Kevin Sheets, chair
Jared McBrady, 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, Danielle Candelora, Evan Faulkenbury, Laura Gathagan, Jared McBrady, Scott Moranda, Gigi Peterson, Anisha Saxena, Amy Schutt, 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

1. Degree Requirements  listed in this catalog apply to the majors offered by this department.
2. Liberal Arts Requirements: 90 credit hours

Courses

• 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
• HIS 545 - Issues in Women's History