NEW YORK
METROPOLITAN
UNIVERSITY

Associate to Bachelor's Degree (ABSS) in History

  • Eligibility Criteria

    High School Diploma, GED or equiv. International Education

  • Credit Hours

    84-140

  • Courses Offered

    14

  • Course Duration

    1 Year (Self-Paced) Program

  • Estimated Fee

    $18,480

Courses Offered

An associate to bachelor’s degree from NYMU can ensure you into obtaining a steady career path which will help you advance in your respective field. Apart from this, An associate to bachelor’s degree from NYMU will be recognized internationally by online accreditation bodies.

Introduction To Political Science (SS-080)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     A Science Of Politics
     Theories: Classic And Modern
     Nations, States, And Governments
     Individuals And Constitutions
     Democracy, Totalitarianism And Authoritarianism
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Political Ideologies
     Political Culture
     Public Opinion
     Political Communication And The Media
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Interest Groups
     Political Parties And Party Systems
     Elections
     The Basic Institutions Of Government
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Legislatures
     Executives
     Administration And Bureaucracy
     Legal Systems And The Courts
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Political Economy
     Violence And Revolution
     International Relations
     The Global System

Introduction To Mass Communication (SS-196)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     We The People: Media And Communication.
     Books
     Newspapers
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Magazines
     The Movies
     Radio
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Television
     Music And The Recording Industry
     Computers And The Internet
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Journalism: Information And Society
     Public Relations
     Advertising
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Ethics
     Regulation
     Mass Communication Research: From Content To Effects

World Literature (SS-291)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Reading And Writing As A Social Act
     Roots And Rebellions
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Gender And Identity
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     War And Violence
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Race And Culture
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Individualism And Community

Foundations Of Sociology (SS-381)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     What Is Sociology?
     Sociological Research Methods
     Culture, Society, And Social Change
     Socialization
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Deviance And Crime
     Interaction, Groups, And Organizations
     Inequalities Of Social Class
     Inequalities Of Race And Ethnicity
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Inequalities Of Gender
     The Economy
     The Political Order
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Marriage And Family
     Education
     Religion
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Medicine And Health Care
     Population, Ecology, And Urbanization
     Collective Social Action

English Rhetoric (SS-395)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Reading And Writing In College
     The Reading Process
     Reading Critically
     The Writing Process
     Preparing To Write
     Writing Effectively
     Revising And Editing
     Describing
     Narrating
     Illustrating
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Analyzing A Process
     Comparing And Contrasting
     Dividing And Classifying
     Defining
     Analyzing Causes And Effects
     Arguing
     Recognizing A Research Paper
     Avoiding Plagiarism
     Finding Sources
     Writing A Research Paper
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Documenting Sources
     Revising And Editing A Research Paper
     Writing Workshop
     Parts Of Speech, Phrases, Clauses
     Subjects And Verbs
     Fragments
     Fused Sentences And Comma Splices
     Regular And Irregular Verbs
     Verb Tense
     Subject-Verb Agreement
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     More On Verbs
     Pronoun Problems
     Pronoun Reference And Point Of View
     Pronoun Agreement
     Adjectives
     Adverbs
     Modifier Errors
     End Punctuation
     Commas
     Apostrophes
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Quotation Marks
     Other Punctuation Marks
     Capitalization
     Abbreviations And Numbers
     Varying Sentence Structure
     Parallelism
     Combining Sentences
     Standard And Nonstandard English
     Easily Confused Words
     Spelling

Essentials Of General Psychology (SS-664)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     What Is Psychology?
     How Psychologists Do
     Genes, Evolution, And The Environment
     The Brain: Source Of Mind And Self
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Body Rhythms And Mental States
     Sensation And Perception
     Learning And Conditioning
     Behavior In Social And Cultural Context
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Thinking And Intelligence
     Memory
     Emotion
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Motivation
     Personality
     Development Over The Lifespan
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Health Stress And Coping
     Psychological Disorders
     Approaches To Treatment And Therapy

Introduction To World History (SS-777)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     The Birth Of Civilization
     The Four Great Revolutions In Thought And Religion
     Greek And Hellenistic Civilization
     Iran, India, And Inner Asia To 200 C.E.
     Africa: Early History To 1000 C.E.
     Republican And Imperial Rome
     Chinas First Empire 221 B.C.E.-589 C.E
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Imperial China 589 B.C.E. 1368 C.E
     Japan: Early History To 1467
     Iran And India Before Islam
     The Formation Of Islamic Civilization 622945
     The Byzantine Empire And Western Europe To 1000
     Islam In The Heartlands And Beyond, Ca. 10001600
     Ancient Civilizations Of The Americas
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Europe In The Early 1500s: Revival, Decline, And Renaissance
     Europe 15001650: Expansion, Reformation, And Religious Wars
     Africa Ca. 10001800
     Conquest And Exploitation: The Development Of The Transatlantic Economy
     East Asia In The Late Traditional Era
     State Building And Society In Early Modern Europe
     The Last Great Islamic Empires (15001800)
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     The Age Of European Enlightenment
     Revolutions In The Transatlantic World
     In Nineteenth-Century Europe And North America, 18151880
     Northern Transatlantic Economy And Society, 18151914
     Latin America: From Independence To The 1940s
     India, The Islamic Heartlands, And Africa: The Challenge Of Modernity (18001945)
     Modern East Asia
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Imperialism And World War I
     Depression, European Dictators, And The American New Deal
     World War Ii
     The West Since World War Ii
     East Asia: The Recent Decades
     Postcolonialism And Beyond: Latin America, Africa, Asia, And The Middle East

Introduction To Economics (SS-812)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Economics: Foundations And Models
     Trade-Offs, Comparative Advantage, And The Market System
     Where Prices Come From: The Interaction Of Demand And Supply
     Market Efficiency And Market Failure
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Firms, The Stock Market, And Corporate Governance
     Consumer Choice And Elasticity
     Technology, Production, And Costs
     Firms In Perfectly Competitive Markets
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Monopoly And Antitrust Policy
     Monopolistic Competition And Oligopoly
     Gdp: Measuring Total Production And Income
     Unemployment And Inflation
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Economic Growth And Business Cycles
     Aggregate Demand And Aggregate Supply Analysis
     Money, Banks, And The Federal Reserve System
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Monetary Policy
     Fiscal Policy
     Comparative Advantage, International Trade, And Exchange Rates

Introduction To History (HIS-077)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     The Dry Bones Speak, 5 Million B.C.E.–10,000 B.C.E.
     From Village Community To City-State: 10,000 B.C.E.–750 B.C.E.
     River Valley Civilizations: The Nile And The Indus, 7000 B.C.E.–750 B.C.E.
     A Polycentric World: Cities And States In East Asia, The Americas, And West Africa, 1700 B.C.E.–1000 C.E.
     Dawn Of The Empires: Empire-Building In North Africa, West Asia, And The Mediterranean, 2000 B.C.E.–300 C.E.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Rome And The Barbarians: The Rise And Fall Of Empire, 750 B.C.E. 500 C.E.
     China: Fracture And Unification The Qin, Han, Sui, And Tang Dynasties, 200 B.C.E.–900 C.E.
     Indian Empires: Cultural Cohesion In A Divided Subcontinent, 1500 B.C.E.–1100 C.E.
     Hinduism And Buddhism The Sacred Subcontinent: The Spread Of Religion In India And Beyond, 1500 B.C.E.–1200 C.E.
     Judaism And Christianity Peoples Of The Bible: God’S Evolution In West Asia And Europe, 1700 B.C.E.–1100 C.E.
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Islam Submission To Allah: Muslim Civilization Bridges The World, 570 C.E.–1500 C.E.
     Establishing World Trade Routes The Geography And Philosophies Of Early Economic Systems Trade And Traders: Goals And Functions, 1000–1500
     European Visions Economic Growth, Religion And Renaissance, Global Connections, 1100–1776
     The Unification Of World Trade New Philosophies For New Trade Patterns, 1500–1776
     Migration Demographic Changes In A New Global Ecumene, 1300–1750
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Political Revolutions In Europe And The Americas The Birth Of Human Rights In The Age Of Enlightenment, 1649–1830
     The Industrial Revolution A Global Process, 1700–1914  
     Nationalism, Imperialism, And Resistance Competition Among Industrial Powers, 1650–1914
     Methods Of Mass Production And Destruction Technological Systems, 1914–37
     World War Ii And The Cold War The World In Peril, 1937–49
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Cold War And New Nations Remaking The Post-World War Ii World, 1945–89
     China And India Postwar Developments, 1914–91
     New Public Identities, 1979–Present
     Regional Identities And The Twenty-First Century

World History I (HIS-183)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     The Neolithic Revolution And The Birth Of Civilization
     The Rise Of Civilization In The Middle East And Africa
     Asia’S First Civilizations: India And China
     Unification And The Consolidation Of Civilization In China
     Classical Civilization In The Eastern Mediterranean: Persia And Greece
     Religious Rivalries And India’S Golden Age
     Rome And Its Empire
     The Peoples And Civilizations Of The Americas
     The Spread Of Civilizations And The Movement Of Peoples
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     The End Of The Classical Era: World History In Transition, 200-700 C.E.
     The First Global Civilization: The Rise And Spread Of Islam
     Abbasid Decline And The Spread Of Islamic Civilization To South And Southeast Asia
     African Civilizations And The Spread Of Islam
     Civilization In Eastern Europe: Byzantium And Orthodox Europe
     A New Civilization Emerges In Western Europe
     The Americas On The Eve Of Invasion
     Reunification And Renaissance In Chinese Civilization: The Era Of The Tang And Song Dynasties
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     The Spread Of Chinese Civilization: Japan, Korea, And Vietnam
     The Last Great Nomadic Challenges: From Chinggis Khan To Timur
     The West And The Changing World Balance
     The World Economy
     The Transformation Of The West, 1450-1750
     The Rise Of Russia
     Early Latin America
     Africa And The Africans In The Age Of The Atlantic Slave Trade
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     The Muslim Empires
     Asian Transitions In An Age Of Global Exchange
     The Emergence Of Industrial Society In The West, 1760-1914
     Industrialization And Imperialism: The Making Of The European Global Order
     The Consolidation Of Latin America, 1830-1920
     Civilizations In Crisis: The Ottoman Empire, The Islamic Heartlands, And Qing China
     Russia And Japan: Industrialization Outside The West
     Descent Into The Abyss: World War I And The Crisis Of The European Global Order
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     The World Between The Wars: Revolutions, Depression, And Authoritarian Response
     A Second Global Conflict And The End Of The European World Order
     Western Society And Eastern Europe In The Decades Of The Cold War
     Latin America: Revolution And Reaction Into The 21st Century
     Africa, The Middle East, And Asia In The Era Of Independence
     Rebirth And Revolution: Nation-Building In East Asia And The Pacific Rim
     The End Of The Cold War And The Shape Of A New Era: World History 1990-2006
     Globalization And Resistance

Greek History (HIS-220)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Introduction: A Small, Far-Off Land.
     The Foundations Of Greek Life
     The Greeks Before History: 10,000-700 Bc.
     Homer
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Religion And Myth.
     Archaic Greece: The Age Of Experiment, 700-480 Bc.
     A Tale Of Two Archaic Cities: Sparta And Athens, 700-480 Bc.
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     The Crisis Of 480 Bc: Persia, Carthage, And The Greeks.
     Democracy, Empire, And Culture: Athens And Syracuse, 479-431 Bc.
     The Peloponnesian War And Its Aftermath, 431-399 Bc.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     The Greeks Between Persia And Carthage, 399-360 Bc.
     The Macedonians, 359-323 Bc.
     The Hellenistic Civilization
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Hellenistic Culture, 323-30 Bc.
     The Coming Of Rome, 220-30 Bc.
     Conclusions

Introduction To Holocaust Studies (HIS-377)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Studying The Holocaust
     The Jews
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Hitler, Nazis, Germans And Jews.
     1933-41 - A Twisted Road
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Responding To Persecution
     The Transition To Killing
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Murder
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Humanity, Modernity, And The Holocaust

American History (HIS-533)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Alien Encounters: Europe In The Americas
     American Society In The Making
     America In The British Empire
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     The American Revolution
     The Federalist Era: Nationalism Triumphant
     Jeffersonian Democracy
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     National Growing Pains
     Toward A National Economy
     Jacksonian Democracy
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     The Making Of Middle-Class America
     Westward Expansion
     The Sections Go Their Ways
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     The Coming Of The Civil War
     The War To Save The Union
     Reconstruction And The South

Western Civilization I (HIS-802)

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
     The Birth Of Civilization
     The Rise Of Greek Civilization
     Classical And Hellenistic Greece
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Rome: From Republic To Empire
     Roman Empire
     The Early Middle Ages: Creating A New European Society And Culture (476-1000).
  In Section 3 of this course you will cover these topics:
     The High Middle Ages: The Rise Of European Empires And States (1000-1300).
     Medieval Society: Hierarchies, Towns, Universities, And Families (1000-1300)
     The Late Middle Ages: Social And Political Breakdown (1300-1527)
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Renaissance And Discovery
     The Age Of Reformation
     The Age Of Religious Wars
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
     Paths To Constitutionalism And Absolutism: England And France In The Seventeenth Century.
     New Directions In Thought And Culture In The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries

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