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Apr 03, 2025
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Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog
History
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Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences
Chair: Sara Lipton
Director of Undergraduate Studies: Eric Zolov
Office: S-301 Social and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: (631) 632-7500
History is the systematic study of peoples, states, and societies from antiquity to our current times. Using both written records and material artifacts, historians attempt to reconstruct and interpret change over time in every facet of human experience, from political and economic systems to family life and gender roles, to name a few. The study of history is not only intrinsically interesting, but also contributes useful insights into the contemporary world and its problems.
Each semester the Department posts full descriptions of course offerings on its website. Students interested in history, whether as a major, a minor, a social science course related to their major, or for general liberal arts purposes, are invited to review the History Department website and to seek advice from the Department’s director of undergraduate studies and other faculty members.
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Minor Requirements
The minor is organized around a thematic cluster (Arts, Ideas & Culture; Empires, Violence & Global Connections; Health, Science & Environmental Change; Law, Politics & Social Justice; Race, Religion, Gender & Sexualities). Courses offered for the minor must be taken for a letter grade. All courses offered for the minor must be passed with a grade of C or higher. The minor, which requires 21 credits, consists of a two-course Introductory survey in a student’s particular geographic and/or temporal area of interest, followed by four courses in a Thematic area of history chosen from one of the clusters noted above. A final course can be used either to deepen a particular area of interest or explore a new subject. No grade lower than “C” may be applied to the minor and at least twelve of the 21 credits must be taken at Stony Brook. At least 9 of the 21 credits must be upper-division. - Two courses in any survey sequence at the 100- or 200-level
- Four courses in one of the following Thematic clusters: Arts, Ideas & Culture; Empires, Violence & Global Connections; Health, Science & Environmental Change; Law, Politics & Social Justice; Race, Religion, Gender & Sexualities (see course list above)
- One course in any area at the 300 level or above
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