Course Descriptions

HIS 102 - Introduction to African-American Studies

3 Credits

This is an interdisciplinary exploration of the experience and initiative of people of African descent throughout the world with an emphasis on the United States. Students will learn how slavery, segregation, and colonialism shaped the history, religion, sociology, politics, economics, creative production, and psychology of African-American people. The course provides information on the role historical and contemporary social structures and systems play in shaping the identity and status of African American people.

Learning Attributes: WR

New SUNY General Education: SUNY - Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice, SUNY - U.S. History and Civic Engagement

Retiring SUNY General Education: SUNY-AH - American History (SAMH)

MCC General Education: MCC-SSD - Social Science and Diversity (MSSD)

HIS 103 - African-American History I: to 1865

3 Credits

The course will introduce students to information about the life of people who were enslaved, including some strategies enslaved people adopted to attempt to transcend their circumstances. Students will learn about the fight for the abolishment of slavery and the steps leading up to the end of chattel slavery in America. In addition, the course highlights the varied achievements and contributions African Americans have made in America. The course will also introduce students to information about the origins and establishment of white supremacist ideology.

Learning Attributes: WR

New SUNY General Education: SUNY - Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice, SUNY - U.S. History and Civic Engagement

Retiring SUNY General Education: SUNY-AH - American History (SAMH)

MCC General Education: MCC-SSD - Social Science and Diversity (MSSD), MCC-VE - Values and Ethics (MVE)

HIS 104 - African-American History II: since 1865

3 Credits

The course centers on African-American evaluations of their resistance to legal and cultural racism since the Civil War to present. Students will examine this resistance in four distinct eras: Reconstruction, Jim Crow, Civil Rights Movement, and Modern. Throughout, course participants will be introduced to a variety of social barriers designed to block opportunities and access to equal economic, political, and social rights, and chances for advancement. A clarification of the impact of the constant struggle on the character of African Americans is the main theme.

Learning Attributes: WR

New SUNY General Education: SUNY - Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice, SUNY - U.S. History and Civic Engagement

Retiring SUNY General Education: SUNY-AH - American History (SAMH)

MCC General Education: MCC-SSD - Social Science and Diversity (MSSD), MCC-VE - Values and Ethics (MVE)

HIS 109 - Global History I: to the 1500s

3 Credits

This course surveys the history of human societies around the world from the beginning to the 1500s. By examining the social, political, intellectual, and economic developments of non-western civilizations including Africa, the Americas, and Asia, students will gain an appreciation of the diversity and commonalities of the ways humans have lived in the various places and times of the world.

New SUNY General Education: SUNY - World History and Global Awareness

Retiring SUNY General Education: SUNY-OWC - Other World Civilizations (SOW2)

MCC General Education: MCC-GLO - Global Understanding (MGLO), MCC-SSD - Social Science and Diversity (MSSD)

HIS 110 - Global History II: Since the 1500s

3 Credits

This course surveys the history of human societies around the world from the 1500's to the present. By examining the social, political, intellectual, and economic developments of world civilizations including Africa, the Americas, and Asia, students will gain an appreciation of the extent and diversity of the history and cultures of the non-Western World.

Learning Attributes: WR

New SUNY General Education: SUNY - World History and Global Awareness

Retiring SUNY General Education: SUNY-OWC - Other World Civilizations (SOW2)

MCC General Education: MCC-GLO - Global Understanding (MGLO), MCC-SSD - Social Science and Diversity (MSSD)

HIS 111 - United States History I - to 1865

3 Credits

A historical survey from early Native American-European exchange to 1865, the end of the Civil War. Key topics include the settling of what became the U.S., the growing rift between the colonists and Great Britain, the American Revolution, the framing and implementation of the Constitution, Jacksonian Democracy and its influence on America, the impact of antebellum reform, slavery, the growth of industry, territorial expansion, and the Civil War.

Learning Attributes: WR

New SUNY General Education: SUNY - U.S. History and Civic Engagement

Retiring SUNY General Education: SUNY-AH - American History (SAMH)

MCC General Education: MCC-SSD - Social Science and Diversity (MSSD)

HIS 112 - United States History II - since 1865

3 Credits

This course is a survey of the United States from after the Civil War through the Obama presidency. Key topics include the rise of industrial and urban dominance, the struggles affecting agriculture and industrial labor, the growing impact of the United States regarding international matters, and the increasing role of government in American life.

Learning Attributes: WR

New SUNY General Education: SUNY - U.S. History and Civic Engagement

Retiring SUNY General Education: SUNY-AH - American History (SAMH)

MCC General Education: MCC-SSD - Social Science and Diversity (MSSD)

HIS 113 - Western Civilization I: Beginning to 1700s

3 Credits

A survey of western regimes, society (including the structures of the economy and social classes), and culture (including religious and philosophical ideas) and the west’s relationships with other societies and cultures from the ancient world to the Scientific Revolution. Topics may include Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, the development of Christianity, the development of the Islamic World, the Byzantine Empire, Medieval Europe, the Mongolian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the Renaissance, the Reformation, the English revolutions of the 1600s, and the Scientific Revolution.

Learning Attributes: WR

New SUNY General Education: SUNY - World History and Global Awareness

Retiring SUNY General Education: SUNY-WC - Western Civilization (SWCV)

MCC General Education: MCC-CT - Critical Thinking (MCT), MCC-GLO - Global Understanding (MGLO), MCC-SSD - Social Science and Diversity (MSSD)

HIS 114 - Western Civilization II: 1700s to the Present

3 Credits

A survey of western regimes, societies (including economic and class structures), and cultures (including religious and philosophical ideas)—and the west’s relationships with other societies and cultures—from the French Revolution to the present. Topics may include the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, the French Revolution (and the revolutions it inspired), nation-building and nationalism, European imperialism, the World Wars, the Soviet Revolution, the Great Depression, decolonization, the Cold War and its end, and the unification of Europe.

Learning Attributes: WR

New SUNY General Education: SUNY - World History and Global Awareness

Retiring SUNY General Education: SUNY-WC - Western Civilization (SWCV)

MCC General Education: MCC-CT - Critical Thinking (MCT), MCC-GLO - Global Understanding (MGLO), MCC-SSD - Social Science and Diversity (MSSD)

HIS 153 - Traditional East Asian History

3 Credits

The course will survey the histories of China, Japan, and possibly additional East Asian countries up to 1600. Topics will include the developments of the Chinese and Japanese emperorships, the development of the Japanese shogunate, and the developments of East Asian philosophies and religions and other elements of East Asian culture.

Learning Attributes: WR

New SUNY General Education: SUNY - World History and Global Awareness

Retiring SUNY General Education: SUNY-OWC - Other World Civilizations (SOW2)

MCC General Education: MCC-GLO - Global Understanding (MGLO), MCC-SSD - Social Science and Diversity (MSSD)

HIS 154 - Modern East Asian History

3 Credits

The course will survey the histories of China, Japan, and additional East Asian countries from 1600 to the present. Topics will include the rise and fall of the Qing Dynasty, Edo Japan, the Meiji Restoration, World War II in Asia, the Chinese revolutions of 1911 and 1949, the Korean War, and postwar developments in East Asia.

Learning Attributes: WR

New SUNY General Education: SUNY - World History and Global Awareness

Retiring SUNY General Education: SUNY-OWC - Other World Civilizations (SOW2)

MCC General Education: MCC-GLO - Global Understanding (MGLO), MCC-SSD - Social Science and Diversity (MSSD)

HIS 200 - Women in the United States: A Historical Perspective

3 Credits

This course surveys the diverse history of American women from European contact to the present, with special attention given to the extensive range of women’s experiences as shaped by race, class, ethnicity, gender and sexual identity. Women’s relationship to and their actions in both the private and public sectors will be studied, along with varying conceptions of womanhood. In addition, the course examines how women in the United States have both influenced and have been influenced by the political, economic, social, and cultural development of American civilization.

Learning Attributes: WR

Retiring SUNY General Education: SUNY-AH - American History (SAMH)

MCC General Education: MCC-SSD - Social Science and Diversity (MSSD)

HIS 211 - History of Sport in the United States

3 Credits

A survey of sport from its earliest Native American, African and European roots to the sport and games-oriented contemporary society. Professional, amateur and intercollegiate sports for men and women, and the Olympic Games movement are examined in detail.

Learning Attributes: WR

New SUNY General Education: SUNY - U.S. History and Civic Engagement

Retiring SUNY General Education: SUNY-AH - American History (SAMH)

MCC General Education: MCC-SSD - Social Science and Diversity (MSSD)

HIS 216 - Special Topics in History

3 Credits

This course is designed to address specific topics of interest in history. Offerings are more specific and focused than the introductory surveys. Topics may change from semester to semester based on faculty and student interest.

Learning Attributes: WR

HIS 219 - Twentieth Century Europe

3 Credits

The course will survey social, cultural, economic, international, and political developments in the history of Europe in the twentieth century. Prominent topics will be the causes and effects of the two world wars, European imperialism and decolonization, the development of fascism and dictatorship, the two postwar economic booms and ensuing stagnations, the Cold War, the demise of the Soviet Union, and European unification.

Learning Attributes: WR

New SUNY General Education: SUNY - World History and Global Awareness

Retiring SUNY General Education: SUNY-WC - Western Civilization (SWCV)

MCC General Education: MCC-CT - Critical Thinking (MCT), MCC-GLO - Global Understanding (MGLO), MCC-SSD - Social Science and Diversity (MSSD)

HIS 240 - The City in American History

3 Credits

This is a study of selected North American cities from pre-colonial times to the present, focusing on the forces and conditions that have stimulated their emergence, growth and transformation. Consideration will be given to such themes as the search for security, role of government in organizing a city, the influence of religion, the struggle for power and dominance, entertainment, technological advancement, and the impact of population concentration. Race and ethnic issues as well as class and gender matters will be introduced. Throughout, stories of diverse cities will be examined as means of understanding the broader social, cultural, political and economic history of the nation.

Learning Attributes: WR

New SUNY General Education: SUNY - U.S. History and Civic Engagement

Retiring SUNY General Education: SUNY-AH - American History (SAMH)

MCC General Education: MCC-SSD - Social Science and Diversity (MSSD)

HIS 275 - The Holocaust: History and Legacies

3 Credits

The Holocaust is explored as a transcendent narrative, a lens for exploring both genocide and human rights. Building upon knowledge primarily gained in the historical field of Western Civilization, historical analysis is used to examine both the historical and select cultural ramifications of the Holocaust and the expansion of human rights in the post-1945 era.

Learning Attributes: WR

New SUNY General Education: SUNY - Critical Thinking and Reasoning Competency, SUNY - World History and Global Awareness

Retiring SUNY General Education: SUNY-SS - Social Sciences (SSCS), SUNY-WC - Western Civilization (SWCV)

MCC General Education: MCC-CT - Critical Thinking (MCT), MCC-GLO - Global Understanding (MGLO), MCC-SCI - Scientific Reasoning (MSCI), MCC-SSD - Social Science and Diversity (MSSD), MCC-VE - Values and Ethics (MVE)