2023-2024 BSC Catalog Updated_UG ONLY_FINAL[82]

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
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Slaughterhouse Five. The course examines a variety of movements for social change
within the historical contexts of the American Revolution, the antebellum period, the
progressive era, and the 1960s. A Community Interests and Leadership Studies
designated course.
EH 230 Plural America I (1)
An introduction to the plurality of the American culture from within the liberal arts
traditions of history and literature. The intent is to recognize the aspects of other cultures
appropriated into the Western tradition but often either unacknowledged or glossed over.
The end should be an appreciation of the achievements and limitations of our Western
heritage, and a heightened sensitivity to the cultural diversity of the world-at-large. This
course focuses on Native American and Chicano history and literature, and on the
European context of American society. (Also listed as HON 230.) Prerequisite: EH 102
or EH 208.
EH 231 Plural America II (1)
An introduction to the plurality of the American culture from within the liberal arts
traditions of history and literature. The intent is to recognize the aspects of other cultures
appropriated into the Western tradition but often either unacknowledged or glossed over.
The end should be an appreciation of the achievements and limitations of our Western
heritage, and a heightened sensitivity to the cultural diversity of the world-at-large. This
course focuses on African-American and Asian-American history and literature, and on
the 1960s as a catalyst for multi-culturalism. (Also listed as HON 231.) Prerequisite: EH
102 or EH 208.
EH 232 CI Eighteenth-Century Black Lives (1)
A study of literary representations of Black life and experience at the height of the slave
trade and the movement toward abolition, with an emphasis on how anti-slavery
movements abroad impacted those in America. At its core, the course examines the
transformation of attitudes toward the legitimacy of un-free labor. A Community
Interests, Black Studies, and Leadership Studies designated course.
EH 234 IA The Animal, Ethics, and Animality (1)
A survey of influential fictional and short nonfictional works that concern the animal.
Students will read works of fiction that alternately take the question of the animal for
granted, foreground the presence and importance of animals in human lives, as well as
argue for their consideration as active participation in human history as agents. An
Interpretation or Analysis designated course. Prerequisite: EH 102 or EH 208.
EH 235 CI EL Queer Archives and Digital History: Punks, Artists, and
Revolutionaries (1)
An introduction to queer theory; archival research; and the history, social context, and
political implications of the formation of queer archives. A Community Interests and
Experiential Learning designated course. A service-learning integrated course.
Prerequisite: EH 102 or EH 208, or instructor consent.
Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2023-2024