2019-2020 BSC Catalog

180 ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
westward expansion, the rise of sectionalism, the Civil War, and the Reconstruction
years. Prerequisite: HI 300 or instructor consent.
HI 309 Women of the American South (1)
A study of women from the American South from pre-colonial contact to the present.
Emphasis is placed on the contributions of women to the economic, political, social, and
cultural development of the region. Among the topics covered are Native American
women, slavery, Confederate states, mountain communities, Civil Rights, and country
music. A Leadership Studies designated course. Prerequisite: HI 300 or instructor
consent.
HI 320 America Since 1940 (1)
The transformation of the United States since 1940, with emphasis upon the political and
social aftermath of World War II, the expansion of the American economy in the 1950s
and 1960s, social movements of the 1960s, and the era of disillusionment following
Vietnam and Watergate in the 1970s. Prerequisite: HI 300 or instructor consent.
HI 331 Alabama Civil Rights (1)
An investigation of Alabama’s role in the modern civil rights struggle. Topics include the
Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Freedom Rides, the Birmingham campaign, “Bloody
Sunday” and the Voting Rights Act, and the movement in rural Alabama. Prerequisite:
HI 300 or instructor consent.
HI 342 French Revolution and Napoleon (1)
Analysis of the causes and course of the Revolution in France and the spread of
revolutionary ideas and institutions in Europe, 1789-1815. Prerequisite: HI 300 or
instructor consent.
HI 345 Topics in the History of Terrorism (1)
An exploration of terrorism through focused study of four to six episodes in its history.
Following an historical and methodological introduction, possible subjects include the
Sicarii, the Carbonari, Russian revolutionary terrorism, the Ku Klux Klan, the Irish
Troubles, Israel/Palestine, the Malayan Emergency, the Weather Underground, antiabortion
violence, eco-terrorism, and September 11. A Leadership Studies designated
course. Prerequisite: HI 300 or instructor consent.
HI 346 Russia in the Twentieth Century (1)
A study of Russia and its transition in the twentieth century from a backward behemoth
to the world’s first socialist state and finally to a struggling post-communist nation.
Topics include the crises of late Imperial Russia, the Russian Revolution, Stalinism,
official and popular culture in the Soviet Union, the construction of “mature socialism,”
and the collapse of the U.S.S.R. Prerequisite: HI 300 or instructor consent.
HI 347 Britain in the Twentieth Century (1)
Transition from empire to commonwealth, the Irish problem, two world wars and their
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