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Major Completion Summary
Major Completion Summary
Requirement |
Credits |
University Core Requirements |
44-55 |
Major Requirements |
42 |
Open Electives |
31-42 |
Total Credits |
128 |
University Core Requirements (44-55 Credits)
See complete University Core requirements.
May include two history courses. One each from two Area of Knowledge groups:
Course List
Code |
Title |
Credits |
| 3 |
| American Civilization to 1877 | |
| American Civilization Since 1877 | |
| History of Western Civilization 1300-1815 | |
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| History of Western Civilization 1815 to Present | |
| New York City: From Great Metropolis to World Capital 1898-Present | |
| 3 |
| The Middle East: An Historical Survey | |
| The Asian World: A Historical Survey | |
| Africa: An Historical Survey | |
| Modern Latin America | |
Major Requirements (42 Credits)
Course List
Code |
Title |
Credits |
HIS 380 | Seminar on Historiography | 3 |
HIS 499 | Senior Year Experience in History | 3 |
1 | 18 |
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| 3 |
| The American Experience: American Diversity, Immigration, Ethnicity and Race | |
| Latin America: The Colonial Era | |
| History of Human Rights | |
| Discrimination, Integration and Assimilation: Global Jewish Experience | |
| Latin America: Century of Social Change and Revolution | |
| American Labor History | |
| Culture and History of Black America | |
| Ethnic and Racial History of the United States | |
| History of American Women | |
| European Women and Social Change | |
| African-American History Since 1910 | |
2 | 3 |
| 12 |
Total Credits | 42 |
Non-Western History
Course List
Code |
Title |
Credits |
HIS 107 | World Civilization I | 3 |
HIS 108 | World History After 1650 | 3 |
HIS 119 | The Middle East: An Historical Survey | 3 |
HIS 131 | The Asian World: A Historical Survey | 3 |
HIS 132 | Africa: An Historical Survey | 3 |
HIS 133 | Latin America: The Colonial Era | 3 |
HIS 134 | Modern Latin America | 3 |
HIS 202 | Modern Britain | 3 |
HIS 216 | History of Human Rights | 3 |
HIS 217 | Modern East Asia in Film | 3 |
HIS 218 | Nonviolent Activism in Modern Asia | 3 |
HIS 220 | Modern Islamic World: 1850-Present | 3 |
HIS 223 | Discrimination, Integration and Assimilation: Global Jewish Experience | 3 |
HIS 231 | Latin America: Century of Social Change and Revolution | 3 |
HIS 239 | Wars in the Asia-Pacific | 3 |
HIS 241 | Modern China | 3 |
HIS 242 | Modern Japan | 3 |
HIS 243 | Service and Study in Latin America | 3 |
HIS 270 | History of Modern South Africa | 3 |
HIS 274 | History of North Africa After 1800 | 3 |
HIS 275 | Modern History of Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran | 3 |
Western Heritage American History
Course List
Code |
Title |
Credits |
HIS 111 | American Civilization to 1877 | 3 |
HIS 112 | American Civilization Since 1877 | 3 |
HIS 113B | The American Experience: American Diversity, Immigration, Ethnicity and Race | 3 |
HIS 113C | The American Experience: United States and the World - (CAP) | 3 |
HIS 113D | The American Experience.: America between the Wars 1920-41 | 3 |
HIS 113E | The American Experience: Dissent American History: Civil War to Present | 3 |
HIS 113F | The American Experience: The American Constitution and the Presidency | 3 |
HIS 113G | The American Experience: The Colonial Legacy | 3 |
HIS 113H | The American Experience: Lessons in Liberty: Promise and Reality | 3 |
HIS 113J | The American Experience: Challenge and Opportunity | 3 |
HIS 113K | The American Experience: The City and the Workplace | 3 |
HIS 113L | The American Experience: Promise and Reality | 3 |
HIS 113M | The American Experience: The Early American Legacy | 3 |
HIS 113N | The American Experience: Wealth and American Culture - OBDP | 4 |
HIS 113P | Introduction to Public History: Pace University 9/11 Oral History Project | 3 |
HIS 113Q | The American Experience: American Political Tradition | 3 |
HIS 113R | The American Experience: Changing Roles of American Women | 3 |
HIS 113S | The War Film in History: Genre, Gender and Race | 3 |
HIS 113U | The American Experience: The United States and the World | 3 |
HIS 113W | The American Experience: Wealth and American Culture | 3,4 |
HIS 113X | The American Experience: Wealth and the American Culture | 4 |
HIS 113Y | Technology, Transportation, and Trade in New York City | 3 |
HIS 113Z | Imagining the Future: New York City and the American Dream | 3 |
HIS 215 | American Social and Cultural History | 3 |
HIS 256 | American Colonial History | 3 |
HIS 259 | The American Revolution | 3 |
HIS 260 | Constitutional History of the United States | 3 |
HIS 264 | History of the American Presidency 1900 - Present | 3 |
HIS 265 | American Urban History | 3 |
HIS 267 | Heroes, Villains and Just Plain Folks: A Biographical Perspective on American History | 3-4 |
HIS 269 | Recent United States History | 3 |
HIS 271 | Culture and History of Black America | 3 |
HIS 273 | Ethnic and Racial History of the United States | 3 |
HIS 280 | History of American Women | 3 |
HIS 302 | African-American History Since 1910 | 3 |
HIS 310 | United States in the Era of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1929-1945 | 3 |
HIS 321 | Economic History of the United States | 3 |
HIS 366 | History of New York City | 3 |
HIS 367 | History and Geography of New York | 3 |
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Western Heritage European History
Course List
Code |
Title |
Credits |
HIS 103 | History of Western Civilization 1300-1815 | 3 |
HIS 104 | History of Western Civilization 1815 to Present | 3 |
HIS 114A | European Experience: European Civilization and Minorities | 3 |
HIS 114B | The European Experience: British Heritage | 3 |
HIS 114C | Ideas and the Modern State (CAP) | 3 |
HIS 114D | The European Experience: Women's World | 3 |
HIS 114E | The European Experience: The Age of the Renaissance | 3 |
HIS 114F | The European Experience: The Holocaust: History and Legacy | 3 |
HIS 114M | The European Experience: Ideas and the Modern State | 3 |
HIS 114R | The European Experience: Russia and Eastern Europe: Continuity and Change | 3 |
HIS 114S | The European Experience: Church, State and Society in Medieval Europe | 3 |
HIS 114W | The European Experience: The Ancient World | 3 |
HIS 202 | Modern Britain | 3 |
HIS 203 | Rome's Golden Age: The Late Republic and Early Empire | 3 |
HIS 205 | The Crusades | 3 |
HIS 206 | European History: Witches, Wizards and the Rise of Scientific Thought | 3 |
HIS 207 | Europe Since World War I | 3 |
HIS 210 | Germany and Central Europe Since 1848 | 3 |
HIS 213 | Modern Russia | 3 |
HIS 225 | The World of the Middle Ages: Byzantium | 3 |
HIS 226 | The World of the Middle Ages: The West | 3 |
HIS 281 | European Women and Social Change | 3 |
HIS 330 | Barbarian Europe: 300 - 1000 A.D. | 3 |
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Open Electives (31-42 Credits)
Course List
Code |
Title |
Credits |
| 31-42 |
Total Credits | 31-42 |