Course Listing
§Independent work means not less than three additional hours each week of conference, research, reading, and writing as assigned by the instructor. The student's grade is determined in part by the successful completion of this independent work.
The college has recently transitioned to a new course numbering system in preparation for the migration to the CUNYfirst platform. Old course numbers are provided in the parenthesis after the "/" symbol.
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Required courses for history majors
- Introduction to the Study of History (HIST 2001W / HIST 10W)
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Lower division courses
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Ancient, medieval & early modern European history
- Western Civilization to 1500 (HIST 3001 / HIST 21)
- Women in Europe: to 1800 (HIST 3002 / HIST 21.1)
- War and Peace: from Antiquity to 1815 (HIST 3003 / HIST 21.2)
- Ancient Greece (HIST 3010 / HIST 21.4)
- The Rise of Macedon (HIST 3015)
- Rome and the Mediterranean World (HIST 3020 / HIST 21.5)
- Ancient Egypt (HIST 3030 / HIST 21.8)
- Christianity and the Church in Medieval Europe (HIST 3033 / HIST 22)
- The European Renaissance (HIST 3040 / HIST 24)
- Kings, Courts, and Society in Early Modern Europe (HIST 3042 / HIST 24.1)
- England from the Wars of the Roses to the Glorious Revolution (HIST 3050 / HIST 24.5)
- History of Russia to the Great Reforms (HIST 3070 / HIST 24.8)
- Special Topics in Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern European History (HIST 3090 / HIST 24.9)
- Medieval Jewish History (HIST 3101 / HIST 23.3)
- 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)
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Modern European history
- Women in Modern Europe (HIST 3206 / HIST 27.8)
- Socialism, Anarchism, and Marxism in Europe, 1789 to the Present (HIST 3207 / HIST 27.7)
- The Ordeal of Europe, 1880-1945 (HIST 3208 / HIST 26.6)
- Europe Since 1945 (HIST 3209 / HIST 26.7)
- Terror and 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 Welfare State (HIST 3220 / HIST 25.2)
- Age of the French Revolution and Its Aftermath (HIST 3230 / HIST 26.4)
- France from Napoleon to the Present (HIST 3231 / HIST 25.3)
- Modern Germany: 1870 to the Present (HIST 3241 / HIST 25.8)
- Nazi Germany (HIST 3242 / HIST 25.9)
- The History of the Holocaust (HIST 3243 / HIST 25.10)
- Russia from the Era of Reforms (HIST 3252 / HIST 25.7)
- Modern Italy (HIST 3261 / HIST 25.11)
- Special Topics in Modern European History (HIST 3290 / HIST 28.9)
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Transnational and comparative history
- Pagans, Christians, and Jews (HIST 3310 / HIST 30.21)
- Jesus and the Christian Tradition (HIST 3315 / HIST 30.2)
- Childhood in the Western World (HIST 3320 / HIST 30.4)
- The Atlantic World 1492-1713 (HIST 3323 / HIST 41.1)
- Slavery in the Atlantic World (HIST 3325 / HIST 30.9)
- History of Sexuality in the Americas (HIST 3328 / HIST 30.31)
- The Modern City in the Western World (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)
- Gender, Race, and Empire (19th-20th centuries) (HIST 3337)
- 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)
- Special Topics in Transnational and Comparative History (HIST 3390 / HIST 38.9)
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United States history
- American Pluralism to 1877 (HIST 3401 / HIST 13)
- America since 1865 (HIST 3402 / HIST 14)
- American Social History through the Civil War (HIST 3403 / HIST 43.3)
- American Social History from Reconstruction (HIST 3404 / HIST 43.4)
- Ideas That Made America, 1607-1865 (HIST 3405 / HIST 43.7)
- American Thought from the Civil War (HIST 3406 / HIST 43.8)
- American Constitutional History (HIST 3410 / HIST 43.2)
- Afro-American History (HIST 3412 / HIST 43.5)
- Religious Experience in America (HIST 3416 / HIST 43.11)
- Daughters of the Promised Land: Women in American History (HIST 3418 / HIST 43.14)
- The Revolutionary Generation (HIST 3420 / HIST 41.2)
- 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)
- Immigration and Ethnicity in American History (HIST 3455 / HIST 43.16)
- History of Children, Public Policy, and the Law in the United States (HIST 3457 / HIST 43.21)
- The Public and the Past: Encountering History Outside the Classroom (HIST 3460 / HIST 43.17)
- American Popular Culture (HIST 3462 / HIST 43.18)
- American Economic History (HIST 3470 / HIST 43.6)
- American Dreams and Realities (HIST 3472 / HIST 46)
- American Environmental History (HIST 3475 / HIST 45)
- 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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African, Asian, Caribbean, Latin American, Middle Eastern history
- Ancient Jewish History (HIST 3100 / HIST 50)
- Colonial Latin America (HIST 3510 / HIST 51.1)
- Modern Latin America (HIST 3512 / HIST 51.2)
- The History of Caribbean Societies from the European Conquest to the End of Slavery (HIST 3515 / HIST 51.5)
- History of the Modern Caribbean (HIST 3517 / HIST 51.6)
- History of Social Movements in Latin America (HIST 3520 / HIST 51.7)
- History of Social Movements in Latin America (HIST 3521W / HIST 51.7W)
- 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)
- Revolutionary China (HIST 3534 / HIST 53)
- Land of the Rising Sun: Ancient and Medieval Japan (HIST 3536 / HIST 53.3)
- 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)
- India and Vietnam: The Struggle for Freedom (HIST 3546 / HIST 53.11)
- 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)
- States, Kingdoms and Trade: Africa to 1800 (HIST 3560 / HIST 55.1)
- Contact, Contest and Independence: Africa 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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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 Historians and 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 in Women's History (HIST 4007 / HIST 67)
- Introduction to Archival Management (HIST 4100 / HIST 69.1)
- Conservation and Preservation of Library and Archival Materials (HIST 4190)
- Oral History Theory and Practice (HIST 4200 / HIST 69.2)
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European history
- The Shaping of the Modern World (HIST 3005)
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Seminars, internships and independent studies
- Seminar (HIST 5000 / HIST 70)
- Internship in Public History I (HIST 5100 / HIST 78.1)
- Internship in Public History II (HIST 5101 / HIST 78.2)
- Internship (HIST 5105 / HIST 78.3)
- Independent Study (HIST 5200 / HIST 79)
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United States history
- African American History through 1865 (HIST 3413)
- African American History From 1865 (HIST 3414)
- Cities and Nature in American History (HIST 3476)
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Honors courses
- Independent Research (HIST 5300 / HIST 83.1)
