Browsing Yeshiva College Syllabi -- 2021 - 2022 courses (past versions for reference ONLY) -- HIS (History) by Title
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HIS 1101: Emergence of Europe
(2020-09)►Course description: This course will examine the history of the western world from c.500 BCE to c.1650 and will consider some key texts to see what they can tell us about the periods under review. ►Learning Objectives: a) ... -
HIS 1102: The Transformations of Europe
(2020-01)This course surveys the history of Europe and its relations with other parts of the world from the eighteenth century to the present, as well as providing an introduction to basic historical concepts and methods of source ... -
HIS 1201: Survey of US History I
(2020-01)This introductory course will explore the settlement and establishment of the American colonies, and their evolution into an independent nation. The purpose of the course is to provide students with a foundational knowledge ... -
HIS 3001: Ideas of History
(2021-01)Course description: Why read or write history? How can we know about the past? What can historians’ work tell us about the period in which they wrote? This course is designed to address these questions, which are fundamental ... -
HIS1101: Emergence of Europe
(Yeshiva College, Yeshiva University, 2022-08)COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will examine the history of the western world from c.500 BCE to c.1650 and will consider some key texts to see what they can tell us about the periods under review.¶ LEARNING OBJECTIVES: a) ... -
HIS1101: Emergence of Europe
(Yeshiva College, Yeshiva University, 2022-08)This course will examine the history of Europe from c.500 BCE to c.1650 and will consider some key texts to see what they can tell us about the periods under review. -
HIS2141/JHI1508: History of the Holocaust
(2019-09)This course examines the fate of European Jewry between 1933 and 1945. We shall cover the rise and fall of the democratic Weimar Republic in the 1920s, the Nazi seizure of power, anti-Jewish policy and legislation in Nazi ... -
HIS2141/JHI1508: History of the Holocaust
(Yeshiva College, Yeshiva University, 2022-08)This course examines the fate of European Jewry between 1933 and 1945. We shall cover the rise and fall of the democratic Weimar Republic in the 1920s, the Nazi seizure of power, anti-Jewish policy and legislation in Nazi ... -
HIS2220: History of the American Presidency
(2021-09)This introductory course examines the development and evolution of the American Presidency. Beginning as an experiment in enlightened government, the office of the executive gradually expanded to meet new and greater ... -
HIS2601: History of the Law
(2021-09)►Course Goals and Objectives: This course examines the development of western law from an historical perspective. Through a combination of lecture and discussion of assigned readings, students will be introduced to the ... -
HIS2601: The History of Western Law
(Yeshiva College, Yeshiva University, 2022-08)COURSE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: This course examines the development of western law from an historical perspective. Through a combination of lecture and discussion of assigned readings, students will be introduced to the ... -
HIS2831H: The Roman Emperor in Theory and Practice
(2019-09)►Course description: “Cultures Over Time” (CUOT) courses allow students to explore the distinctiveness of the past and how it relates to the present through an investigation of values, traditions, modes of thinking, and ... -
HIS2909: Media Revolutions
(Yeshiva College, Yeshiva University, 2022-08)This course will survey the history of media from the ancient world to the present. Taking ‘media’ in the broadest sense to encompass the full range of communications technologies, we will begin with the papyri scrolls of ... -
HIS2909: Media revolutions: From scroll to screen
(2021-08)►This course will survey the history of media from the ancient world to the present. Taking ‘media’ in the broadest sense to encompass the full range of communications technologies, we will begin with the papyri scrolls ... -
HIS2913: Immigrant Nations: US and Israel
(2019-09)►COURSE DESCRIPTION The course surveys the political, cultural, and social implications of large scale immigration to the US and to Israel. Historically, not all immigrants were welcome, and both nations have a record of ...
