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Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

History of Health, Science, and the Environment
Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences
 
Chair: Sara Lipton
Director of Undergraduate Studies: Eric Zolov
Business Administrator: Erin Giuliano, erin.giuliano@stonybrook.edu
 
Office: S-301 Social and Behavioral Sciences
Phone: (631) 632-7500

This minor explores the historical context of health, science and disease. Nature is within us and all around us. Human habitats-starting with our multi-species bodies-are only partly under human control. Inversely, the environment “out there” is deeply influenced by humans and their technologies. History provides extensive evidence for these trans-human relationships. This minor allows students to explore this multi-level interplay-from the molecular level to the planetary-in a variety of times and places.

Minor Requirements

Completion of the minor requires 21 credits. At least nine of the 21 credits must be taken at Stony Brook, with three of the courses at the upper-division level. The specific distribution of the credits should be determined in consultation with the director of undergraduate studies. An example of an acceptable distribution would be the following:

Three courses in the student’s interest at the 100 or 200 level (9 credits)

Selected from the list below

Four courses in the student’s interest at the 300 or 400 level (12 credits)

Selected from the list below 

(Note: HIS 447 , HIS 487 , HIS 488 , or HIS 495 -HIS 496  may not be applied to the minor.)

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