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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 Complete 3 hours in the area of fine or performing arts. Choose from art history, music, dance, and theatre arts. Studio and workshop courses cannot be used to satisfy this requirement. Acceptable freshman or sophommore-level courses are: AH 101, AH 102, AH 201, AH 202; Music 101, Music 102, Music 103, Music 104, Music 105; Dance 200; Theatre 201 and 202
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 and 402 6 S St 401: Southern Studies Seminar: Society, S St 402: Southern Studies Seminar: Culture
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 332: The South in the 20th Century, Engl 368: Survey of Southern Literature, His 327: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, His 337: History of Religion in the South, His 331: The South Through the 19th Century, His 330: The History of Mississippi
Southern Studies electives 21 Aas 342: Afro Amer Lit Survey of the 21st Century, S St 105: Introduction to the South and Food, Pol 317: Mississippi Politics, Aas 302: Judicial System & African Amer Community, Aas 310: Experiences of Black Mississippians, Aas 316: The African Diaspora, Aas 201: African American Experience I, Econ 335: An Economic History of the South, His 328: History of African Americans in Sport, Pol 320: African American Politics, Anth 315: The African Diaspora, AH 366: Hist. of Southern Art & Decorative Arts, Mus 577: Diasporic African Music Cultures, His 336: Women in Southern History, Pol 318: Politics of the American South, AH 369: Survey of Black American Art, S St 303: Women in the South, Engl 465: Major African American Writers, His 333: The Era of the Civil War, 1850-1877, Rel 303: Religion in the South, His 329: The Civil Rights Era, Aas 414: Race, Place, and Space, Engl 368: Survey of Southern Literature, Eng 314: The Cinematic South, S St 301: Methods in Southern Studies, Aas 441: Comparative Black Literatures, S St 302: Jr Sem in South Stdies, His 334: The Blue and the Gray, S St 109: Rights and Southern Activism, S St 534: Documentary Photography, Mus 517: Afri-American Musical Traditions, Anth 309: Indians of Mississippi and the South, S St 536: The Southern Environment, Aas 386: African and African American Arts, S St 108: Music and Southern Society, S St 103: Southern Mythologies and Popular Culture, Aas 325: African American History to 1865, Engl 566: Faulkner Studies, Anth 319: Environmental History of the South, Aas 593: African American Literature, Engl 322: Afro American Lit Survey to 20th Century, Aas 308: Const Law II:  Civil Lib & Civil Rights, Rel 503: Major Issues in Southern Religion, Aas 440: History of African Americans in Sports, Soc 351: Social Change, G St 362: African American Women's History, His 327: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, S St: Women in the South, S St 401: Southern Studies Seminar: Society, Aas 326: African American History since 1865, S St 107: Intro to Gender & Sexuality in the South, Aas 420: Major African American Writers, S St 110: Slavery and the University, S St 101: Introduction to Southern Studies I, Engl 466: Faulkner, His 308: African American History Since 1865, Aas 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, Anth 337: Anthropology of Blues Culture, Aas 443: The Civil Rights Era, Engl 373: Caribbean Literature, S St 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, Aas 320: African American Politics, S St 501: Sem in So. Studies, Aas 413: Race and Ethnicity, Engl 476: Studies in Southern Literature, Hst 423: History of Mass Incarceration in the US, S St 314: Race, Place, and Space, Soc 413: Race and Ethnicity, S St 402: Southern Studies Seminar: Culture, Anth 317: Indians on the Southern Frontier, His 307: African American History to 1865, S St 102: Introduction to Southern Studies II, His 337: History of Religion in the South, Soc 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, S St 350: The South and Sexuality, Anth 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, S St 537: Documenting the South in Film, Mus 321: Development of Country Music, Aas 337: Anthropology of Blues Culture, G St 310: Women in the South, Engl 441: Comparative Black Literatures, S St 104: The South and Race, Aas 517: African American Musical Tradition, Engl 310: Women in the South, Aas 421: Readings in U.S. Black Feminism, G St 336: Women in Southern History, Econ 422: Economic Growth and Development, Aas 504: Research in African American Studies, S St 502: Sem in So. Studies, Mus 518: History of Jazz, Engl 324: Blues Tradition in American Literature, S St 533: Fieldwork & Oral History, Soc 315: Leisure and Popular Culture, S St 597: Special Topics I, Aas 395: Survey of Black American Art, Engl 467: The South in Film, Aas 341: Afro American Lit Survey to 2oth Century, His 330: The History of Mississippi, His 335: Economic History of the South, Aas 202: African American Experience II, AH 338: Romanesque and Gothic Art, Jour 513: The Press and the Changing South, S St 598: Special Topics II, S St 106: Introduction to Southern Documentary, S St 555: Foodways and Southern Culture, Engl 475: Southern Environmental Writing, S St 406: Southern Literature & the Oral Tradition, Aas 518: History of Jazz, AH 386: African and African American Arts, His 339: African-American Women's History, Engl 323: Afro Amer Lit Survey of the 20th Century, Aas 438: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, Pol 307: Const Law II:  Civil Lib & Civil Rights, S St 599: Special Topics III
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