Undergraduate Programs

Department members list doctorate degrees from outstanding institutions around the country and come to SUNY Cortland with an enthusiasm for both historical scholarship and teaching. Members pride themselves on being available to students in and out of the classroom and consider the advisement of students of primary importance.

Surveys have revealed that alumni rated courses taught by the department as being most valuable to their education. Department members seek to continue this tradition and hope to motivate students, no matter their background, to use this opportunity for growth and development through a liberal arts education.

SUNY Cortland Also offers Adolescence Education: Social Studies.

Requirements for History Majors:

Total number of hours needed to graduate: 124

  1. Writing Skills: 12 Hours. Includes: CPN 100 & CPN 101 and two Writing Intensive Courses (one must be in the major)
  2. Presentation Skills: 6 Hours. Includes: HIS 290 and 490 in the major.
  3. Quantitative Skills: 3 Hours
  4. Foreign Language Competency: All HIS or HIS/SSA majors must satisfy this requirement (0-13 Hours).
  5. General Education Categories:
    • GE1: American State and Society (3 Hours)
    • GE2: Prejudice and Discrimination (3 Hours)
    • GE3: Contrasting Cultures (3 Hours)
    • GE4: Fine Arts (3 Hours)
    • GE5: History & the History of Ideas (3 Hours)
    • GE6: Literature (3 Hours)
    • GE7: Science, Technology, and Human Affairs (3 Hours)
    • GE8: Natural Sciences (7 Hours)
  6. Required Courses in the History Department (36 Hours):
    1. HIS 110 and HIS 111 (Western Civilization I & II) Or
      HIS 100 and HIS 101 (World History I & II)
    2. HIS 200 and HIS 201 (U. S. History I & II)
    3. HIS 290: Historical Methods
    4. HIS 490: Seminar (Writing Intensive)
    5. 6 hours each in sub-concentration at 300 level or above:
      1. U.S.,
      2. Europe
      3. Non-Western (Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East)

Also see the latest Undergraduate Catalog.

 


Adolescence Education: Social Studies

SUNY Cortland also offers Adolescence Education: Social Studies an innovative program in which social studies training is headed by a team of professional historians whose backgrounds combine extensive social studies experience, continuing scholarship, and teaching history in a range of settings. Students enroll in a dual major program that combines the Adolescence Education Social Studies major with a major in one of the following: African American Studies, Anthropology, Economics, Geography, History, International Studies, Political Science or Sociology.

This preparation leads to initial certification in secondary social studies in a nationally recognized program taught by professional historians and master teachers.
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