2019-2020 BSC Catalog

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
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variety of cognitive, social, emotional, and motivational biases and heuristics often are at
work as we form and maintain beliefs about human behavior. Students may not earn
credit for both PY 250 and HON 285. An hour and a half per week laboratory is required.
Prerequisite: Harrison Honors Program.
HON 286 IA The Vietnam War (1)
An exploration of the Vietnam War from the American and Vietnamese perspectives,
focusing on the era 1945-1975. Topics include Vietnamese culture and history, French
and Japanese occupation, Ho Chi Minh’s revolutionary movement, national liberation,
the American war, and the experiences of soldiers and civilians on both sides. Memoirs,
novels, scholarly literature, and films will help facilitate our understanding of the war. An
Interpretation or Analysis designated course. Prerequisite: Harrison Honors Program.
HON 287 GP Western Images of Asia (1)
A multimedia exploration of Western attitudes about the “orient.” By reading scholarly
and fictional texts and carefully viewing the visual arts, this course analyzes the
development of Western attitudes toward the “east,” beginning with important medieval
explorers and concluding with our present concern with the Japanese. A Global
Perspectives designated course. Prerequisite: Harrison Honors Program.
HON 288 GP Remembering World War II: The War in Asia and the Pacific (1)
A seminar on how World War II in Asia and the Pacific is remembered in several
countries, including China, Japan, Korea, and the United States. Using a variety of
literary (novels, poetry, and memoirs), artistic (film and painting), and architectural
(monuments, memorials, and museums) evidence, we explore the legacy and memories
of World War II in these various countries, consider some of the many issues related to
self-representation and historical memory, and examine how different cultures with
widely divergent pasts and traditions come to shape memory and guilt. A Global
Perspectives designated course. Prerequisite: Harrison Honors Program.
HON 289 GP Remembering World War II: The War in Europe and the Holocaust
(1)
A seminar on how World War II in Europe and the Holocaust are remembered in several
countries. Using a variety of literary (novels, poetry, and memoirs), artistic (film and
painting), and architectural (monuments, memorials, and museums) evidence, we explore
the legacy and memories of World War II in these various countries, consider some of the
many issues related to self-representation and historical memory, and examine how
different cultures with widely divergent pasts and traditions come to shape memory and
guilt. Countries to be studied are chosen from among the following: Germany, France,
Poland, Russia/Soviet Union, and the United States. A Global Perspectives designated
course. Prerequisite: Harrison Honors Program.
HON 293, 393, 493 Honors Independent Study (½ or 1)
Directed study for Harrison Honors Scholars. Interested students should consult with the
Director of the Harrison Honors Program.
Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2019-2020