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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 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 332: The South in the 20th Century, His 327: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, His 331: The South Through the 19th Century, Eng 354: Survey of Southern Literature, His 330: The History of Mississippi, His 337: History of Religion in the South
Southern Studies electives 21 S St 102: Introduction to Southern Studies II, Eng 414: Special Topics in the Cinematic South, S St 106: Introduction to Southern Documentary, Pol 318: Politics of the American South, Eng 460: Faulkner, G St 362: African American Women's History, Mus 518: History of Jazz, Aas 440: History of African Americans in Sports, Soc 315: Leisure and Popular Culture, S St 502: Sem in So. Studies, Eng 514: Studies in Faulkner, S St 103: Southern Mythologies and Popular Culture, Aas 326: African American History since 1865, His 329: The Civil Rights Era, Mus 517: Afri-American Musical Traditions, S St 104: The South and Race, AH 369: Survey of Black American Art, Aas 443: The Civil Rights Era, S St 406: Southern Literature & the Oral Tradition, Aas 413: Race and Ethnicity, Anth 337: Anthropology of Blues Culture, S St 303: Women in the South, G St 336: Women in Southern History, Pol 320: African American Politics, S St 534: Documentary Photography, Econ 422: Economic Growth and Development, Mus 577: Diasporic African Music Cultures, Aas 593: African American Literature, S St 401: Southern Studies Seminar: Society, Aas 468: Major African American Writers, S St 110: Slavery and the University, Aas 414: Race, Place, and Space, S St 107: Intro to Gender & Sexuality in the South, Aas 479: Special Topics in Comparative Black Lit, S St 599: Special Topics III, S St 314: Race, Place, and Space, AH 386: African and African American Arts, Eng 367: Blues Tradition in American Literature, His 328: History of African Americans in Sport, Eng 468: Major African American Writers, Anth 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, Aas 517: African American Musical Tradition, S St 598: Special Topics II, Anth 315: The African Diaspora, Eng 314: The Cinematic South, Aas 341: African American Lit Survey to 1920, Rel 503: Major Issues in Southern Religion, Aas 342: African American Lit Survey Since 1920, S St 350: The South and Sexuality, S St 555: Foodways and Southern Culture, His 335: Economic History of the South, Jour 513: The Press and the Changing South, Eng 357: Women in the South, S St 105: Introduction to the South and Food, Econ 335: An Economic History of the South, S St 536: The Southern Environment, S St 537: Documenting the South in Film, His 333: The Era of the Civil War, 1850-1877, Aas 421: Readings in U.S. Black Feminism, Aas 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, His 334: The Blue and the Gray, His 327: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, His 336: Women in Southern History, Soc 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, S St 533: Fieldwork & Oral History, Aas 202: African American Experience II, S St: Women in the South, Aas 320: African American Politics, Aas 310: Experiences of Black Mississippians, Eng 361: African American Lit Survey to 1920, His 339: African-American Women's History, Aas 302: Judicial System & African Amer Community, Pol 317: Mississippi Politics, G St 357: Women in the South, Aas 308: Const Law II:  Civil Lib & Civil Rights, Aas 518: History of Jazz, Rel 303: Religion in the South, Mus 321: Development of Country Music, Hst 423: History of Mass Incarceration in the US, S St 109: Rights and Southern Activism, Eng 374: Survey of Caribbean Literature, S St 402: Southern Studies Seminar: Culture, Anth 319: Environmental History of the South, S St 501: Sem in So. Studies, S St 301: Methods in Southern Studies, Aas 316: The African Diaspora, S St 597: Special Topics I, Aas 201: African American Experience I, Eng 458: Southern Environmental Literature, Anth 317: Indians on the Southern Frontier, His 308: African American History Since 1865, Eng 362: African American Lit Survey Since 1920, Eng 461: Special Topics in Southern Literature, Aas 337: Anthropology of Blues Culture, Aas 504: Research in African American Studies, His 307: African American History to 1865, Soc 413: Race and Ethnicity, Eng 479: Special Topics Comparative Black Lit, Eng 354: Survey of Southern Literature, His 330: The History of Mississippi, S St 101: Introduction to Southern Studies I, Aas 325: African American History to 1865, His 337: History of Religion in the South, Pol 307: Const Law II:  Civil Lib & Civil Rights, S St 108: Music and Southern Society, AH 338: Romanesque and Gothic Art, AH 366: Hist. of Southern Art & Decorative Arts, S St 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, Soc 351: Social Change, S St 302: Jr Sem in South Stdies, Aas 386: African and African American Arts, Anth 309: Indians of Mississippi and the South, Aas 395: Survey of Black American Art, Aas 438: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery
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