Course Descriptions

A survey of the political, economic, intellectual, and cultural development of major early global civilizations, from the Agricultural Revolution (c. 10,000 B.C.E) to the sixteenth century C.E., and their frequent interactions. The course also examines the origins of many of the world's foremost religions (Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism and Islam), and considers the myriad ways the ancient, medieval and pre-modern eras have shaped the contemporary world. This course carries SUNY General Education World History and Global Awareness credit.

• History
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

A survey of modern world history since 1500; from the European colonization of the Americas in the 16th-17th centuries, to the 18th century Atlantic Revolutions, the 19th century Latin American Wars of Independence and the "Scramble for Africa," the Ming and Qing dynasties of China, the Meiji Restoration in Japan, the Russian Revolution, the 20th century age of total War, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Chinese Cultural Revolution, and the Fall of the Soviet bloc Significant attention will be given to the frequent, and consequential, interactions between global civilizations and cultures during the "Age of Overseas Discovery," the "New Imperialism" of the Victorian era, World Wars I and II, the Great Depression, the birth of the atomic age, the Cold War, the post-1945 era of decolonization, and emergence of the European Union and the Third World. This course carries SUNY General World History and Civic Engagement credit.

• History
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

• History
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

This course introduces students to the historical and cultural experiences of the various indigenous populations of North America. Additionally, special emphasis will be given to a number of specific indigenous groups within the 10 cultural regions of North America as we examine this topic from a compassionate yet unromanticized historiographical and cultural perspective. In short, we will work from the premise that Native Americans were active participants in producing that past, both before and after the European contact as opposed to being solely victims of oppression; we do this in order to gain a greater appreciation for their rich and diverse history and cultural status today. Through the lens of anthropology and history, this course will discuss and examine the various native cultures of North America including their origins and cultural development through time; the underlying similarities and the wide range of variability within these native societies; the impact of European cultural systems on these groups, and finally, we examine Native American societies as they are today. This course carries SUNY General Education World History and Global Awareness AND Diversity: Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice credit.Prerequisite: Take ENG-101 with a Minimum Grade of C-

• History
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

This course focuses on the era of global conflict between 1870 and 1945, from the Franco-Prussian War, the trenches of the 1914-18 Western Front and the beaches of WWII Normandy and Iwo Jima, to the Holocaust, the birth of the atomic age and the dawn of the Cold War. The First and Second World Wars were history's first modern, industrial, technological, multidimensional, total and global conflicts, whose legacy continues to shape the world today. Of particular interest will be the crucial interaction between war and society: how societies give form and substance to modern conflict and how wars, in turn, spark dramatic social, political and economic change.Prerequisite: Complete ENG 101 or Permission of Instructor.

• History
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

An examination and analysis of the causes, conduct, and impact of the U.S.-Soviet struggle for global supremacy between 1945 and 1991, popularly termed the "Cold War." Particular emphasis will be focused on the "Forgotten War" in Korea (1950-53); the Cuban Missile Crisis (when the world tottered on the brink of nuclear holocaust), and the Vietnam War, the longest and most divisive conflict in American history.Prerequisite: Take ENG-101 with a Minimum Grade of C-

• History
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

This course is a global history of medicine and disease, from antiquity to the present. It investigates the manifold ways in which plague, smallpox, typhus, syphilis, typhoid, cholera, tuberculosis, scurvy, malaria, influenza, COVID and other diseases have shaped human history, from the Paleolithic era, to ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome, the medieval Christian and Islamic worlds, the Age of Exploration, the Industrial Revolution and beyond. It also explores how civilization and human activity (agriculture, urbanization, trade, imperialism, war, migration, medical and technological progress etc.) have, in turn, influenced the origins and course of diseases, and generated history's greatest epidemics and pandemics.Prerequisite: Complete ENG-101

• History
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

This course focuses on "America's Century," from its victorious participation in the Second World War, through its rise to global political, military, economic and cultural preeminence during the Cold War, to the present. Using a variety of media and striking a judicious balance between foreign policy and domestic developments, this course covers the events, personalities and issues that have shaped Modern America. Major topics include, WWII, birth of the atomic age, McCarthyism, the mass consumer society of the 1950s, Cold War crises in Berlin, Cuba, Korea and Vietnam, LBJ's "Great Society," civil rights movement, Nixon and Watergate, the space race, Ford-Carter Years, Reagan Revolution, Clinton's Middle Way, America after 9/11 and the Obama presidency.Prerequisite: Take ENG-101 with a Minimum Grade of C-

• History
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

• Honors
• 1 Credit(s)
• (1) Contact Hour(s)

A course developed around major themes that will be approached from the perspective of various academic disciplines. This course is designed to facilitate in depth study of the topics selected each semester. The Honors Seminar will alternate between problem topics such as "Challenges of the Technological Society" and such philosophical considerations as "Justice: Absolute and Transitional Aspects." Open to all students interested in a particular seminar topic as well as Honors students. See Honors Director for details.Prerequisite: Take ENG-101 with a Minimum Grade of C-

• Honors
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)