History (HIST)

Explore and discuss the nature, context, and significance of current world events. Expand media literacy by critically evaluating evidence and sources. Students will examine contemporary world events to develop broad themes through reading and discussion. 1 credit (1 seminar hour)

Explore the history of humanity before the start of the Global Age in the 16th Century CE. From the experiences of early hominids through the appearance of settled communities, large-scale societies, and regional empires, the course will explain the development of increasingly complex human societies in representative cultures from the Americas, Sub-Saharan Africa, East and South Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the Pacific region. Examine the commonalties of the human experience as well as the diversity of each region’s culture. Investigate the growing connections between regions which eventually result in the Global Age. 3 credits (3 lecture hours), fall semester. This course satisfies the Liberal Arts and Sciences requirement and the SUNY General Education Requirement for Other World Civilization and World History & Global Awareness.

Explore the history of humanity in the Global Age. Beginning with the interregional connections made in the 16th Century CE, the course will draw upon the history of representative cultures from the Americas, Sub-Saharan Africa, East and South Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the Pacific region to outline the increasing interconnectedness of humanity. Examine the impact of global and regional conflicts, imperialism, trade, technology, social change, and climate on the human experience in order to understand the challenges facing the world today. 3 credits (3 lecture hours), spring semester. This course satisfies the Liberal Arts and Sciences requirement and the SUNY General Education Requirement for Other World Civilization and World History & Global Awareness.

Explore the American Experience from its origins, including the founding of the United States, the Early Republic, the Civil War, and finally, the Reconstruction Era ending in 1877. Learn about the key political, socio-economic, and cultural institutions that developed and evolved across the time period. Apply historical evidence to support conclusions about how various individuals and communities shaped the American Experience. 3 credits (3 lecture hours). This course satisfies the Liberal Arts and Sciences requirement and the SUNY General Education requirement for U. S. History and Civic Engagement.

Explore the American Experience from the end of Reconstruction in 1877 through to the present, including topics such as: the Western Frontier, industrialization, reform and civil rights movements, the World Wars and the Cold War, and the post-Cold War Era. Learn about the key political, socio-economic, and cultural institutions that developed and evolved across the time period. Apply historical evidence to support conclusions about how various individuals and communities shaped the American Experience. 3 credits (3 lecture hours). This course satisfies the Liberal Arts and Sciences requirement and the SUNY General Education requirement for U. S. History and Civic Engagement.

A world history of human action and interaction in the natural world. Explains changing populations, technological and economic developments in geographical and ecological terms. Attention given to the history of religious and philosophical ideas concerning the place of humans in nature. Also considered is the history of modern environmental ideas concerning the human impact on the environment. 3 credits (3 lecture hours), fall or spring semester. This course satisfies the Liberal Arts and Sciences requirement and the SUNY General Education Requirement for Other World Civilization and World History & Global Awareness.

This course surveys the broad sweep of Latin American and Caribbean history from Amerindian cultures before Columbus to the 21st century. The volatility of the multicultural societies of these lands, spilling over sometimes into fractious violence and brilliant creativity, will be a recurrent theme. Emphasis may vary between key personalities, social change, culture, conflict or gender. Students will be exposed to the main themes of Latin American and Caribbean history. 3 credits (3 lecture hours), fall or spring semester. This course satisfies the Liberal Arts and Sciences requirement and the SUNY General Education Requirement for Other World Civilization and World History & Global Awareness.

Explore the development of technology and its role in a variety of world societies in the era before the 18th Century. Examine not only the problems addressed by various technologies but also the side-effects of those technologies, using a broad and thought-provoking definition of technology. Examples will be drawn from agriculture, energy development, communications, navigation, warfare, construction, and transportation. 3 credits (3 lecture hours), fall semester. This course satisfies the Liberal Arts and Sciences requirements as well as the SUNY General Education requirements for World History and Global Awareness.

Explore the development of technology and its role in the Industrial Age of the last three centuries. See the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution in the United Kingdom of the 18th Century. Understand the forces driving one of the greatest and most profound changes in human history. Examine not only the problems addressed by various technologies, but also the often global side-effects of those technologies, using a broad and thought-provoking definition of technology. Examples will be drawn largely from 18th, 19th, and 20th Century Europe and North America and include technologies in such industries as: agriculture and food systems, energy development, material science, communications, information systems, warfare, and transportation. 3 credits (3 lecture hours). This course satisfies the Liberal Arts and Sciences requirements as well as the SUNY General Education requirements for World History and Global Awareness.

This course will focus on tracing African American history from its African origin through the experience of slavery to the present condition in the United States. Some of the objectives will be: to explore the rich African traditions and culture that were in place before slavery; to provide the analytical tools necessary to fully appreciate the Black struggle in its various dimensions; to critically assess the contributions of African Americans to American society from an economic, political and social viewpoint. Prerequisite: HIST 101, 102, or 103 3 credits (3 lecture hours), fall semester This course satisfies the Liberal Arts and Sciences requirement and the SUNY General Education Requirement for American History and US History & Civic Engagement.

Analysis and survey of the history, personalities and events that lead to United States involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to the present. The course is an overview of early Vietnamese history and its impact on the twentieth century French and American wars in Indochina. It will seek to answer the questions: why was the US in Vietnam? What was accomplished? What are the lessons of Vietnam? Prerequisite: Any 100-level HIST course, or permission of Instructor 3 credits (3 lecture hours) fall or Spring Semester This course satisfies the Liberal Arts and Sciences requirement.

This course will explore and analyze the role of women in the U.S. from 1607 to the present. It will critically assess women’s experiences and contributions to our nation—politically, socially, economically, and culturally using the tools of social science and historical analysis. Prerequisite: HIST 101, 102, 103 or SOCI 101 3 credits (3 lecture hours), spring semester This course satisfies the Liberal Arts and Sciences requirement and the SUNY General Education Requirement for American History and US History & Civic Engagement.

This course includes the social, political and economic history of New York State from Colonial times through the twentieth century. Topics may vary from semester to semester but will include: The Iroquois and Algonquians, the Dutch and English in Colonial New York, Slavery, the Revolutionary War, the Erie Canal, the Underground Railroad, Women’s Rights, The Shakers, The Mormons, The Abolitionist Movement, The Oneida Community, The Civil War, the Gilded Age, the World Wars and New York after World War II. Special attention is given to regional and Central New York History. Prerequisite: One of the following courses: HIST 101, HIST 102 or HIST 103 or permission of instructor 3 credits (3 lecture hours), fall semester This course satisfies the Liberal Arts and Sciences requirement and the SUNY General Education Requirement for American History and US History & Civic Engagement.

This is an advanced topics courses focused on the history of the non-Western world from 1914 to the present. The course will examine global economic, political, and cultural trends of the period with an emphasis on their impact on the non-Western world. Topics include: imperialism, decolonization, economic development and globalization, and cultural movements like Pan-Africanism, women rights, and religious fundamentalism. Prerequisite: COMM 105 or COMP 101. 3 credits (3 lecture hours). This course satisfies the Liberal Arts and Sciences requirement and the SUNY General Education Requirement for Other World Civilizations and World History & Global Awareness.

This is a general topics course covering the origins, events, and legacy of the First and Second World Wars. The course examines the nature of the wars including political and military strategy in the major theaters of each war. It discusses significant shifts in the balance of power between the great military powers of the world before, during, and after each conflict. Prerequisite: COMM 105 or COMP 101. 3 credits (3 lecture hours), fall or spring semester. This course satisfies the Liberal Arts and Sciences requirement and the SUNY General Education Requirement for Western Civilization and World History & Global Awareness.

This is a general topics course covering the origins, events, and legacy of the Cold War. The course discusses the Cold War as an ideological, military, and economic struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. It also looks at the struggle from the point of view of the so-called Third World countries including countries those in Latin America and the newly independent societies of Africa and Asia. Prerequisite: COMM 105 or COMP 101. 3 credits (3 lecture hours), fall or spring semester. This course satisfies the Liberal Arts and Sciences requirement and the SUNY General Education Requirement for Western Civilization and World History & Global Awareness.

This is an advanced topics course exploring the history of Russia. It emphasizes the time period from 1800 to the present, including the histories of the various societies of the region including: Imperial Russia, the Soviet Union, and the Post-Soviet Republics. The course traces key themes in Russian history including clashes with Western European culture and the drive to keep up with Western societies as well as exploring the role of Russia as a world power and its role in the cultural, political, and economic conflicts of the last two centuries. Prerequisite: COMM 105 or COMP 101. 3 credits (3 lecture hours) Offered in rotation with other 300-level Western/World courses. This course satisfies the Liberal Arts and Sciences requirement and the SUNY General Education Requirement for Other World Civilization and World History & Global Awareness.

This is an advanced topics course focusing on the history of science and medicine. The course surveys human understandings of the nature of the universe and of human beings, beginning with the Neolithic peoples and continuing through ancient cultures such as the Chinese and Greeks and on into the early development of modem science in Europe. It ends with a discussion of the broad developments in science and medicine occurring in the past 200 years of human history. This course can be taken for credit only once as either HIST 380 or STS 380. Prerequisite: COMM 105 or COMP 101. 3 credits (3 lecture hours) fall or spring This course satisfies the Liberal Arts and Sciences requirement and the SUNY General Education Requirement for Western Civilization.