

HIS 365: Environmental History of North America

The history of interactions between human beings and their natural environment on this continent, with special attention to the Northeastern region. Trans-formations of forests, homes, farms, and industrial workplaces will be considered. Cultural, economic, political and technological perspectives on the relationship between humans and nature from pre-Columbian to late 20th-century times.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     H
SBC:     ESI, STAS

3 credits

HIS 366: Carceral Studies: Histories of Policing, Prisons, and Surveillance

With 2.2 million people in prison and nearly 6.5 million people under the auspices of the criminal justice system (via probation or parole), the United States, which has only 5 percent of the world's general population, now imprisons twenty five percent of the world's prison population. How did the United States come to have the world's highest rate of incarceration and one so sharply racially disproportionate? This course traces the development of what some have termed the 'New Jim Crow' and a 'prison empire' by viewing American history through the lens of race, crime, punishment policing, and prisons.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     DIV, SBS+

3 credits

HIS 368: Health and Disease in Africa

Health and disease lie at the intersection of social, political, economic, biological, and cultural processes. In other words, they have changed throughout human history, and they are not just defined by scientists and doctors but by many more actors. This course has two goals: to introduce students to the study of disease and health as historical phenomena and to examine Africa's importance within global and regional histories of these subjects. We will explore how the experiences of sickness and well-being have changed over time. This course is offered as both AFS 368 and HIS 368.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     J
SBC:     SBS+

3 credits

HIS 369: Religion and Politics in Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa is home to many religions' indigenous belief systems, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam It is also arguably a region with a history of peaceful coexistence until recent decades. This course examines African religious transformations, encounters, exchanges, and conflicts. Topics to be covered include medieval and modern theocracies, reformism and jihad, literacy, gender hierarchies, education, European colonialism and Christian proselytization, Islamic evangelism, and religion and resistance to foreign domination. We will also explore theories about charismatic leadership, modernization, secularization, and radicalism. This course is offered as both AFS 369 and HIS 369.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     J
SBC:     CER, SBS+

3 credits

HIS 370: US Social History from 1860 to 1940

Development of American society and culture from the late 19th c. to the start of World War Two. Examination of the impact of the second industrial revolution, urbanization, and immigration on class, gender, and race relations. Special emphasis on the evolution of modern consumer culture, mass media, and advertising. Formerly offered as HIS 292; not for credit in addition to HIS 292.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     DIV, SBS+

3 credits

HIS 371: Law and Society in American History, 1620-1877

This course examines the interaction between law and society in America from the period of European colonization through the mid 19th century. Some of the themes we will examine are: the clash of native and European legal systems; the adoption and adaptation of European law, particularly English law, to the circumstances of the American colonies; the development of the profession of law; changing definitions of crime and penal practices; shifts in women's legal status and their relationship to everyday practices and opportunities for women; the changing legal status of children; and transformations in the law of servitude, slavery, race, and emancipation. Witches, judges, women, lawyers, bankrupts, laborers, Native Americans, servants and slaves are some of the groups we encounter in assessing the forces that shaped American legal culture and its institutions. No prior knowledge of law is necessary.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     DIV, SBS+

3 credits

HIS 373: Global 1960s

For those who lived through it, the 1960s were a tumultuous decade marked both by utopianism and the harsh realities of political repression. Cultural revolutions, student protests, Cold War battles fought in the Third World and Eastern Europe, and the radicalization of civil rights struggles all converged. How do we make sense of the 1960s as a transnational, global set of experiences whose revolutionary heroes from Che Guevara to The Beatles and imagery were deeply intertwined? This course will examine various foundational texts from the period, including films, music and poster art, while exploring the multiple contexts of the 'Global Sixties,' from Cuba to Prague, Paris to Berkeley, Beijing to Mexico City.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

SBC:     GLO, SBS+

3 credits

HIS 374: Surveillance State: A History of U.S. Domestic Spying

Recent discoveries prompted by Edward Snowden's public revelations concerning the domestic spying activities of the National Security Agency have revived an international debate over whether the United States has constructed a post-911 'surveillance state.' Despite the contemporary nature of this debate over privacy versus security, there is a long and contested history of U.S. domestic spying. This course considers that history. The class will place the development of a surveillance state in the historical context of wars as well as on racial and ethnic demographic and political changes.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     F
SBC:     SBS+

3 credits

HIS 379: Rebels & Revolutionaries: 1960s Latin America

With his long hair and irreverence toward authority, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara became a symbol of both countercultural rebellion and social revolution during the 1960s globally. This course explores the intertwined relationship between 'rebels and revolutionaries' embodied in the figure of Guevara in Latin America during this period. Using a diverse range of secondary and primary sources, including memoir, film, music, and diplomatic correspondence, this course examines the themes of guerrilla insurgency, military repression, student protest, youth counterculture, and U.S. interventionism during this transformative decade.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

SBC:     GLO, SBS+

3 credits

HIS 380: Topics in Latin-American History

May be repeated as the topic changes.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     J
SBC:     SBS+

3 credits

HIS 381: Chocolate, Coffee & Cocaine: Global Commodities

A study of world commodities to learn about and reflect on the connections and contributions of Latin America to the world economy and world culture. Students learn about such products as cocoa, sugar, silver, coffee, rubber, bananas, and cocaine, and the special ways their new histories shed light on the history of Latin Americans, world consumption, and globalization from 1500 to the present. Not for credit in addition to HIS 258.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     J
SBC:     DIV, GLO, SBS+

3 credits

HIS 383: The World of Jane Austen; Jane Austen in the World

An examination of the social, political and cultural milieux and legacies of Jane Austen's famous novels, including the contours of English provincial and gentry society in the Revolutionary, Napoleonic and Regency periods (1792-1820). Topics will include class and sociability; the functions of the country house; gender and family relations; the pleasures and dangers of urban culture; fashion and leisure pursuits, including tourism; women, theatre and print culture; the impact of empire, war and radical politics on social and political relations of the day, and the details of Jane Austen's own life, along the ways in which Austen novels were appropriated and used by subsequent generations and in different cultural contexts, from the Victorian critics to twentieth-century Bollywood film adaptations to twenty-first century blogs.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

SBC:     HFA+, SBS+

3 credits

HIS 385: Aztec Civilization

An introduction to the historical development of the Aztec Civilization in the ancient Mesoamerican World. Combining historical, anthropological, art historical, and literary sources, we will trace the rise and decline of the Aztec empire, as well as its social and cultural achievements and imperial problems on the eve of the European arrival. We will explore the conquest of Mexico from the Aztec point of view, and we will conclude with an examination of the ways in which Aztec culture have survived to this day.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     J
SBC:     ESI, SBS+

3 credits

HIS 386: The Maya

For many, the word 'Maya' evokes images of a long dead culture and ruined pyramids. This course uses that familiarity as a starting point and follows the history of the Maya from ancient times to the present. We begin with an overview of what scholars know about the ancient Maya before tracing their experiences since the Spanish conquest, placing emphasis on Spanish colonization in the lowland areas of Mesoamerica, Mexico's War of the Castas, and the diverse experiences of the modern Maya including the Guatemalan Civil War and the Chiapas uprising, the impact of foreign tourism, and the experience of transnational migration. Special attention will be paid to the ways in which environmental and agrarian issues have impacted this diverse group of peoples. Offered as both HIS 386 and SUS 386. Formerly offered as EHM 386; not for credit in addition to EHM 386.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     J
SBC:     SBS+

3 credits

HIS 387: Cuba: Island of Consequence

This is an historical simulations class that replays the impact of the Cuban Revolution on a global scale during the 1960s. The first part of the course is dedicated to researching individual roles and reading about the geopolitics of the 1960s from a Latin American perspective. The second part of the course divides students into country teams and places individuals directly into the historical period as actors in an unfolding drama with multiple possible outcomes. Students are expected to demonstrate full commitment to the role-playing element of the course.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

SBC:     ESI, GLO, SBS+

3 credits

HIS 389: Mexico: From Revolutions to Cartels, 1810-2020

The history of Mexico from independence in 1810 to the present crisis. The course explores the relationships among agrarian development, social movements, and state building in Mexican history. Topics include 19th-century instability and liberal reform, and the 20th-century revolution and its legacy for modern Mexican politics.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     J
SBC:     DIV, SBS+

3 credits

HIS 390: Topics in Ancient History

Designed for upper-division students, this course provides an in-depth study of a specific topic relating to ancient history. May be repeated as the topic changes.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     I
SBC:     SBS+

3 credits

HIS 391: Topics in Ancient and Medieval Europe

Designed for upper-division students, this course provides an in-depth study of a specific topic relating to ancient and Medieval Europe. May be repeated as the topic changes.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     I
SBC:     SBS+

3 credits

HIS 392: Topics in Early Modern Europe

Designed for upper-division students, this course provides an in-depth study of a specific topic relating to early modern Europe. May be repeated as the topic changes.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     I
SBC:     SBS+

3 credits

HIS 393: Topics in Modern European History

Designed for upper-division students, this course provides an in-depth study of a specific topic relating to modern European history. May be repeated as the topic changes.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     I
SBC:     SBS+

3 credits

HIS 396: Topics in U.S. History

Designed for upper-division students, this course provides an in-depth study of a specific topic relating to American history. With a focus on U.S. history, topics may include the rise of the American corporation in the 19th and 20th centuries; economic history and changing population patterns; and popular music and society. May be repeated as the topic changes.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     SBS+

3 credits

HIS 397: Topics in History of U.S. Immigration and Ethnicity

Topics may include Asian and Pacific Islanders throughout American history; and Latino immigration from 1848 to the present. May be repeated as the topic changes.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     K & 4

3 credits

HIS 398: Topics in the History of Science, Medicine and Technology

May be repeated as the topic changes.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     H
SBC:     STAS

3 credits

HIS 399: Topics in U.S. History

Designed for upper-division students, this course provides an in-depth study of a specific topic relating to American history. With a focus on U.S. history, past topics have included titles such Race, Religion, and Gender; Disease in Modern America; and Early American Commerce and Culture. May be repeated as the topic changes.

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC:     K & 4
SBC:     SBS+

3 credits

HIS 401: Senior Colloquium

Advanced research, writing, and oral presentation seminar. May be repeated as the topic changes.

Corequisite: permission of the department

SBC:     EXP+, SPK, WRTD

3 credits

HIS 444: Experiential Learning

This course is designed for students who engage in a substantial, structured experiential learning activity in conjunction with another class. Experiential learning occurs when knowledge acquired through formal learning and past experience are applied to a "real-world" setting or problem to create new knowledge through a process of reflection, critical analysis, feedback and synthesis. Beyond-the-classroom experiences that support experiential learning may include: service learning, mentored research, field work, or an internship.

Prerequisite: WRT 102 or equivalent; permission of the instructor and approval of the EXP+ contract (http://sb.cc.stonybrook.edu/bulletin/current/policiesandregulations/degree_requirements/EXPplus.php)

SBC:     EXP+

0 credit, S/U grading

HIS 447: Independent Readings in History

Intensive readings in history for qualified juniors and seniors under the close supervision of a faculty instructor on a topic chosen by the student in consultation with the faculty member. Semester Supplements to this Bulletin contain description when course is offered. May be repeated.

Prerequisites: A strong background in history; permission of instructor and department

1-3 credits

HIS 458: Speak Effectively Before an Audience

A zero credit course that may be taken in conjunction with any HIS course that provides opportunity to achieve the learning outcomes of the Stony Brook Curriculum's SPK learning objective.

Pre- or corequisite: WRT 102 or equivalent; permission of the instructor

SBC:     SPK

0 credit, S/U grading

HIS 459: Write Effectively in History

A zero credit course that may be taken in conjunction with any upper-division History course (with approval of the course instructor). The course provides opportunity to practice the skills and techniques of effective academic writing and satisfies the learning outcomes of the Stony Brook Curriculum's WRTD learning objective. Students will submit one ten-page paper or two five-page papers for approval by the Undergraduate Program Director (UPD) in History.

Corequisite: permission of the department

SBC:     WRTD

0 credit, S/U grading

HIS 487: Supervised Research

Qualified advanced undergraduates may carry out individual research projects under the direct supervision of a faculty member. May be repeated.

Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and either department or departmental research coordinator

SBC:     EXP+

0-6 credits

HIS 488: Internship

Participation in local, state, and national public and private agencies and organizations. May be repeated up to a limit of 12 credits.

Prerequisites: 15 credits in history; permission of instructor and department

SBC:     EXP+

0-6 credits, S/U grading

HIS 495: Senior Honors Project in History

First course of a two-semester project for history majors who are candidates for the degree with honors. Arranged in consultation with the department, the project involves independent study and writing a paper under the close supervision of an appropriate instructor on a suitable topic selected by the student. Students enrolled in HIS 495 are obliged to complete HIS 496. Students receive only one grade upon completion of the sequence.

Prerequisite: Admission to the history honors program

3 credits

HIS 496: Senior Honors Project in History

Second course of a two-semester project for history majors who are candidates for the degree with honors. Arranged in consultation with the department, the project involves independent study and writing a paper under the close supervision of an appropriate instructor on a suitable topic selected by the student. Students enrolled in HIS 495 are obliged to complete HIS 496. Students receive only one grade upon completion of the sequence.

Prerequisite: Admission to the history honors program

SBC:     EXP+

3 credits