Course Syllabi

These are sample syllabi for BC History courses for student reference during registration for the upcoming semester(s). The syllabi may not be updated, but they are provided just to give you an indication of the topics and workload. They will be posted as they become available.

Spring 2025 Sample Syllabi

HIST BC1302	European History : French Revolution to the Present
HIST BC1760	Introduction to African History
HIST BC2199	A History of Witchcraft and Magic in Europe
HIST BC2375	Fascism in European History
HIST BC2477	Race, Class, and Politics in New York City
HIST BC2482	Revolutionary America
HIST BC2664	Reproducing Inequality: Families in Latin America
HIST BC2676	Latin America: Migration, Race, and Ethnicity
HIST UN2689	Colonial Cities of the Americas, c. 1500-1800
HIST BC2699	Latin American Civilization II
HIST BC2859	South Asian Diasporas
HIST BC2963	History of Globalization
HIST BC2985	History of Global Economic Inequality
HIST BC3370	Science, Environment, and Colonialism
HIST BC3392	Senior Research Seminar II
HIST BC3399	Urban History of Britain 1600-1900
HIST BC3698	Mass-Mediated Politics in Modern Latin America
HIST BC3791	Lagos: From the Pepperfarm to the Mega City
HIST BC3823	Race/Racism/Anti-Racism: Studies in Global Thought
HIST BC3864	Food and Environment in China Application Required
HIST BC3870	Gender and Migration : A Global Perspective
HSME 6056	Major Debates in South Asia

Fall 2024 Sample Syllabi

HIST BC1101	European History 1500-1789
HIST BC1401	Introduction to American History to 1865
HIST BC2101	History of Capitalism
HIST BC2385	Global Environmental History
HIST BC2401	Politics of Crime and Policing
HIST BC2413	United States 1940-1975
HIST BC2440	Introduction to African American History
HIST BC2980	World Migration
HIST BC3199	Queer and Trans Histories
HIST BC3327	Consumer Culture in Modern Europe
HIST BC3379	Water Histories Questionnaire to sign up
HIST BC3391	Research Seminar I
HIST BC3589	Anti-Apartheid Solidarity Movement
HIST BC3788	Gender, Sexuality & Power in Africa
HIST BC3870	Gender and Migration
HIST BC3910	Global Politics of Reproduction

Spring 2024 Sample Syllabi

HIST BC1302	European History Since 1789
HIST BC1760	Introduction to African History
HIST BC2101	History of Capitalism
HIST BC2380	Cultural History of Food in Europe
HIST BC2405	Spatial History of 19th Century NYC
HIST BC2477	Race, Class and Politics in New York City
HIST BC2549	Early America to 1763
HIST BC2681	Women and Gender in Latin America
HIST BC2865	Gender and Power in China
HIST BC3368	History of the Senses
HIST BC3392	Senior Thesis Seminar II
HIST BC3495	Representing the Past
HIST BC3770	African Communities in New York
HIST BC3598	Black Left Feminism and Anti-Colonial Liberation
HIST BC3823	Race, Racism, and Antiracism: Studies in Global Thought
HIST CU G8674	Power, Law, and the State in Latin America
HSME 2811	South Asia II: Empire and its Aftermath

Fall 2023 Sample Syllabi

HIST BC1101	Introduction to European History: Renaissance to French Revolution
HIST BC1401	Introduction to American History to 1865
HIST BC2004	Intro to African Studies
HIST BC2321	Colonial Encounters
HIST BC2401	Politics of Crime and Policing
HIST BC2413	The United States: 1940-1975
HIST BC2440	Introduction to African American History
HIST BC2664	Reproducing Inequalities
HIST BC2980	World Migration
HIST BC3327	Consumer Culture in Modern Europe
HIST BC3391	Research Seminar I
HIST BC3491	Making Barnard History
HIST BC3505	Building Worker Power: Migrants Work and Labor Trafficking in a Neoliberal Economy
HIST BC3692	Anarchism: A Global History
HIST BC3825	Race, Caste, and the University: B.R. Ambedkar at Columbia

Spring 2023 Sample Syllabi

HIST BC1302	European History Since 1789
HIST BC1760	Introduction to African History
HIST BC2375	Fascism in European History
HIST BC2380	History of Food in Europe
HIST BC2477	Race, Class and Politics in New York City
HIST BC2482	Revolutionary America, 1763-1815
HIST BC2980	World Migration
HIST BC3368	History of the Senses
HIST BC3379	Water Histories
HIST BC3392	Research Seminar II
HIST BC3495	Representing the Past
HIST BC3XXX	Colonial Gotham
HIST BC3670	Seeking Asylum: History, Politics, & the Pursuit of Justice at the U.S.-Mexico Border
HIST BC3770	African Communities in New York
HIST BC3864	Food in Environment in China
HIST BC3870	Gender and Migration

Fall 2022 Sample Syllabi

HIST BC1101	Introduction to European History: Renaissance to French Revolution
HIST BC1401	Introduction to American History to 1865
HIST BC2101	History of Capitalism
HIST BC2321	Colonial Encounters
HIST BC2375	Fascism in European History
HIST BC2401	The Politics of Crime and Policing
HIST BC2405	Spatial History of 19th Century New York City
HIST BC2413	The US, 1940-1975
HIST BC2440	Introduction to African-American History
HIST BC2567	Women, Race, and Class
HIST BC3327	Consumer Culture in Modern Europe
HIST BC3360	London: From Great Wen to World City
HIST BC3391	Research Seminar I
HIST BC3491	Making Barnard History
HIST BC3670	Seeking Asylum
HIST BC3825	Race, Caste and the University: Ambedkar @Columbia

Spring 2022 Sample Syllabi

HIST BC1302	Modern European History, French Revolution to Present
HIST BC2366	Climate and History: Intersecting Science, Environment and Society
HIST BC2380	Social and Cultural History of Food in Europe
HIST BC2401	The Politics of Crime and Policing
HIST BC2549	Early America to 1763
HIST BC2676	Latin America: Migration, Race & Ethnicity
HIST BC3130	Failed Empire: Sweden in the Early Modern World
HIST BC3370	Science, Environment and European Colonialism
HIST BC3392	Senior Thesis Research Seminar II
HIST BC3495	Representing the Past
HIST BC3549	Force & Power in Early America
HIST BC3692	Anarchism: A Global History
HIST GU4927	Mapping 19th-Century New York
HIST GU4926	Spatial History Lab

Fall 2021 Sample Syllabi

HIST BC1101	Introduction to European History
HIST BC2062	Medieval Intellectual Life
HIST BC2101	History of Capitalism
HIST BC2321	Colonial Encounters
HIST BC2375	Fascism in European History
HIST BC2413	The United States: 1940-1975
HIST BC2440	Intro to African American History
HIST BC2477	Race, Class and Politics in New York City
HIST BC2865	Gender and Power in China
HIST BC3177	Scarcity: Economy and Nature
HIST BC3327	Consumer Culture in Modern Europe
HIST BC3391	Senior Thesis Research Seminar I
HIST BC3491	Making Barnard History: The Research Process
HIST BC3864	Feast and Famine: Food and Environment in Chinese History
HIST BC3904	Intro to Historical Theory & Method
HIST UN2689	Colonial Cities of the Americas
HIST GR8423	Cultural Histories of Britain: The Eighteenth & Nineteenth Centuries

Summer 2021 Sample Syllabi

HIST BC2401 (A)	Politics of Crime and Policing
HIST BC2482 (A)	Revolutionary America: 1763 - 1800
HIST BC3327 (A)	Consumer Culture in Modern Europe
HIST BC3549 (A)	A History of Violence: Force and Power in Early America
HIST BC3788 (A)	Gender, Sexuality, Power, Africa
HIST BC3825 (A)	Race, Caste & The University: B.R. Ambedkhar At Columbia
HIST BC3842 (A)	Subaltern Urbanism

Spring 2021 Sample Syllabi

HIST BC1302	European History Since 1789
HIST BC1401	Intro to American History to 1865
HIST BC1760 (A)	Introduction to African History
HIST BC2366 (B)	Climate and History
HIST BC2402	Science and Society: From Galileo to Climate Change
HIST BC2477	Race, Class, and Politics in NYC
HIST BC3392	Senior Thesis Seminar Focus on Historical Writing Application Required Histories of the Present Application Required
HIST BC3495	Representing the Past
HIST BC3505	Pandemic Tales: Curated Conversations with Migrant Workers
HIST BC3692	Anarchism: A Global History
HIST BC3670	Seeking Asylum
HIST BC3770	African Communities in New York, 1900 to Present
HIST UN2661	Latin American Civ II

Fall 2020 Sample Syllabi

HIST BC1101	European History 1500-1789
HIST BC2321	Colonial Encounters
HIST BC2401	Politics of Crime and Policing
HIST BC2413	The U.S. 1940-1975
HIST BC2440	Intro African-American History
HIST BC2664	Reproducing Inequalities: Families in Latin American History
HIST BC3301	Science and Fascism Questionnaire Required
HIST BC3327	Consumer Culture in Modern Europe
HIST BC3360 (A)	London: From Great Wen to World City
HIST BC3391	Senior Thesis Research Seminar Focus on Historical Writing Application Required Histories of the Present Application Required
HIST BC3475 (B)	COVID-19 & Care Work: An Oral History Approach Application Required https://tinyurl.com/y3lt8z3u
HIST BC3599	Modern Representations of Slavery
HIST BC3788	Gender, Sexuality & Power in African History
HIST BC3870	Gender & Migration: Global Project
HIST UN2689	Colonial Cities of the Americas

Spring 2020 Sample Syllabi

HIST BC1302	European History Since 1789
HIST BC1760	Introduction to African History: 1700- Present
HIST BC2413	History of the United States, 1940-1975
HIST BC2549	Early America to 1763
HIST BC3392	Senior Thesis Seminar
UN2811/HSME 2811	South Asia II: Empire and Aftermath
CPLS, GU4892	Subaltern Urbanism

Fall 2019 Sample Syllabi

HIST BC 1062	Introduction to Later Medieval Ages
HIST BC 1101	Introduction to European History: The Renaissance to the French Revolution
HIST BC 1401	American Civilization to the Civil War
HIST BC 2321	Colonial Encounters: Europe and The Culture of Empire
HIST BC 2567	Women, Gender, & Sexuality in 20th Century U.S.
HIST BC 3327	Consumer Culture in Modern Europe
HIST BC 3360	London: From 'Great Wen' to World City
HIST BC 3391	Senior Thesis Seminar
HIST BC 3904	Introduction to Historical Theory & Method

Spring 2019 Sample Syllabi

HIST BC 1302	European History 1789 to Present
HIST BC 1760	Introduction to African History: 1700- Present
HIST BC 2380	The Social and Cultural History of Food in Europe
HIST BC 2482	Revolutionary America, 1763-1815
HIST BC 3392	Senior Thesis Seminar
HIST BC 3491	Making Barnard History
HIST BC 3504	19th Century NYC Spatial History
HIST BC 3776	Mapping the Ekopolitan Project: A Spatial Approach to Pan-African Circulations
HSME 2811	South Asia: Empire & Its Aftermath
HIST BC 3830	Bombay/Mumbai and its Urban Imaginaries

Fall 2018 Sample Syllabi

HIST BC 1062	Introduction to the Later Middle Ages, 1050-1400
HIST BC 1101	Introduction to European History: The Renaissance to the French Revolution
HIST BC 2408	Emerging Cities: 19th-Century Urban History of the Americas and Europe
HIST BC 2413	History of the United States, 1940-1975
HIST BC 2423	The Constitution in Historical Perspective
HIST BC 2440	Introduction to African-American History
HIST BC 2664	Reproducing Inequalities: Families in Latin American History
HIST BC 2980	World Migration
HIST BC 3062	Medieval Economic Life and Thought
HIST BC 3360	London: From 'Great Wen' to World City
HIST BC 3391	Senior Thesis Seminar
HIST BC 3549	A History of Violence: Force and Power in Early America
HIST BC 3870	Gender & Migration: A Global Perspective