History Courses at Stony Brook
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Students give HIS courses 3.5 out of 5, and 57% would take one again.
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Easiest course
AFS381
AIDS, Race, and Gender in the Black Community · 44/100 difficulty
Most challenging
HIS371
Law and Society in American History, 1620-1877 · 79/100 difficulty
All History Courses (121)
HIS396Topics in U.S. History
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 116 ratings
HIS103American History to 1877
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 76 ratings
HIS 104United States History to 1877
3.2 out of 5 stars3.2· 63 ratings
HIS241Nazi Genocide and the Holocaust
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 61 ratings
HIS301Reading and Writing History
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 47 ratings
HIS393Topics in Modern European History
3.1 out of 5 stars3.1· 44 ratings
HIS250The Second World War, 1939-1945
4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 34 ratings
HIS264The Early Republic
1.6 out of 5 stars1.6· 25 ratings
HIS235The Heirs of Rome: The Early Medieval World, 300-1000
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 24 ratings
HIS371Law and Society in American History, 1620-1877
1.3 out of 5 stars1.3· 23 ratings
HIS102Modern European History, 18th c. to the Present
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 22 ratings
HIS265Civil War and Reconstruction
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 22 ratings
HIS390Topics in Ancient History
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 22 ratings
HIS213Colonial Latin America
2.7 out of 5 stars2.7· 19 ratings
HIS268
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 18 ratings
HIS220Japan in the Age of Courtier and Samurai
2.0 out of 5 stars2.0· 17 ratings
HIS281Global History and Geography
2.8 out of 5 stars2.8· 17 ratings
HIS312From Empire to Third Reich: Germany, 1890-1945
1.8 out of 5 stars1.8· 17 ratings
HIS219Introduction to Chinese History and Civilization
2.4 out of 5 stars2.4· 16 ratings
HIS227Islamic Civilization & Muslim Societies
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 16 ratings
HIS266History of the United States West
3.3 out of 5 stars3.3· 16 ratings
HIS318Modern European Intellectual History
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 15 ratings
HIS325Civil Rights and Black Power
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 15 ratings
HIS209
3.7 out of 5 stars3.7· 14 ratings
HIS237Science, Technology, and Medicine in Western Civilization I
2.5 out of 5 stars2.5· 14 ratings
HIS238Science, Technology, and Medicine in Western Civilization II
1.9 out of 5 stars1.9· 14 ratings
HIS263Age of the American Revolution
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 14 ratings
HIS369Religion and Politics in Africa
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 14 ratings
HIS377
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 14 ratings
SBC307
4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 14 ratings
HIS210Soviet Russia
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 13 ratings
HIS321
3.7 out of 5 stars3.7· 13 ratings
HIS340Topics in Asian History
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 13 ratings
AFS381AIDS, Race, and Gender in the Black Community
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 12 ratings
HIS225Jewish History from Antiquity to the Middle Ages
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 12 ratings
HIS236The World of the Later Middle Ages, 1000-1500
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 12 ratings
HIS249Modern Europe, 1914-1945
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 12 ratings
HIS348Colonial South Asia
4.1 out of 5 stars4.1· 12 ratings
HIS361Slavery and Freedom in the Making of the Atlantic
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 12 ratings
HIS333
4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 11 ratings
HIS341
2.6 out of 5 stars2.6· 11 ratings
HIS202Ancient Greece
4.4 out of 5 stars4.4· 10 ratings
HIS300Topics in Global History
2.7 out of 5 stars2.7· 10 ratings
HIS344Modern Japan
2.8 out of 5 stars2.8· 10 ratings
HIS360Changing Families: US History to 1860
3.2 out of 5 stars3.2· 10 ratings
HIS370US Social History from 1860 to 1940
4.6 out of 5 stars4.6· 10 ratings
HIS381Chocolate, Coffee & Cocaine: Global Commodities
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 10 ratings
RLS230
2.8 out of 5 stars2.8· 10 ratings
HIS201The Ancient Near East
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 9 ratings
HIS203Ancient Rome
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 9 ratings
HIS262American Colonial Society
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 9 ratings
HIS362Unsettled Decade: The Sixties
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 9 ratings
HIS383The World of Jane Austen; Jane Austen in the World
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 9 ratings
HIS394
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 9 ratings
HIS208
4.4 out of 5 stars4.4· 8 ratings
HIS289Wealth and Inequality in America's Corporate Age
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 8 ratings
HIS389Mexico: From Revolutions to Cartels, 1810-2020
2.8 out of 5 stars2.8· 8 ratings
HIS397Topics in History of U.S. Immigration and Ethnicity
2.9 out of 5 stars2.9· 8 ratings
HIS401Senior Colloquium
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 8 ratings
HIS411
4.8 out of 5 stars4.8· 8 ratings
HIS414
2.9 out of 5 stars2.9· 8 ratings
HIS368Health and Disease in Africa
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 7 ratings
HIS376
4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 7 ratings
HIS500Historiography
3.1 out of 5 stars3.1· 7 ratings
HIST393
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 7 ratings
HIS280The History of the U.S. Working Class
3.1 out of 5 stars3.1· 6 ratings
HIS285Games, Burlesques, and Spectacles: Popular Culture in 19th-Century America
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 6 ratings
HIS326
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 6 ratings
HIS353Postwar Japan
2.5 out of 5 stars2.5· 6 ratings
HIS373Global 1960s
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 6 ratings
HIS375
4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 6 ratings
HIS391Topics in Ancient and Medieval Europe
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 6 ratings
HIS392Topics in Early Modern Europe
2.6 out of 5 stars2.6· 6 ratings
HIS395
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 6 ratings
HIS398Topics in the History of Science, Medicine and Technology
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 6 ratings
HIS441
4.8 out of 5 stars4.8· 6 ratings
HUI390Italian-American Studies in the Humanities
4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 6 ratings
HIS251Europe Since 1945
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 5 ratings
HIS303The Crusades and Medieval Society
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 5 ratings
HIS308Britain and France in the Age of Revolution
2.6 out of 5 stars2.6· 5 ratings
HIS310Britain Since 1945: Postcolonial Disruptions
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 5 ratings
HIS316
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 5 ratings
HIS330European Intellectual History, 1870-1945
2.4 out of 5 stars2.4· 5 ratings
HIS374Surveillance State: A History of U.S. Domestic Spying
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 5 ratings
HIS399Topics in U.S. History
3.2 out of 5 stars3.2· 5 ratings
CEG523Historiography
2.5 out of 5 stars2.5· 4 ratings
HIS226Modern Jewish History: Dilemmas of Difference
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 4 ratings
HIS248Modern Europe, 1815-1914
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 4 ratings
HIS306
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 4 ratings
HIS314Indigenous-Settler Relations in the United States
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 4 ratings
HIS323Women of Color in the U.S
2.3 out of 5 stars2.3· 4 ratings
HIS332Postcolonial South Asia
2.8 out of 5 stars2.8· 4 ratings
HIS365Environmental History of North America
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 4 ratings
HIS402
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 4 ratings
LRN131
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 4 ratings
SCH102University Scholars Seminar
2.8 out of 5 stars2.8· 4 ratings
SUS201Systems and Models
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 4 ratings
WST333
4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 4 ratings
AFS400
2.6 out of 5 stars2.6· 3 ratings
HIS 105United States History Since 1877
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 3 ratings
HIS01
2.6 out of 5 stars2.6· 3 ratings
HIS1O4United States Since 1877
2.4 out of 5 stars2.4· 3 ratings
HIS250WWII
1.4 out of 5 stars1.4· 3 ratings
HIS319
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 3 ratings
HIS328History of New York City
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 3 ratings
HIS334Women and Gender in Pre-Modern European History
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 3 ratings
HIS347
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 3 ratings
HIS400
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 3 ratings
HIS412
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 3 ratings
HIS422
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 3 ratings
HIST103
2.6 out of 5 stars2.6· 3 ratings
HIST268
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 3 ratings
HON401Global Issues
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 3 ratings
JDS241Nazi Genocide and the Holocaust
2.6 out of 5 stars2.6· 3 ratings
JRN208
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 3 ratings
WST345
4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 3 ratings
HIS 216History of the Middle East
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HIS247Modern Korea through Visual Culture
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HIS302Environmental History in Global Perspective
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HIS304Religion, Magic and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe
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WST360Women and Gender in Pre-Modern European History
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