HIST 315 - New York State History

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory Hours: 0

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 100

Restriction(s): None

Corequisite(s): None

This course will survey the history of New York State, its land and its people from the Colonial period through the beginning of the 21st Century. This course will also examine the physical and environmental history of the region, as well as the demographic, economic, political, social, and cultural history of New York State.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Knowledge of a basic narrative of modern American history: political, economic, social and cultural taking into account the issues of unity and diversity in American society.
Knowledge of the common institutions in American history and how they have affected different groups and the collective.
Knowledge of the United States’ evolving relationship with the rest of the world.