Program: History [HIS] - SUNY Cortland - Modern Campus Catalog™

2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog

Mar 14, 2025

In addition to the required 100-level history courses in European or World History and the 200-level American history survey courses, all students must take HIS 290 (research methods), HIS 490 (a research seminar) and at least six hours at the 300 level or above in each of the following areas: United States history, European history, non-western history (Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East). For more information, contact the History Department .

Note: The bachelor of arts degree requires intermediate level (202) proficiency in a foreign language.

Career Potential

Public history (museum, archives)
Professional school, such as law or social work
College history teacher
Business

Required Courses: 36 credit hours

HIS 100 - The World to 1500 (3 cr. hr.)
and
HIS 101 - The World Since 1500 (3 cr. hr.)
or
HIS 110 - Western Civilization to 1715 (3 cr. hr.)
and
HIS 111 - Western Civilization since 1715 (3 cr. hr.)
and
HIS 200 - The United States to 1877 (3 cr. hr.)
and
HIS 201 - The United States Since 1877 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 290 - Historical Methods (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 490 - Seminar (3 cr. hr.)

Europe (including Russia) 300 level or above (6 cr. hr.):

HIS 318 - The History of Women in Modern Europe (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 333 - Russia, 850-1894 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 334 - Russia Since 1894 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 342 - Ancient Greece (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 343 - Roman History (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 344 - Medieval Europe: 300-1050 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 345 - Medieval Europe: 1050-1300 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 346 - Renaissance and Reformation (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 347 - Modern Europe: The French Revolution to World War I (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 348 - Europe Since 1914 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 349 - Central Europe 1798-1918 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 361 - Jews in the Ancient World (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 440 - Britain to 1688 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 441 - Britain Since 1688 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 442 - Tudor-Stuart England, 1485-1714 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 444 - France, 1715-1799: The Old Regime and French Revolution (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 445 - France 1800-1945 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 447 - Germany since 1815 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 448 - Rise and Fall of Nazi Germany (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 452 - War and Diplomacy: World War I (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 453 - War and Diplomacy: World War II (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 460 - The Holocaust (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 465 - The Soviet Union, 1917-1953 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 532 - Issues in European History Since 1500 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 538 - Teaching About Nazi Germany and the Holocaust (3 cr. hr.)

Non-Western (Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East) 300 level or above (6 cr. hr.):

HIS 321 - Africa, Human Origins to 1800 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 322 - Modern Africa, 1800-Present (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 325 - Colonial Latin America (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 326 - Modern Latin America (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 383 - Chinese Civilization (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 384 - Modern China (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 385 - History of Japan (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 386 - Modern East Asia (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 402 - History of Latin American-U.S. Relations (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 431 - South Africa (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 432 - World Environmental History (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 461 - Modern Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 531 - Issues in African History (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 533 - Issues in Asian History (3 cr. hr.)

United States 300 level or above (6 cr. hr.):

HIS 300 - Colonial America, 1450-1750 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 302 - Revolutionary America, 1750-1789 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 303 - The American Republic, 1789-1840 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 304 - The American Republic: 1840-1877 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 306 - The United States: 1877-1920 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 307 - The United States 1920-Present (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 309 - New York State (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 310 - American Intellectual and Cultural History to 1865 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 311 - American intellectual and Cultural History Since 1865 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 312 - African-American History to 1865 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 313 - African-American History Since 1865 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 315 - History of the American West (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 317 - Women in the United States (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 402 - History of Latin American-U.S. Relations (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 415 - History of American Education (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 419 - U.S. Radicalism (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 420 - U.S. Labor and Film (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 421 - U.S. Labor and Working-Class History (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 422 - History of U.S. Latinos (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 428 - The Civil Rights Movement in America (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 430 - The Vietnam War (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 509 - Issues in New York State History (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 523 - History of the American West (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 525 - Issues in the U.S. Civil War (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 528 - Issues in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 530 - Issues in African-American History (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 545 - Issues in Women's History (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 550 - Issues in Early-American History (3 cr. hr.)

Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 124

Example of the B.A. in History over four years

First Year

Fall Total credit hours: 16-17

Foreign language
GE course

COR 101 - The Cortland Experience: A First Year Seminar (1 cr. hr.)
CPN 100 - Writing Studies I (3 cr. hr.)
or
CPN 102 - Writing Studies in the Community I (4 cr. hr.)
HIS 100 - The World to 1500 (3 cr. hr.)
or
HIS 110 - Western Civilization to 1715 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 200 - The United States to 1877 (3 cr. hr.)

Spring Total credit hours: 16-17

Foreign language
GE course

CPN 101 - Writing Studies II (3 cr. hr.)
or
CPN 103 - Writing Studies in the Community II (4 cr. hr.)
HIS 101 - The World Since 1500 (3 cr. hr.)
or
HIS 111 - Western Civilization since 1715 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 201 - The United States Since 1877 (3 cr. hr.)

Second Year

Fall Total credit hours: 15

GE course
GE course
Foreign language
Upper level history
Upper level history
Or

HIS 290 - Historical Methods (3 cr. hr.)

Spring Total credit hours: 15

GE course
GE course
Foreign language
Upper level history
Upper level history
Or

HIS 290 - Historical Methods (3 cr. hr.)

Third Year

Fall Total credit hours: 15

Quantitative Skills
GE course
Upper level history
Upper level history or elective
Elective

Spring Total credit hours: 15

Upper level history
Upper level history
Elective
Elective
Elective

Fourth Year

Fall Total credit hours: 16

Elective
Elective
Elective
Elective
Elective - 1 cr. hr.

HIS 490 - Seminar (3 cr. hr.)
or upper level history

Spring Total credit hours: 15

Elective
Elective
Elective
Elective

HIS 490 - Seminar (3 cr. hr.)
or upper level history

Note:

History majors must take at least six credit hours of upper-level history courses (300 level or above) in each of the following areas: United States, Europe, non-Western.

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Career Potential

Required Courses: 36 credit hours

Europe (including Russia) 300 level or above (6 cr. hr.):

Non-Western (Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East) 300 level or above (6 cr. hr.):

United States 300 level or above (6 cr. hr.):

Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 124

Example of the B.A. in History over four years

First Year

Fall Total credit hours: 16-17

Spring Total credit hours: 16-17

Second Year

Fall Total credit hours: 15

Spring Total credit hours: 15

Third Year

Fall Total credit hours: 15

Spring Total credit hours: 15

Fourth Year

Fall Total credit hours: 16

Spring Total credit hours: 15

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