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