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B.A. in Southern Studies

Degree Requirements

The academic regulations for this degree program, as entered in the University of Mississippi Catalog, are in effect for the current or selected academic year and semester. The University of Mississippi reserves the right to 1) change or withdraw courses; 2) change rules for registration, instruction, and graduation; and 3) change other regulations affecting the student body at any time.

General Education

Requirement Hours Description
First Year Writing I 3 Complete Hon 101, Writ 100 or Writ 101 with a passing grade.
First Year Writing II 3 Complete one of the following courses with a passing grade: Liba 102, Writ 102 or Hon 102.
6 hrs literature survey 6 Complete 6 hours of literature survey with a passing grade. Choose from the following courses: Eng 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, or Eng 226.
6 hrs modern/ancient language 200+ 6 Successfully complete at least 6 hours at the 200 level or above in one modern or ancient language.
6 hrs history 6 Complete 6 hours in History (HST) course work with a passing grade.
3 hrs humanities 3 Successfully complete 3 hours in one of the following areas: African-American studies; classical civilization; environmental studies (Envs 101); gender studies (G St 201, 301, 333, 350); philosophy; religion; Southern studies (S St 101, 102). In addition, gender studies courses that are cross-listed with African American studies, classical civilization, English, modern languages, philosophy, or religion courses will satisfy this requirement.
6 hrs social science 6 Successfully complete 6 semester hours in anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, or sociology.
3 hrs fine arts 3 The course may be chosen from art history, music, dance, and theatre arts. Studio and workshop courses cannot be used to satisfy this requirement. Courses that satisfy this requirement are any Art History (AH); Liba 130, 204, 314; Mus 101, 102, 103, 104, 105; Danc 200; Thea 201, 202. Students who have completed 30 semester hours of undergraduate course work may fulfill the requirement with a 300- or 400-level art history course.
3 hrs math 100+ 3 Successfully complete 3 hours of Math at the 100 level or above except for Math 245 and Math 246.
9-12 hrs science 9 Complete a full year of science course work in one subject area (6-8 hrs) and complete 3 credit hours in a subject area from another department. Courses may be chosen from the departments of Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Geology and Geological Engineering, or Physics and Astronomy.
2 associated science labs 2 Successfully complete at least two science laboratory courses.

Major Requirements

Requirement Hours Description
S St 101 3 Complete S St 101 with a passing grade.
S St 101 and 102 3 S St 102: Introduction to Southern Studies II
S St 301 3 S St 301: Methods in Southern Studies
S St 401 3 Complete S St 401 with a passing grade.
S St 402 3 Complete S St 402 with a passing grade.
Southern studies residency hrs 12 Student must earn at least 12 hours of their major courses in residence.
Overall Major GPA Please contact your academic advisor for grade point requirements.
Resident Major GPA Please contact your academic advisor for grade point requirements.

Major Requirements II

Requirement Hours Description
His 327, 330, 331, 332, 337; Engl 368 6 His 331: The South Through the 19th Century, His 337: History of Religion in the South, His 327: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, Engl 368: Survey of Southern Literature, His 332: The South in the 20th Century, His 330: The History of Mississippi
Southern Studies electives 21 Engl 441: Comparative Black Literatures, S St 555: Foodways and Southern Culture, Jour 513: The Press and the Changing South, S St 536: The Southern Environment, Aas 414: Race, Place, and Space, Pol 318: Politics of the American South, Aas 413: Race and Ethnicity, G St 362: African American Women's History, Anth 319: Environmental History of the South, Soc 413: Race and Ethnicity, Econ 335: An Economic History of the South, Anth 337: Anthropology of Blues Culture, AH 366: Hist. of Southern Art & Decorative Arts, S St 106: Introduction to Southern Documentary, Rel 503: Major Issues in Southern Religion, His 337: History of Religion in the South, S St: Women in the South, Soc 351: Social Change, S St 101: Introduction to Southern Studies I, Mus 517: Afri-American Musical Traditions, Anth 315: The African Diaspora, Hst 423: History of Mass Incarceration in the US, Aas 395: Survey of Black American Art, Rel 303: Religion in the South, Anth 317: Indians on the Southern Frontier, S St 502: Sem in So. Studies, His 327: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, Engl 322: Afro American Lit Survey to 20th Century, Aas 341: Afro American Lit Survey to 2oth Century, S St 302: Jr Sem in South Stdies, S St 597: Special Topics I, His 335: Economic History of the South, S St 533: Fieldwork & Oral History, Engl 368: Survey of Southern Literature, S St 501: Sem in So. Studies, Aas 504: Research in African American Studies, Engl 465: Major African American Writers, His 339: African-American Women's History, Aas 517: African American Musical Tradition, Aas 320: African American Politics, His 308: African American History Since 1865, S St 107: Intro to Gender & Sexuality in the South, Econ 422: Economic Growth and Development, Aas 308: Const Law II:  Civil Lib & Civil Rights, AH 369: Survey of Black American Art, Aas 518: History of Jazz, Aas 325: African American History to 1865, Mus 321: Development of Country Music, Pol 317: Mississippi Politics, S St 110: Slavery and the University, His 307: African American History to 1865, G St 336: Women in Southern History, Aas 443: The Civil Rights Era, Anth 309: Indians of Mississippi and the South, AH 386: African and African American Arts, Aas 438: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, Engl 323: Afro Amer Lit Survey of the 20th Century, Aas 441: Comparative Black Literatures, Aas 202: African American Experience II, Mus 577: Diasporic African Music Cultures, S St 350: The South and Sexuality, S St 402: Southern Studies Seminar: Culture, Aas 420: Major African American Writers, S St 104: The South and Race, Engl 467: The South in Film, Engl 476: Studies in Southern Literature, S St 599: Special Topics III, S St 314: Race, Place, and Space, S St 103: Southern Mythologies and Popular Culture, His 329: The Civil Rights Era, Engl 310: Women in the South, G St 310: Women in the South, Engl 373: Caribbean Literature, Engl 466: Faulkner, Aas 302: Judicial System & African Amer Community, Pol 307: Const Law II:  Civil Lib & Civil Rights, S St 406: Southern Literature & the Oral Tradition, S St 102: Introduction to Southern Studies II, S St 537: Documenting the South in Film, Mus 518: History of Jazz, Soc 315: Leisure and Popular Culture, His 336: Women in Southern History, His 334: The Blue and the Gray, Aas 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, Engl 324: Blues Tradition in American Literature, Eng 314: The Cinematic South, AH 338: Romanesque and Gothic Art, S St 108: Music and Southern Society, Aas 201: African American Experience I, Aas 440: History of African Americans in Sports, Aas 421: Readings in U.S. Black Feminism, Pol 320: African American Politics, S St 105: Introduction to the South and Food, S St 109: Rights and Southern Activism, S St 303: Women in the South, His 328: History of African Americans in Sport, S St 301: Methods in Southern Studies, Aas 386: African and African American Arts, S St 534: Documentary Photography, His 333: The Era of the Civil War, 1850-1877, Engl 566: Faulkner Studies, Aas 310: Experiences of Black Mississippians, Aas 326: African American History since 1865, Aas 593: African American Literature, Anth 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, Aas 342: Afro Amer Lit Survey of the 21st Century, Soc 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, S St 401: Southern Studies Seminar: Society, S St 598: Special Topics II, S St 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, Aas 337: Anthropology of Blues Culture, Aas 316: The African Diaspora, His 330: The History of Mississippi, Engl 475: Southern Environmental Writing
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