52 courses with the subject HIST, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
Civilization (2A 1) 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 A historical survey of the development of ideas and institutions in Ancient China, India, the Near East, Greece, and Rome. Emphasis is on their political, economic, social, legal, religious, cultural, and intellectual achievements. Consultation of primary sources in translation.
Early Modern Western Civilization (2A1) 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 The development of Western civilization from the beginning of the Middle Ages to the French Revolution; the major political, intellectual, religious, economic, and social movements which transformed Western civilization from a medieval to a modern society. Materials drawn from texts and original sources.
Western Civilization (2A1) 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 The development of Western civilization from the French Revolution. Major political, economic, intellectual, social, and scientific forces considered. Focus is on the impact of major ideologies – including liberalism, socialism, and nationalism, as well as the emergence of totalitarianism. Readings include textual and original source material.
Civilization I: Colonial Period Through Reconstruction (2B 2) 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 The development of American civilization examined from its origins through the aftermath of the Civil War. Deals with vital political, economic, social, and cultural forces and institutions. The Revolutionary era, the Constitutional period, the Jacksonian, Civil War, and reconstruction eras, and such developments as sectionalism, nationalism, and industrialization are surveyed. Readings include textual and original source materials. Course qualifies as Pathways Common Core 2A–World Cultu Course qualifies as Pathways Common Core 2B–U.S. Experi
3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 This course focuses on the history of globalization since 1500 and takes a look at 20th century events (Great War, Second World War, Cold War) from a global perspective. Due to the fact that these events are usually covered from a Western, namely European or US, perspective, this course will focus on regions that are usually overlooked. It will deal, for example, with Africa, the Middle East and South and Southeast Asia. The students will learn about the origins of our multicultural world in the 21st century and analyze culture based stereotypes and prejudices. Besides political and economic questions, the role of world religions and the big -isms (Colonialism, Nationalism, and Imperialism) will be explained and discussed.
Asian Civilizations (2A1) 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 This course is a survey of the history of East Asia, and will examine the social, cultural, political, economic, and diplomatic development of the region, including China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. Topics of discussion will include the impact of Western imperialism, strategies of modernization, the rise of nationalism, Asian communist movements, World War II, the Cold War and Post Cold War era.
(2B2) 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 Survey of the political, social, economic, and cultural history of the Empire State from colonial times to the modern era. Analysis of the forces and conditions that have made New York the financial and cultural capital of the United States. Secondary sources are supplemented by primary sources such as maps, diaries, journals, letters and government documents. res and Global Issues. ence and Its Diversity. 192
Ancient Times to Independence (1500 BC - 1825) (2A1) 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 The course is a survey of Latin American and Caribbean history from pre-Columbian times through the age of exploration, conquest, and colonization. The course will examine the social, political, economic and cultural institutions of the Aztec, Mayan, and Inca civilizations as well as those of the Spanish and Portuguese, English, French, and Dutch empires. Special emphasis will be given to the conflicts between indigenous and European cultures, their fusion and the emergence of a new and distinct Latin American Civilization.
From Prehistoric Times to the Present (2A1) 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 A comparative historical exploration of women’s roles in public and private life in various world societies from the Paleolithic era to the present. Particular emphasis will be placed upon the contri- bution women have made to political, intellectual, economic, and social developments within diverse cultures. Topics discussed will include: male and female perceptions of sex roles and gender norms in various societies; women’s roles within the family; modes of social, economic, and political participation for women outside the family; female education, and gynecological knowledge. Readings will be drawn from a wide array of primary sources, as well as important secondary literature.
3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 Focus is on the changing conceptions of health and the process of defining and treating disease within the Western world. Includes a brief survey of primitive, ancient, and medieval heritage in health care. Concentrates on the period since the seventeenth century, encompassing American as well as European development. Topics include the history of public health, epidemiology, and the role of nursing in health care.
3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 This course is designed to enhance student understanding in an area not covered by current department offerings. Topics may change each semester, depending upon student and instructor interest. Course descriptions will be available in the Department of History office before registration. Students may repeat this course for credit, but may not repeat the same topic.
3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 This course examines the ideological, intellectual, and practical development of laws, legal theory, and justice systems in various societies from the Ancient World to the Early Modern period. Using primary and secondary sources, the course discusses the historical context in which legal theory and practice developed and flourished, as well the global impacts of the spread of European legal systems during the Age of Exploration.
3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 This course examines the ideological, intellectual, and practical development of laws, legal theory, and justice systems in various countries and internationally from the Enlightenment through the present. The course discusses the historical context in which these legal theory and practice developed and flourished, as well the global impacts of the development of International Law and International Courts in the wake of the Second World War and Decolonization. Course qualifies as Pathways Common Core 2A–World Cultu Course qualifies as Pathways Common Core 2B–U.S. Experi
of the Ancient World 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 This course offers an introduction to key problems in the economic history of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. The course emphasizes the connections between individuals’ economic strategies and the social, political, and economic institutions in which those individuals were embedded; it does so by exploring how factors like gender, slavery, and sociability affected trade, manufacture, and agriculture. The course also examines key questions of performance: to what extent could the economies of the ancient world generate intensive growth, and who benefitted from any resultant gains?
of Slavery 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 This course explores slavery in its social, cultural, and economic contexts. Each semester may focus on different time periods. The problems to be investigated include the origins and development of chattel slavery in theses societies; the impact of slave systems on the socio-economic structures and cultures of their host societies; the effort of slaves to exercise agency through accommodation of resistance; and the role and frequency of manumission in various societies.
1914-1918 (2B2) 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 This course examines the history and impact of this seminal catastrophe of the twentieth century: the First World War, 1914-1918. This course examines the history, as well as cultural, ideological and intellectual impact of the war. It focuses on Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the United States as well as on the revolutions that were caused by the war. The course discusses the historical context in which the war was fought and ended as well as how it impacted the history of the decades to follow the events of 1914-1918. res and Global Issues. ence and Its Diversity. 193
World War (2A1) 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 The course will examine the Second World War from a global perspective and include land, sea, and aerial operations. It will examine the battles and campaigns of the war, as well as the experiences of civilians behind the lines. It will encompass the war’s cultural, diplomatic, economic, political, social, and technological dimensions, as well as postwar issues.
the Persians 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 This course examines through comparison the history of two of the most influential civilizations in world history: the ancient Greeks and Persians. Discussions of the historical context will address how these civilizations developed and flourished, as well as the global impact of the achievements and ideas of these civilizations that are still to be felt today in many regions around the world.
their Empire 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 This course surveys some of the major developments and problems in Roman history, with particular emphasis on the period between the third century BCE and the second century CE. Although the course covers diverse array of topics, ranging from social and demographic history to slavery, many of the lectures and discussions concentrates on the way in which the development and articulation of Roman imperial power affected general historical trends over this period.
3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 This course examines the origins of Christianity, from the life and death of the historical Jesus in the first century to the Christianization of the Roman world in the fourth and fifth centuries. The course discusses the historical context of the development of and acceptance, or rejection, of major Christian beliefs, as well the effects of Roman persecution and ultimately acceptance on Christianity and the effects of Christianity on Roman culture and society.
3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 This course surveys the maritime history of the world by focusing on the history of maritime theft, or piracy, as a means to investigate the history of sea-borne trade; maritime aggression; littoral communities; and international law. Course readings will draw from a range of primary sources, including narrative histories; legal texts; and works of fiction, as well as selected readings from scholarly writing on the history of overseas trade, exploration, piracy, maritime warfare; and maritime law.
3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 The course surveys the development of Ancient Greece from Bronze Age to the end of the Classical Period, discussing politics (for example, the origin of democracy), culture (for example, the origin of drama) and intellectual history. Reference will also be made to the influence of other advanced civilizations on Greece. Readings will be drawn from primary and secondary source material.
(2A 1) 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 This course surveys the history of Mediterranean society from ancient times to the present. Among topics to be included will be: geo-political; environmental and cultural diversity around the Mediterranean; war, commercial, political and religious rivalries; religious and ethnic traditions; social practices; and slavery. Special attention will be dedicated to primary source documents, and historiography.
Since 1945 (2A 1) 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 A survey of Europe’s political, economic, and cultural role in the post-war world. Topics include: characteristics of modern industrialization, the politico-economic and social changes of the “Third World,” the population explosion and the depletion of natural resources, terrorism and revolution, nuclear proliferation.
3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 This course examines the history, as well as cultural, ideological and intellectual impact of the events between 1945 and 1991. It will focus on Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the United States as well as on the economic, political, and social impacts that were caused by the Cold War. The course discusses the historical context in which the Cold War was fought and ended. Course qualifies as Pathways Common Core 2A–World Cultu Course qualifies as Pathways Common Core 2B–U.S. Experi
3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 An analysis of women in the history of American civilization. Examines the impact of changes in the economy, technology, law, culture, and society on the status of women and explores women’s perceptions of themselves. Among topics considered are the work roles of women, the historical experience of women of differing classes and ethnic groups, women and reform in the nineteenth century, the political activity of women before and after the nineteenth amendment to the Constitution, and current feminist movements.
3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 This course provides a survey of British history from the Glorious Revolution of 1688 to today. Topics will include the development of parlia- mentary supremacy over the monarchy, the political, social and cultural interconnections between the English, Scots and Irish, the Industrial Revolution, the rise and fall of the British Empire, the impact of two world wars and the development of the postwar welfare state.
3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 A history of the German-speaking areas of central Europe with special focus on the time period since 1870. Topics include the first unification, the two world wars, Nazism, the Holocaust, and the contem- porary Federal Republic.
3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 A history of the Russian state in modern times with special emphasis on the revolutionary and Soviet periods. Topics include the rise of Russian power, imperial government, Lenin, the two world wars, Stalin, Soviet economic development and decay, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and post-Soviet Russia.
Civilization (2B 2) 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 Concentration on the major forces which have shaped and influenced American life since 1945. Dynamics of our contemporary society, including the economic and cultural factors as well as the significant developments, with a view toward trying to understand how American values and the elements of a diverse nation relate to its role among other powers. res and Global Issues. ence and Its Diversity. 194
of North America (2B 2) 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 This course explores how human relations with the nonhuman world—including land, plants, water, wildlife, minerals, and disease—have helped inform, mediate, and shape broader social, political, economic, and cultural developments in North America and the United States from the pre-contact period to the recent past. The course examines the multiple ways in which human understandings, manipulations, and uses of the non-human, “natural” world—often resulting in unintended yet damaging consequences—have helped effect historical change over space and time.
3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 This course examines the history, as well as cultural, ideological and intellectual impact of the events between 1868 and 1989. The course focuses on modern Japan’s role in East Asia and the world as well as on the economic, political, and social impacts that were caused by developments that took place there. Discussions include the historical context in which modern Japan was created and in which way its historical developments impacted the world.
(2A1) 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 History of the global economy from the development of capitalism to contemporary economic issues including finance, trade, industrialism, energy, and business organization. Readings will be drawn from primary and secondary source material.
Early Modern Spain (2A1) 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 A study of the historical development of the Iberian Peninsula (modern Spain and Portugal) from the time of the Visigothic invasions to the end of the Habsburg dynasty. The course examines the political, military, social, economic, and cultural events and currents that shaped the character of Spanish institutions. The historical development of Spain will be examined within the larger context of European and world history.
in Western History: From Gunpowder to Desert Storm (2A1) 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 The course surveys the evolution of warfare from Feudal times to the era of total war and the nuclear age. It will examine the nature of war, how it is used by the state to promote its interests, and how war impacts human society, its economy and political institutions. A number of major battles from different periods will be analyzed with a view to understanding how strategy, battle-field tactics, as well as military organization and training, change in response to new technology and weapons.
and Reconstruction (2A1) 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 This course is designed to introduce students to the major problems of the era of the U.S. American Civil War and Reconstruction. We will look at how this particular epoch reshaped the terms of warfare, freedom, and labor in the United States. Among the more important questions raised in this class will be how the issues of slavery and state’s rights divided the nation, the ramifications of the war on both the South and the North, and how emancipation and post-war Reconstruction succeeded by some measures and failed by others..
3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 This course examines the development of America’s cities and suburbs from the Civil War through the present. The course looks at the dramatic transformation of the United States from predominantly rural society to a majority urban nation and its consequences. This includes the challenges of population growth and slum development, the influence of federal and municipal government on urban and suburban development, racial and class segregation, the evolution of urban cultures, the threat of ‘violence’ and ‘disorder,’ and in the last four decades, the impact of deindustrial- ization, globalization, and gentrification. Readings are a combination of primary sources and historical monographs. Course qualifies as Pathways Common Core 2A–World Cultu Course qualifies as Pathways Common Core 2B–U.S. Experi Course qualifies as Pathways Common Core 2D–Individual
(2D 3) 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 The course will analyze the political, economic, social, cultural, religious, and gender history of the European Renaissance, from approximately 1300 to 1650. The class will focus on the start of the Renaissance in Italy, examine the spread of the Renaissance into Northern Europe, explore the issues involved in new overseas encounters, as well as discuss the religious upheaval of the Reformation and Wars of Religion. A common theme will be grounding larger ideas associated with the Renaissance in the context of the social and cultural lives of men and women throughout European society. The readings for the class will focus on both primary and secondary sources.
Groups in American History (2B 2) 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 Analyzes the American immigration experience and examines various ethnic groups that came to America; depicts their pre-immigration background and the historical causes of immigration; evaluates the impact of the immigrants on American history and of America upon the immigrants. Among themes to be examined are the historical development of the ghetto and American reception of immigrants.
Politics (2A 1) 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 This course examines the ideological and intellectual histories of the rise of the Nation-State Nationalism, and Identity concepts such as the “race” concept. The course discusses the historical context in which these ideologies developed and flourished, as well as the global impact of the rise of these new forms of identity and the ways in which these identities have been politicized for various purposes. res and Global Issues. ence and Its Diversity. and Society. 195
3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 A study of the origins, events, results of and reactions to the Holocaust. Among topics discussed are: the sources of anti-Semitism found in antiquity, the Middle Ages, and early modern Europe; racism in the nineteenth century; the development of the modern German state; the rise of Nazism, the ghetto, Jewish resistance, and Christian efforts to aid the Jews; the world’s reaction to the Holocaust; the effects on the survivors and their children; the literature of and the literary responses to the Holocaust and historical parallels. Readings include texts and literary and historical sources; films and eyewitness testimony are a significant part of the course.
Communism (2A1) 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 , This course examines the ideological and intellectual histories of the most impactful totali- tarian ideologies and political practices of the twentieth century: Fascism in Italy, Nazism in Germany, and Communism in Soviet Russia and China. The course discusses the historical context in which these ideologies developed and flourished, as well the global impacts of the regimes that practiced them in the twentieth century.
and Islam (2A1) 3 class hours 3 credits Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL-101 The historical development of the three major Western religions. Among the topics to be discussed are: the relationships of the religions to the civilizations that encompassed them, major institutional developments, and the impact of modernity on their beliefs and practices.
Source: CUNY Queensborough Community College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
