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1.00 Credits
Qualified students may register for this course to meet graduation requirements for Disciplinary Honors in History. Prerequisites: HI 470 and consent.
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1.00 Credits
With the approval of the faculty advisor, qualified students may register for this course for one term only.
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An examination of the history of terrorism with the twin goals of explaining its contemporary prevalence and its historical significance. Emphasis will be place 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. Particular attention will be paid to revolutionary terrorism in Europe and Russia in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; ethno-nationalist terrorism in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa in the second-half of the twentieth century; anti-imperialists and leftwing terrorism in the 1960s and 1970s; and the recent upsurge in religiously inspired terrorism. (Satisfies Disciplinary Foundations requirement in history or requirement in humanities.) Prerequisite: Honors Program.
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Explores the unique qualities of American music and the contributions of American musicians to the world.This course investigates the dialectical tension between the Eurocentric tradition and the search for a unique form of musical expression in America.The course provides complementary readings in literature, philosophy, and art, with an emphasis on primary sources.The course also emphasizes intercultural and international connections. (Satisfies Disciplinary Foundations requirements in fine and performing arts.) Prerequisite: Honors Program.
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An examination of philosophical questions raised by a Darwinian account of the evolution of life such as the creation-evolution debate, evolutionary accounts of altruism, morality, free will, and human behavior generally. (Satisfies Disciplinary Foundations requirement in philosophy or religion.) Prerequisite: Honors Program.
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1.00 Credits
A review of the Civil Rights Movement in the South, focusing on the judicial process and the role of the courts, followed by an examination of contemporary issues in housing, education, and employment-issues that reflect the continuing struggle to achieve full civil rights and justice. (Satisfies Disciplinary Foundations requirement in political science; an IC designated course.) Prerequisite: Honors Program.
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1.00 Credits
An introduction to the prehistory of the southeastern United States with emphasis on Alabama prehistory. Students participate in an archaeological dig, artifact analysis, and site report preparation.Two lectures and one three-hour laboratory per week. (Satisfies Disciplinary Foundations requirement in a laboratory science.) Prerequisite: Honors Program.
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1.00 Credits
An investigation into the nature of science and the methods of physics, with music as the ultimate object of our study. Classroom discussions integrated with laboratory exercises will focus on key questions: what can we discover, to what degree can we be confident in those findings, and what are the limits to our understanding? (Satisfies Disciplinary Foundations requirement in lab science.) Prerequisite: Honors Program.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
A seminar that examines the stylistic development of film, its directors, and cultures. The first term begins with the silent era of the 1920s in Europe to the French New Wave of the early 1960s.The second term begins with a study of film from the second Italian Renaissance and continues with post-New Wave Italian, eastern Europe and German, British, and Third World cinema. (Satisfies Disciplinary Foundations requirement in fine and performing arts.) Prerequisite: Honors Program.
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A seminar concentrating on the literature and culture (i.e., music, art, science) of Romanticism with special focus on Germany and England.This course employs a seminar format emphasizing class discussion, close readings, and lectures covering interdisciplinary material. It is geared primarily to first-year students and is team-taught. All texts are in English. (Satisfies Disciplinary Foundations requirement in literature or requirement in humanities.) Prerequisite: Honors Program.
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