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2026-2027 Undergraduate Bulletin > Course Descriptions > HIS-History

HIS-History

Department of History

HIS 100 Criminal Justice and Popular Culture
HIS 104 History of Puerto Rico
HIS 106 Historical Perspectives on Justice & Inequality
HIS 127 Microhistories: A Lens into the Past
HIS 131 Topics in History of Science, Technology & Medicine
HIS 135 American Environmental History
HIS 144 Reacting to the Past
HIS 150 Doing History
HIS 166 History of the Caribbean Islands
HIS 201 United States History to 1865
HIS 202 United States History since 1865
HIS 203 The Ancient World
HIS 204 The Medieval World
HIS 205 The Modern World
HIS 206 Orchestral Music and the World Wars
HIS 208 Exploring Global History
HIS 210 Doing History
HIS 214 Immigration and Ethnicity in the United States
HIS 217 History of NYC
HIS 219 Violence and Social Change in America
HIS 224 A History of Crime in New York City
HIS 225 American Problems of Peace, War, and Imperialism, 1840 to the Present
HIS 228 Critical Perspectives on the Middle East
HIS 240 Historiography
HIS 242 U.S. Foreign Policy in Latin America
HIS 244 History of Eugenics: Science and the Construction of Race
HIS 249 History of the Ancient Near East
HIS 252 Warfare in the Ancient Near East and Egypt
HIS 254 History of Ancient Greece and Rome
HIS 255 Famous Trials that Made History
HIS 256 History of Muslim Societies and Communities
HIS 260 History of Contemporary Cuba
HIS 261 Revolution and Social Change in Contemporary Latin America
HIS 263 Blacks in Latin America (was African Heritage in Caribbean)
HIS 264 Premodern Asia: Empires, Exchanges, and the Silk Road
HIS 265 Class, Race and Family in Latin American History
HIS 267 History of Caribbean Migrations to the United States
HIS 269 History of World Slavery (to 1650 CE)
HIS 270 History of Marriage
HIS 274 Modern Asia: Empires, Encounters, and Globalization
HIS 277 American Legal History
HIS 281 Imperialism in Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East
HIS 282 Selected Topics in History
HIS 289 Independent Study 200-level
HIS 300 Research Methods in History
HIS 320 Topics in the History of Crime & Punishment in U.S
HIS 323 History of Lynching and Collective Violence
HIS 325 Criminal Justice in European Society, 1750 to the Present
HIS 327 History of Genocide: 500 C.E. to the Present
HIS 330 History of the Cold War, 1945-1991
HIS 340 Modern Military History from the Eighteenth Century to the Present
HIS 344 Topics in Legal History
HIS 352 History & Justice in Wider World
HIS 354 Law and Society in Ancient Athens and Rome
HIS 356 Sexuality, Gender, and Culture in Muslim Societies
HIS 359 History of Islamic Law
HIS 362 Topics in the History of Science and Medicine
HIS 364 History of Gender and Sexuality
HIS 366 Religions of the Ancient World
HIS 368 Law and Society in the Ancient Middle East
HIS 370 Ancient Egypt
HIS 374 Premodern Punishment
HIS 375 Gender and Justice Before 1800
HIS 381 Social History of Catholicism in the Modern World
HIS 383 History of Terrorism
HIS 385 Faculty Mentored Research Experience in History
HIS 389 Independent Study 300-level
HIS 425 Senior Seminar in History
HIS 489 Independent Study 400-level

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