2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog
History Department
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Kevin Sheets, chair
TBD, coordinator of adolescence education: social studies (7-12)
Laura Gathagan, graduate coordinator
Old Main, Room 212
607-753-2723
Fax: 607-753-5598
Email: history.department@cortland.edu
cortland.edu/history
School of Arts and Sciences
Faculty
Girish Bhat, Evan Faulkenbury, Laura Gathagan, Scott Moranda, Anisha Saxena, Kevin Sheets, Randi Storch, Bekeh Ukelina
Adjunct Faculty
For a listing of adjunct faculty see the Faculty and Administration section.
Degrees and Minors
Bachelor of Arts in History
Bachelor of Arts in Adolescence Education: Social Studies and History (7-12)
Minor in History
Description
The History Department offers two majors, one in history and one in history combined with preparation for teaching social studies to students in grades 7-12. Both require 42 hours of history, including advanced level course work in U.S., Europe, Asia/Latin America/Africa/Middle East and Global/Transnational history. History majors are encouraged to deepen their experience by exploring options for minors, internships, public history projects and study abroad programs.
Special Features
- Teacher certification
- History Club
- Study abroad programs
- Public history internships
- History Honors Society
- Individualized research projects
- Field experience at Raquette Lake in the Adirondacks
Requirements
- Degree Requirements listed in this catalog apply to the majors offered by this department.
- Liberal Arts Requirements: 90 credit hours
Major
Dual Major
Minor
- • AED 300 - Teaching Secondary Social Studies
- • AED 301 - Pre-Practice Teaching Seminar
- • AED 310 - Writing in Social Studies
- • AED 315 - Foundations of Secondary Social Studies
- • AED 400 - Student Teaching I: Adolescence Education Social Studies
- • AED 401 - Student Teaching II: Adolescence Education Social Studies
- • AED 402 - Student Teaching Seminar
- • HIS 100 - The World to 1500
- • HIS 101 - The World Since 1500
- • HIS 110 - Western Civilization to 1500
- • HIS 111 - Western Civilization since 1500
- • HIS 129 - Special Topics in History
- • HIS 180 - Why Global History Matters
- • HIS 190 - Why U.S. History Matters
- • HIS 200 - The United States to 1877
- • HIS 201 - The United States Since 1877
- • HIS 229 - Special Topics in History
- • HIS 280 - Introduction to Public History
- • HIS 290 - Historical Methods
- • HIS 300 - Colonial America, 1450-1750
- • HIS 302 - Revolutionary America, 1750-1789
- • HIS 303 - The American Republic, 1789-1840
- • HIS 304 - The American Republic: 1840-1877
- • HIS 305 - Civil War: Then and Now
- • HIS 306 - The United States: 1877-1920
- • HIS 307 - The United States 1920-Present
- • HIS 308 - Raquette Lake Field Experience
- • HIS 309 - New York State
- • HIS 310 - American Intellectual and Cultural History to 1865
- • HIS 311 - American intellectual and Cultural History Since 1865
- • HIS 312 - African-American History to 1865
- • HIS 313 - African-American History Since 1865
- • HIS 314 - Native-American History
- • HIS 315 - History of the American West
- • HIS 316 - Tourism and Environment in the Adirondacks
- • HIS 317 - Women in the United States
- • HIS 318 - The History of Women in Modern Europe
- • HIS 321 - Africa, Human Origins to 1800
- • HIS 322 - Modern Africa, 1800-Present
- • HIS 323 - History of African Development
- • HIS 324 - Gender, Race, and Class in Latin American History
- • HIS 325 - Colonial Latin America
- • HIS 326 - Modern Latin America
- • HIS 327 - Latin American Revolutions in the 20th Century
- • HIS 328 - Global History of the Spanish Civil War
- • HIS 329 - Special Topics in History
- • HIS 334 - Russia Since 1894
- • HIS 341 - Gender and Power in Medieval Europe
- • HIS 342 - Ancient Greece
- • HIS 343 - Roman History
- • HIS 344 - Medieval Europe: 300-1050
- • HIS 345 - Medieval Europe: 1050-1300
- • HIS 346 - Renaissance and Reformation
- • HIS 348 - Europe Since 1914
- • HIS 349 - Central Europe 1789-1918
- • HIS 352 - Introduction to Oral History
- • HIS 361 - Jews in the Ancient World
- • HIS 370 - Eurasia: West-East Perspectives, 800-1500
- • HIS 381 - The World of the Silk Road, 800-1500
- • HIS 383 - Chinese Civilization
- • HIS 384 - Modern China
- • HIS 385 - History of Japan
- • HIS 386 - Modern East Asia
- • HIS 398 - Internship in Public History
- • HIS 399 - Teaching and Learning of History
- • HIS 402 - History of Latin American-U.S. Relations
- • HIS 415 - History of American Education
- • HIS 416 - History of Children and Youth in America
- • HIS 419 - U.S. Radicalism
- • HIS 420 - U.S. Labor and Film
- • HIS 421 - U.S. Labor and Working-Class History
- • HIS 422 - History of U.S. Latinos
- • HIS 428 - The Civil Rights Movement in America
- • HIS 429 - Special Topics in History
- • HIS 431 - South Africa
- • HIS 432 - World Environmental History
- • HIS 433 - Slavery in World History
- • HIS 436 - Medieval England: There and Back Again
- • HIS 441 - Britain since 1688
- • HIS 447 - Germany since 1815
- • HIS 448 - Rise and Fall of Nazi Germany
- • HIS 450 - Tourism in World History
- • HIS 460 - The Holocaust
- • HIS 461 - Modern Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
- • HIS 465 - The Soviet Union, 1917-1953
- • HIS 490 - Seminar
- • HIS 491 - Readings in History
- • HIS 492 - Senior Tutorial
- • HIS 499 - Research Experience in History
- • HIS 509 - Issues in New York State History
- • HIS 523 - History of the American West
- • HIS 524 - Issues in 19th Century U.S. History
- • HIS 525 - Issues in the U.S. Civil War
- • HIS 528 - Issues in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement
- • HIS 529 - Special Topics in History
- • HIS 530 - Issues in African-American History
- • HIS 531 - Issues in African History
- • HIS 532 - Issues in European History Since 1500
- • HIS 533 - Issues in Asian History
- • HIS 538 - Teaching About Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
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