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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
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HI 232 IA Slave Narratives and Abolition in History and Literature (1)
An examination of the antislavery movement from America’s founding to the Civil War
era. Throughout the course, we explore how slavery transformed literature, art, politics,
memory, and attitudes toward the legitimacy of coerced labor. Sources range from slave
narratives, film, letters, and speeches to poetry, novella, prints and photographs, songs,
and history. An Interpretation or Analysis, Black Studies, and Leadership Studies
designated course.
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. 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 244 IA The History of Terrorism (1)
An examination of the history of terrorism with the 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; white
supremacist terrorism in the United States; ethno-nationalist terrorism in Europe, the
Middle East, and North Africa in the twentieth century; anti-imperialist and international
terrorism in the 1960s and 1970s; and the recent upsurge in religiously inspired terrorism.
Students who have credit for HI 120 or HON 120 may not take this course. An
Interpretation or Analysis and Leadership Studies designated course.
HI 245 GP Russian Civilization (1)
An introduction to the history of Russia and its distinctive political, social, and cultural
institutions and expressions, from the formation of Rus in the first millennium of the
common era through the breakup of the Soviet Union. A Global Perspectives and
Leadership Studies designated course.
Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2023-2024