2019-2020 BSC Catalog

176 ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
America II focuses on African-American and Asian-American history and literature and
on the 1960s as a catalyst for multi-culturalism. (Also listed as EH 231 and HON 231.)
Prerequisite: EH 102.
HI 232 The Story of Freedom: The Writers Who Helped End Slavery (1)
An interdisciplinary investigation of the history and literature of America’s antislavery
movement from the colonial period to 1865. At its core, the course examines the
transformation of attitudes toward the legitimacy of un-free labor. A Leadership Studies
designated course. (Also listed as EH 232.)
HI 241 IA Monarchs, Rebellion, and Empire: History of England from the Anglo-
Saxons to George III (1)
A survey of the political, social, economic, and constitutional history of England and the
British Empire to 1789. Among the many subjects examined are the Anglo-Saxons, the
Norman Conquest, the Wars of the Roses, Henry VIII and the English Reformation,
Elizabeth I and the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the English Civil War, the Restoration,
the establishment of the “first” British Empire, and the responses to the American and
French Revolutions. Lectures are supplemented by audio-visuals to add further context.
An Interpretation or Analysis designated course.
HI 242 GP Industry, Imperialism, and World War: History of England from
George III to the Present (1)
A survey of the political, social, economic, and constitutional history of England and the
British Empire from 1789 to the present. Among the many subjects examined are the
Industrial Revolution, imperialism, the Irish independence movement, the First and
Second World Wars, the Socialist and Thatcher revolutions, and the end of empire.
Lectures are supplemented by audio-visuals to add further context. A Global Perspectives
designated course
HI 243 ES RMS Titanic: Icon of an Age (1)
An examination of the RMS Titanic as an icon of Edwardian Britain and Gilded Age
America. The goal of the course is to examine the ship and its tragic sinking in April
1912 to gain insight into issues of race, gender, and class during this period. Key topics
investigated include the ship’s construction, its passengers and crew, life on board, its
sinking, rescue of its passengers, and probable culpability for the accident. In addition,
study is made of how the ship's sinking has left an indelible legacy on cultural history. An
Explorations in Scholarship designated course.
HI 244 IA The History of Terrorism (1)
An examination of the history of terrorism with the twin goals of explaining its
contemporary prevalence and its historical significance. Emphasis is placed on the
political, social, and cultural contexts of terrorism and political violence; critical, literary,
and popular responses to terrorism; changing definitions of terrorism; and the
interrelationship between terrorism and modernity. Topics include tyrannicide and terror
in the ancient and medieval world; revolutionary terrorism and state terror in Europe and
Russia since the eighteenth century; anarchist terrorism in Europe and the United States;
Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2019-2020