Course Listing
Lower Division courses are listed in only one category in the list below. However, some courses may count towards multiple distribution categories. See individual course descriptions and/or B.A. degree program in history requirements for details.
In 2010, the college transitioned to a new course numbering system in preparation for the migration to the CUNYfirst platform. Old course numbers - if available - are provided in the parenthesis after the "/" symbol.
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Required courses for history majors
- The Historian's Craft: Theories and Methods (HIST 2001W / HIST 10W)
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Lower division courses
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General Surveys
- The Shaping of the Modern World (HIST 1101)
- American Pluralism to 1877 (HIST 1201)
- American Pluralism Since 1877 (HIST 1202)
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History pre-1500 C.E.
- Mediterranean and European Cultures to 1500 (HIST 3001 / HIST 21)
- Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Europe to 1800 (HIST 3002 / HIST 21.1)
- The Global Middle Ages (HIST 3003 / HIST 21.2)
- The Rise of Macedon (HIST 3015)
- Ancient Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great (HIST 3021)
- The Hellenistic World (HIST 3022)
- Rome: From its Origins to the Death of Julius Caesar (HIST 3023)
- Rome: From Julius Caesar to Constantine (HIST 3024)
- Death and Afterlife in the Ancient World (HIST 3025)
- Ancient Egypt (HIST 3030 / HIST 21.8)
- Medieval Europe (HIST 3031)
- Medieval Christianity (HIST 3033 / HIST 22)
- Early Modern Europe (HIST 3040 / HIST 24)
- Early Modern Religious Transformations (& Their Historical Effects) (HIST 3044)
- Russian Empire to the Great Reforms (HIST 3070 / HIST 24.8)
- Special Topics in History Before 1500 CE (HIST 3090 / HIST 24.9)
- Ancient Jewish History (HIST 3100 / HIST 50)
- Medieval Jewish History (HIST 3101 / HIST 23.3)
- Ancient Mediterranean Religions (HIST 3310 / HIST 30.21)
- The Shaping of the Islamic World: From Origins to Modernity (HIST 3317)
- Islamic Perspectives on Reason, Science and, Culture (HIST 3352)
- Land of the Dragon Throne: Imperial China and its Origins (HIST 3530 / HIST 53.1)
- Mysticism, Magic, and Ritual in Ancient China (HIST 3532 / HIST 53.5)
- Land of the Rising Sun: Ancient and Medieval Japan (HIST 3536 / HIST 53.3)
- States, Kingdoms and Trade: Africa to 1800 (HIST 3560 / HIST 55.1)
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African, Asian, Caribbean, Latin American, Middle Eastern history
- Colonial Latin America (HIST 3510 / HIST 51.1)
- Modern Latin America (HIST 3512 / HIST 51.2)
- The History of the Caribbean Societies to the End of Slavery (HIST 3515 / HIST 51.5)
- History of the Modern Caribbean (HIST 3517 / HIST 51.6)
- Revolutionary China (HIST 3534 / HIST 53)
- People?s China (HIST 3535)
- Modern Japan (HIST 3538 / HIST 53.4)
- The Jewel in the Crown: British Imperialism and Indian Nationalism (HIST 3543 / HIST 53.7)
- Women in Indian History (1800-Present) (HIST 3545 / HIST 53.9)
- Gandhi, India, and the World (HIST 3548)
- History of the Middle East in the Twentieth Century (HIST 3550 / HIST 54)
- The Sephardic Heritage (HIST 3552 / HIST 54.1)
- From Empire to Nation-State: the Emergence of Modern Turkey 1800-present (HIST 3554 / HIST 54.2)
- Narratives of Turkey: Making Histories and Memories (HIST 3557 / HIST 54.4)
- Africa in World History Since 1800 (HIST 3561 / HIST 55.2)
- Special Topics in Asian, Caribbean, Latin American, and Middle Eastern History (HIST 3590 / HIST 58.9)
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European history
- England from the Wars of the Roses to the Glorious Revolution (HIST 3050 / HIST 24.5)
- Love, Death, and Magic in Europe, 1500-1800 (HIST 3080)
- Mystics, Pietists, and Heretics: Early Modern Jewish History (HIST 3102 / HIST 23.4)
- Kabbalah and Messianism (HIST 3103 / HIST 23.5)
- The Hasidic Movement: Its History and Literature (HIST 3104 / HIST 23.6)
- Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Europe from 1800 (HIST 3206 / HIST 27.8)
- The Ordeal of Europe, 1880-1945 (HIST 3208 / HIST 26.6)
- Europe Since 1945 (HIST 3209 / HIST 26.7)
- Terrorism in Modern Europe (HIST 3210 / HIST 27.6)
- The Jews in Modern Europe (HIST 3212 / HIST 28.3)
- England from the Age of Revolution to the Present (HIST 3220 / HIST 25.2)
- The French Revolution and its Legacies (HIST 3230 / HIST 26.4)
- Modern France (HIST 3231 / HIST 25.3)
- Modern Germany: 1870 to the Present (HIST 3241 / HIST 25.8)
- Nazi Germany (HIST 3242 / HIST 25.9)
- History of the Holocaust (HIST 3243 / HIST 25.10)
- Russia from the Era of Great Reforms to the USSR?s Collapse (HIST 3252 / HIST 25.7)
- The Soviet Union as Multiethnic Empire (HIST 3254)
- Special Topics in European History (HIST 3290 / HIST 28.9)
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Transnational, comparative and/or global history
- The Soviet Union and the World (HIST 3255)
- The History of Christianity (HIST 3315 / HIST 30.2)
- The History of Childhood (HIST 3320 / HIST 30.4)
- The Atlantic World 1492-1713 (HIST 3323 / HIST 41.1)
- Slavery and Freedom: Comparative Perspectives (HIST 3325 / HIST 30.9)
- History of Sexuality in the Americas (HIST 3328 / HIST 30.31)
- Cities in History (HIST 3330 / HIST 30.5)
- Comparative Industrialization, Late 18th to Early 20th Centuries (HIST 3332 / HIST 27)
- History of Feminism (HIST 3335 / HIST 30.3)
- The Home and the World: Gender, Family, and Nation-State?A Cross-Cultural Perspective (HIST 3336)
- Gender, Race, and Empire (19th-20th centuries) (HIST 3337)
- History of the Future (HIST 3339)
- The United States and the Middle East (HIST 3345)
- The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, 1881-present (HIST 3350 / HIST 54.3)
- Main Currents in Contemporary World History (HIST 3360 / HIST 30.1)
- Myth and Memory in Modern World History (HIST 3370)
- What is Fascism? (HIST 3371)
- The Imperial World at War (HIST 3372)
- Religions of India, China and Japan (HIST 3373)
- Decolonization (HIST 3375)
- Applied History (HIST 3380)
- Special Topics in Transnational and Comparative History (HIST 3390 / HIST 38.9)
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United States history
- Indigenous History of the Americas (HIST 3374)
- American Constitutional History (HIST 3410 / HIST 43.2)
- The Black Atlantic: History and Film (HIST 3412 / HIST 43.5)
- African American History through 1865 (HIST 3413)
- African American History From 1865 (HIST 3414)
- Religious Experience in America (HIST 3416 / HIST 43.11)
- Daughters of the Promised Land: Women in American History (HIST 3418 / HIST 43.14)
- Colonial North America to 1763 (HIST 3419)
- The Revolutionary Generation (HIST 3420 / HIST 41.2)
- American Military History to 1900 (HIST 3424)
- Civil War and Reconstruction (HIST 3430 / HIST 41.3)
- The Frontier in American Culture (HIST 3435 / HIST 43.13)
- The Long Gilded Age, 1865-1930 (HIST 3440 / HIST 41.4)
- Twentieth-Century America: 1914-1945 (HIST 3441 / HIST 41.6)
- Twentieth-Century America: 1945-present (HIST 3442 / HIST 41.7)
- United States Foreign Relations since 1898 (HIST 3450 / HIST 43.1)
- Americans at War in the 20th and 21st Century (HIST 3452)
- The US and the Vietnam War (HIST 3453 / HIST 48)
- Mini-Course: Veterans, Memorials and American Memory (HIST 3454)
- Race, Ethnicity, and Migration: Histories and Discourses (HIST 3455 / HIST 43.16)
- Asian American History (HIST 3458)
- The Public and the Past: Encountering History Outside the Classroom (HIST 3460 / HIST 43.17)
- American Popular Culture (HIST 3462 / HIST 43.18)
- Creative Destruction: The History of American Captialism (HIST 3470 / HIST 43.6)
- American Dreams and Realities (HIST 3472 / HIST 46)
- American Environmental History (HIST 3475 / HIST 45)
- Cities and Nature in American History (HIST 3476)
- Medicine and Health in American History (HIST 3478)
- Bad Habits: Defining and Controlling the "Minor Vices" in Twentieth-Century America (HIST 3479)
- The History of New York City (HIST 3480 / HIST 44)
- Brooklyn History (HIST 3485 / HIST 44.1)
- Special Topics in American History (HIST 3490 / HIST 43.9)
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Other lower division courses
- Conservation and Preservation of Library and Archival Materials (HIST 3500)
- Introduction to Archival Management (HIST 3501)
- Guided Study (HIST 3600)
- Internship in Public History I (HIST 5900)
- Internship in Public History II (HIST 5901)
- Internship (HIST 5905)
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Upper division courses
- Colloquium in the History of Religion (HIST 4001 / HIST 61)
- Colloquium in History and Biography (HIST 4002 / HIST 62)
- Colloquium in Social History (HIST 4003 / HIST 63)
- Colloquium on Historical Writing (HIST 4004 / HIST 64)
- Colloquium in Political History (HIST 4005 / HIST 65)
- Colloquium in Cultural and Intellectual History (HIST 4006 / HIST 66)
- Colloquium on the History of Women, Gender, and Sexuality (HIST 4007 / HIST 67)
- Colloquium in Public History (HIST 4008)
- Colloquium in Environmental History (HIST 4009)
- Colloquium in Global History (HIST 4010)
- Colloquium in Economic History (HIST 4011)
- Colloquium in Race and Racism (HIST 4012)
- Oral History Theory and Practice (HIST 4200 / HIST 69.2)
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Independent studies
- Independent Study (HIST 5200 / HIST 79)
- Independent Research (HIST 5300 / HIST 83.1)
