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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2015-2016
HI 401 Senior Research Project in History (1)
Qualified students may register for this course to meet graduation
requirements for Disciplinary Honors in History. Prerequisite: HI 400.
HM - Humanities
HM 120 How Language Works (1)
An investigation into human language. This course introduces students to
linguistics, the scientific study of language. Topics include language and
society, language acquisition, pragmatics, syntax, semantics, phonology,
and related issues.
HM 170 Special Topics in Arabic Studies (1)
An in-depth study of a faculty-selected topic on some aspect of Arabic
culture. Topics may concentrate on a geographic region of the Arabic world
or on a particular cultural phenomenon common to several areas. The
course may be repeated for credit when the area of focus is different.
HON - Honors
HON 126 Cell and Molecular Biology (1)
An interdisciplinary investigation of the fundamental properties of cells.
Topics include cell structure and function; energetics and metabolism; gene
structure and expression; techniques used to study these phenomena; and
the ethical, legal, and social implications of applying these techniques in
medicine, agriculture, and other fields. Designed for students who plan to
major in biology or one of the natural sciences and/or who are pre-health.
This course may substitute for BI 125 in majors and minors that require
BI 125. Students may not earn credit for both BI 125 and HON 126. Two
lectures and one three-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites: Harrison
Honors Program; BI 115; and CH 120 or CH 149. Spring.
HON 204 Human Destiny (1)
An investigation into differing philosophical accounts of human existence
and the ideas of fate and destiny. The aim of the course is to discover
ways we might respond to enduring philosophic questions concerning