John Jay College Of Criminal Justice | The City University of New York

  

The Global History major is derived from the discipline of global history, which emphasizes interactions and collisions between and among cultures. The major offers undergraduates the chance to become specialists in their chosen period of the history of the world, either prehistory-500 CE, 500-1650, or 1650-the present. After completing the required three-part survey in global history, students choose the period that most interests them and pursue electives and research topics from it. Electives cover a wide range of topics, but all of them embrace the principles of global history rather than producing students with a narrow and specialized geographic focus. The required skills courses introduce students to the major schools of historical thought, varied techniques and approaches to doing historical research, and provide them with the opportunity to do original research in their capstone seminars. Honors students will have the opportunity to produce a senior thesis over the course of their final year of study under the guidance of a faculty mentor.

Credits required. 36

Coordinator: Professor Gregory "Fritz" Umbach, Department of History, (646.557.2823, gumbach@jjay.cuny.edu)

PART ONE. Introductory                                                  Subtotal: 9 credits

History 203 Global History: Prehistory to 500 CE
History 204 Global History: 500-1650
History 205 Global History: 1650-present

PART TWO. Research and Methodology                       Subtotal: 6 credits

Required

History 240 Historiography      
History 300 Research Methods in History

PART THREE. Chronological Tracks                               Subtotal: 15-18 credits

Students will choose one of three chronological tracks: Prehistory to 500 CE; 500-1650; or 1650 to the Present. Students will complete six elective courses (18 credits). History majors who are in the Honors track will complete five elective courses (15 credits). Two of the elective courses for all students must be at the 300 level or above.

Category A. Prehistory to 500 CE

Art 222 Body Politics and Art in Global & Historical Perspectives
History 252 Warfare in the Ancient Near East and Egypt 
History 254 History of Ancient Greece and Rome 
History 264 China to 1650
History 323 History of Lynching and Collective Violence 
History 354 Law and Society in Ancient Athens and Rome 
History 362 History of Science and Medicine: Prehistory to 1650
History 364/Gender Studies 364 History of Gender and Sexuality: Prehistory to 1650 
History 366 Religions of the Ancient World
History 370 Ancient Egypt

Category B. 500-1650

Art 222 Body Politics and Art in Global & Historical Perspectives
History 256 The History of Muslim Societies and Communities
History 264 China to 1650
History 2XX History of Justice in Islamic Societies
History 2XX History of the Caribbean
History 323 History of Lynching and Collective Violence
History 362 History of Science and Medicine: Prehistory to 1650
History 364/Gender Studies 364  History of Gender and Sexuality: Prehistory to 1650
History 383 History of Terrorism
History 3XX Genocide: 500 to the Present
History 3XX African Diaspora History I: To 1808
History 356/Gender Studies 356 Sexuality , Gender and Culture in Muslim Societies
History 364/Gender Studies 364 History of Gender and Sexuality: Prehistory to 1650
History 265/Latin American and Latina/o Studies 265 Class, Race and Family in Latin American History
Music 310 Comparative History of African American Musics

Category C. 1650 to the Present

Art 222 Body Politics and Art in Global & Historical Perspectives
History 217 Three Hundred Years of New York City: A History of the Big Apple
History 225 American Problems of Peace, War, and Imperialism, 1840 to the Present
History 256 The History of Muslim Societies and Communities
History 274 China: 1650 – Present
History 320 The History of Crime and Punishment in the United States
History 323 History of Lynching and Collective Violence
History 381 The Social History of Catholicism in the Modern World
History 383  History of Terrorism
History 2XX History of the Caribbean
History 3XX History of World Cinema
History 3XX Genocide: 500  to the Present
History 3XX African Diaspora History I: To 1808
History 3XX African Diaspora History II: Since 1808
History 356/Gender Studies 356 Sexuality, Gender and Culture in Muslim Societies
History 260/Latin American and Latina/o Studies 260 History of Contemporary Cuba
History 265/Latin American and Latina/o Studies 265 Class, Race and Family in Latin American History
History 206/Music 206 Orchestral Music and the World Wars
Music 310 Comparative History of African American Musics

 

PART FOUR. CAPSTONE SEMINAR                                         Subtotal: 3

All Global History majors will complete a capstone seminar in their fourth year which unites students from all three chronological tracks in the study of a particular theme, complete a research paper, and present their work at a departmental colloquium.

Required

History 425 Senior Seminar in History

Total: 36 credits