Undergraduate Program

The department as a whole has won the Undergraduate Teaching Award of the College of Arts and Sciences. Its faculty, which includes two Distinguished Teaching Professors, has won numerous individual teaching awards. Find out what we can do for you and how you can best profit from our rich undergraduate offerings. Get to understand the requirements of the history History Major and Minor, and take note and advantage of the many prizes, scholarships and awards that the department is offering. These prestigious scholarships and prizes can help you pay your way through college at all levels of your career. And do not forget to check out the international history honor society, it offers recognition, conversation and friendship.

Students are encouraged to enrich their undergraduate studies in history through study abroad.  Please consult the following link for Stony Brook and Stony Brook-affiliated programs for studying outside the United States.

Undergraduate Blog

History of Long Island Superfund Sites

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

As a research project for my history of industrial hazards class (History 414), students created wikis on the history of some of Long Island’s hazardous waste sites, regulated under the EPA’s Superfund site.  We’ve now converted the results into publicly available websites.  Check it out if you are interested….

Overview

Suffolk County: Farmingdale area, Holbrook area,  Port Jefferson/Upton area

Nassau County: Farmingdale area, Hicksville area

Helps toward Good Writing

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

The Undergraduate Studies Committee has added a section called “Writing Resources” to the Undergraduate page of this website.  The link will bring you to a useful list of errors to avoid and also a directory of helpful websites.  Pay a visit and let us know what you think.

U.S. History since the Civil War

Friday, January 11th, 2008

An advanced survey of American history from Reconstruction to the present. This is a reading-intensive course designed to familiarize the student with most major issues of this period, with special emphasis on the intersection of politics and society. Assignments will average over 300 pages per week of core readings. In addition, each student will deliver at least two presentation over the course of the semester on books of her or his choosing in consultation with the instructor. A final, interpretive essay is also required. For MA and PhD Students only.