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

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