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Undergraduate Course Certificate in Social Sciences in History

  • Eligibility Criteria

    High school diploma, GED or equiv. International Education

  • Credit Hours

    6

  • Courses Offered

    6

  • Course Duration

    1 Month (Self-Paced) Program

  • Estimated Fee

    $780

Courses Offered

An undergraduate certificate by NYMU will help secure your plans of garnering progression and stability regarding career opportunities and lock an elevated career, one that you always imagined.

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  • Credit Hours

  • Introduction To History (HIS-077)

  • 6 Credits

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  • World History I (HIS-183)

  • 6 Credits

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  • Greek History (HIS-220)

  • 6 Credits

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  • Introduction To Holocaust Studies (HIS-377)

  • 6 Credits

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  • American History (HIS-533)

  • 6 Credits

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  • Western Civilization I (HIS-802)

  • 6 Credits

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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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