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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 Hst 451: The South in the Twentieth Century, Hst 452: The History of Mississippi, Hst 455: History of Religion in the South, Eng 354: Survey of Southern Literature, Hst 422: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, Hst 450: Southern History to 1900
Southern Studies electives 21 S St 110: Slavery and the University, Eng 362: African American Lit Survey Since 1920, Econ 422: Economic Growth and Development, S St 104: The South and Race, G St 418: African American Women's History, Rel 503: Major Issues in Southern Religion, Mus 517: Afri-American Musical Traditions, Eng 479: Special Topics Comparative Black Lit, S St 314: Race, Place, and Space, Eng 361: African American Lit Survey to 1920, Hst 415: African American History since 1865, Pol 317: Mississippi Politics, Aas 517: African American Musical Tradition, S St 108: Music and Southern Society, Hst 454: Women in Southern History, Aas 518: History of Jazz, Aas 421: Readings in U.S. Black Feminism, S St 303: Women in Southern History, Aas 504: Research in African American Studies, Aas 302: Judicial System & African Amer Community, Jour 513: The Press and the Changing South, S St 105: Introduction to the South and Food, S St 402: Southern Studies Seminar: Culture, Aas 438: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, S St 555: Foodways and Southern Culture, Aas 325: African American History to 1865, S St: Women in the South, Mus 321: Development of Country Music, Eng 374: Survey of Caribbean Literature, Soc 351: Social Change, S St 107: Intro to Gender & Sexuality in the South, Aas 326: African American History since 1865, AH 369: Survey of Black American Art, Hst 404: US- The Civil War Era, 1848-1877, S St 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, S St 533: Fieldwork & Oral History, Hst 452: The History of Mississippi, Rel 303: Religion in the South, Eng 458: Southern Environmental Literature, Anth 337: Anthropology of Blues Culture, S St 598: Special Topics II, Hst 453: Economic History of the South, Aas 386: African and African American Arts, Soc 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, Aas 202: African American Experience II, Hst 424: The Civil Rights Era, Anth 309: Indians of Mississippi and the South, Soc 413: Race and Ethnicity, Hst 440: The Military History of the Civil War, Aas 593: African American Literature, Hst 455: History of Religion in the South, Econ 453: An Economic History of the South, Hst 414: African American History to 1865, Aas 413: Race and Ethnicity, S St 534: Documentary Photography, Aas 308: Const Law II:  Civil Lib & Civil Rights, G St 454: Women in Southern History, AH 386: African and African American Arts, Anth 319: Environmental History of the South, Aas 316: The African Diaspora, S St 109: Rights and Southern Activism, Eng 514: Studies in Faulkner, Aas 342: African American Lit Survey Since 1920, Aas 310: Experiences of Black Mississippians, Eng 461: Special Topics in Southern Literature, Aas 395: Survey of Black American Art, Aas 468: Major African American Writers, S St 401: Southern Studies Seminar: Society, S St 501: Sem in So. Studies, S St 406: Southern Literature & the Oral Tradition, Anth 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, G St 357: Women in the South, S St 101: Introduction to Southern Studies I, S St 102: Introduction to Southern Studies II, Aas 440: History of African Americans in Sports, Eng 354: Survey of Southern Literature, Aas 320: African American Politics, Mus 577: Diasporic African Music Cultures, S St 302: Jr Sem in South Stdies, S St 597: Special Topics I, Eng 314: The Cinematic South, Pol 318: Politics of the American South, S St 599: Special Topics III, Aas 337: Anthropology of Blues Culture, Aas 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, Mus 518: History of Jazz, S St 537: Documenting the South in Film, Eng 357: Women in the South, Aas 479: Special Topics in Comparative Black Lit, Eng 367: Blues Tradition in American Literature, AH 366: Hist. of Southern Art & Decorative Arts, Anth 317: Indians on the Southern Frontier, S St 502: Sem in So. Studies, Aas 443: The Civil Rights Era, Aas 201: African American Experience I, Aas 414: Race, Place, and Space, S St 301: Methods in Southern Studies, Anth 315: The African Diaspora, Pol 307: Const Law II:  Civil Lib & Civil Rights, AH 338: Romanesque and Gothic Art, Eng 460: Faulkner, Eng 414: Special Topics in the Cinematic South, S St 350: The South and Sexuality, S St 536: The Southern Environment, Soc 315: Leisure and Popular Culture, Hst 422: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, Pol 320: African American Politics, Eng 468: Major African American Writers, S St 106: Introduction to Southern Documentary, Aas 341: African American Lit Survey to 1920, S St 103: Southern Mythologies and Popular Culture, Hst 423: History of Mass Incarceration in the US, Hst 420: History of African Americans in Sports, Hst 418: African American Women’s History
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