History Courses

Main Kean catalog (see p.107 for history offerings): Undergrad Catalog

Note: also see the Academic Disciplines page and the BA Guidesheet page.
Each student is required to meet with their adviser every semester before registering for classes.  This is for both guidance in choosing classes and for the removal of advising blocks.

Note: Not every course offered every semester, check the Kean University Bulletin for specific semester offerings. 

Introductory

HIST 1000 History of Civil Society in America (fulfills GE requirement, but will no longer be offered after Summer II)
HIST 1020 Roots of the Present
HIST 1030 History of Western Civilization I
HIST 1040 History of Western Civilization II
HIST 1060 From Scientific Revolution to Democratic Revolution 
HIST 1061 Freedom and Organization: Nationalism, Imperialism, and Industrialization (Introductory)
HIST 1062 Modern World Civilizations: Crises of the Contemporary World (fulfills GE requirement)

Comparative/Thematic History

HIST 1060 From Scientific Revolution to Democratic Revolution
HIST 1061 Freedom and Organization: Nationalism, Imperialism, and Industrialization
HIST 1062 Modern World Civilizations: Crises of the Contemporary World
HIST 2000-2001 Historical Exploration with Film
HIST 2120 World Archeology 
HIST 3000 Perspectives on History
HIST 3241 The Wealth of Nations:  Roots of the 20th Century World Economy
HIST 3300 Public History I
HIST 3301 Public History II
HIST 3321 Introduction to the History of Medicine
HIST 3852 History of Science
HIST 3853 Charles Darwin: A Life and Times
HIST 3860 Jewish History to 1789
HIST 3861 Modern Jewish History
HIST 3864 The First World War: A Historical Watershed
HIST 3865 World War II
HIST 4235 Industrial Revolution: the History of Technological Society
HIST 4236 History of Alchemy and the Origins of Modern Science

HIST4251 History of the Book
HIST 4320 Pirates and the Atlantic World
HIST 4374 History of Just War
HIST 4840 Women in History
HIST 4841 Women in the Modern Age
HIST 4875 The Emergence of Law in Society
HIST 4876 Human Evolution and Modern Society
HIST 4882 Modern Scientific and Technological Impact

European History

HIST 2000-2001 Historical Exploration with Film
HIST  3110 Greek Civilization
HIST  3120 Roman Civilization
HIST  3121 The Ancient City
HIST  3228 The Age of Reform:  England Since 1815
HIST 3231 Medieval Europe: History and Civilization I
HIST 3232 Medieval Europe: History and Civilization II
HIST  3233 England in the Middle Ages
HIST  3234 Europe in the Seventeenth Century
HIST  3235 Europe in the Eighteenth Century
HIST  3236 The Tudor-Stuart Age:  Society in Conflict
HIST  3237 The Emergence of Modern England 1689-1815
HIST  3241 The Wealth of Nations:  Roots of the 20th C World Economy
HIST  3242 Europe Since 1870 (formerly HIST4237)
HIST  3244 The Nazi Era:  Germany before the Holocaust
HIST 3245 The Holocaust 1939 - 1945
HIST 3250 The Rise and Fall of the British Empire
HIST  3252 European Intellectual History in the 19th and 20th Century
HIST  3260 Renaissance Europe
HIST  3261 Reformation Europe
HIST  3273 Ireland: Mystique and History
HIST  3274 Ireland: 1801-1977
HIST  3280 Spain:  The Rise of the First World Empire
HIST  3281 Imperial Spain
HIST 3321 Introduction to the History of Medicine 
HIST  3845 Witchcraft in the Western Tradition
HIST 3853 Charles Darwin: A Life and Times
HIST 3860 Jewish History to 1789
HIST 3864 The First World War: A Historical Watershed
HIST 3865 World War II
HIST  4110 The Roman Revolution
HIST  4111 The Roman Empire
HIST 4140 The Trojan War: History and Legend
HIST  4150 Athens in the Age of Pericles
HIST  4152 Alexander the Great:  History and Legend
HIST  4220 The Revolutionary Era 1789-1870
HIST  4233 Tsarist Russia: From the Muscovite Period to the Great Emancipation
HIST  4234 Revolutionary and Soviet Russia, and Beyond
HIST 4235 Industrial Revolution: The History of Technological Society
HIST 4236 History of Alchemy and the Origins of Modern Science
HIST  4238 Germany, Empire and War
HIST  4239 Hapsburg Empire 
HIST  4241 Weimar Germany
HIST  4242 Twentieth Century France: Imperial Glory to Identity Crisis 
HIST  4250 The Papacy and Its History
HIST 4320 Pirates and the Atlantic World
HIST 4875 The Emergence of Law in Society 
HIST 4876 Human Evolution and Modern Society
HIST 4882 Modern Scientific and Technological Impact

American History

HIST  1000 History of Civil Society in America
HIST 2000-2001 Historical Exploration with Film
HIST  2303 United States History to 1877
HIST  2304 United States History from 1877 to Present HIST  3010 Modern America Through Film
HIST  3305 The History of Black America I
HIST  3306 20th History of Black America II
HIST  3323 History of Medicine in America
HIST  3324 The American West
HIST  3326 History of New Jersey
HIST  3329 History of Religion in America
HIST  3330 The Labor Movements in America 1864 to Present
HIST  3331 The History of Sports in the United States
HIST  3340 20th Century America
HIST  3341 1920s: End of American Influence
HIST  3360 History of Business in America
HIST  3363 America in the 1960’s:  The Turbulent Decade
HIST  3365 From Immigrants to Citizens:  History of Latinos in the US
HIST 3863 American Jewish History
HIST 3852 History of Science 
HIST 3854 History of Pseudoscience in America
HIST 3864 The First World War: A Historical Watershed
HIST 3865 World War II
HIST 3999 The American Experience in Vietnam
HIST 4235 Industrial Revolution: the History of Technological Society 
HIST 4317 Colonial America
HIST 4318 The American Revolution
HIST 4320 Pirates and the Atlantic World
HIST 4321 American Liberty and Law
HIST 4323 The New Nation: America 1787-1848
HIST 4350 America in the Gilded Age, 1865-1905: The Making of Modern America
HIST 4351 America 1945 to the Present
HIST  4361 The American City
HIST  4364 History of the North American Indian
HIST  4365 American Foreign Affairs I:  1775-1899
HIST  4366 American Foreign Affairs II, 1899-Present: America Becomes a Superpower
HIST 4370 Modern Civil Rights Movement
HIST  4367 The History of American Immigration
HIST  4369 The American People in the Depression and War 1929-1945
HIST  4368 The Civil War and Reconstruction
HIST  4371 The Cold War in History
HIST 4875 The Emergence of Law in Society 
HIST 4876 Human Evolution and Modern Society
HIST 4882 Modern Scientific and Technological Impact

Latin American History

HIST  3375 Colonial Latin America
HIST  3376 Modern and Contemporary Latin America
HIST  3381 History of Cuba
HIST  3382 History of Mexico and Central America
HIST  3383 History of the Caribbean
HIST  4362 Amerindian Peoples of the Andes:  The Incas
HIST  4363 Amerindian Civilizations in Mesoamerica:  Aztecs and Mayas
HIST  4384 History of Brazil

Asian History

HIST  3400 Diplomatic History of the Far East in the 19th and 20th Century
HIST  3401 Traditional Asia
HIST 3402 Modern Asia
HIST  3410 China in the 20th Century
HIST  4410 The Rise of Modern Japan, 1620-present
HIST  4430 Genocide in Asian History

African and Middle Eastern History

HIST  2500 African History to 1885
HIST  2510 African History Since 1885
HIST  3600 Historical Survey of Islamic Civilization in the Near East
HIST  3610 The Ottoman Empire
HIST  3620 Modern Israel
HIST 3860 Jewish History to 1789
HIST 3861 Modern Jewish History
HIST 4121 The Crusades

Seminars and Independent Study

HIST 4000 Special Topics in History (content varies from one semester to the next. See a faculty member for details)
HIST 4990 Senior Seminar in History
HIST 4995 Independent Study in History

Major Elective (Includes all previously listed 3000- to 4000-level courses as well as the following:)

HIST 2000-2001 Historical Exploration with Film
HIST 2120 World Archaeology 
HIST 3000 Perspectives on History
HIST 3241 The Wealth of Nations:  Roots of the 20th Century World Economy 
HIST 3300 Public History I 
HIST 3301 Public History II 
HIST 3852 History of Science 
HIST 3853 Charles Darwin: A Life and Times 
HIST 3861 Modern Jewish History
HIST 3864 The First World War: A Historical Watershed
HIST 3865 World War II
HIST 4120 Archaeology
HIST 4235 Industrial Revolution: the History of Technological Society 
HIST 4236 History of Alchemy and the Origins of Modern Science
HIST 4320 Pirates and the Atlantic World
HIST 4374 History of Just War 
HIST 4840 Women in History
HIST 4841 Women in the Modern Age 
HIST 4875 The Emergence of Law in Society 
HIST 4876 Human Evolution and Modern Society
HIST 4882 Modern Scientific and Technological Impact