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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.
Astr & Phys Can't be used together

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 452: The History of Mississippi, Hst 455: History of Religion in the South, Hst 422: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, Eng 354: Survey of Southern Literature, Hst 450: Southern History to 1900, Hst 451: The South in the Twentieth Century
Southern Studies electives 21 S St 108: Music and Southern Society, Hst 414: African American History to 1865, Hst 420: History of African Americans in Sports, Anth 319: Environmental History of the South, G St 357: Women in the South, Hst 454: Women in Southern History, Pol 318: Politics of the American South, Eng 361: African American Lit Survey to 1920, Hst 452: The History of Mississippi, Aas 443: The Civil Rights Era, S St 109: Rights and Southern Activism, S St 303: Women in Southern History, S St 534: Documentary Photography, Mus 517: Afri-American Musical Traditions, S St 533: Fieldwork & Oral History, Hst 453: Economic History of the South, Aas 201: African American Experience I, S St 103: Southern Mythologies and Popular Culture, Aas 414: Race, Place, and Space, Eng 460: Faulkner, G St 454: Women in Southern History, S St 402: Southern Studies Seminar: Culture, AH 369: Survey of Black American Art, Hst 455: History of Religion in the South, S St 598: Special Topics II, Aas 325: African American History to 1865, Hst 423: History of Mass Incarceration in the US, Hst 422: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, Aas 302: Judicial System & African Amer Community, Soc 413: Race and Ethnicity, Eng 374: Survey of Caribbean Literature, S St 401: Southern Studies Seminar: Society, Aas 310: Experiences of Black Mississippians, Econ 422: Economic Growth and Development, S St 107: Intro to Gender & Sexuality in the South, Hst 424: The Civil Rights Era, AH 366: Hist. of Southern Art & Decorative Arts, Eng 458: Southern Environmental Literature, Rel 303: Religion in the South, S St 536: The Southern Environment, Mus 518: History of Jazz, S St 555: Foodways and Southern Culture, Aas 320: African American Politics, S St 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, G St 418: African American Women's History, Aas 468: Major African American Writers, S St 301: Methods in Southern Studies, Aas 386: African and African American Arts, S St 350: The South and Sexuality, Eng 414: Special Topics in the Cinematic South, AH 386: African and African American Arts, Aas 438: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, Aas 479: Special Topics in Comparative Black Lit, Anth 317: Indians on the Southern Frontier, Aas 341: African American Lit Survey to 1920, S St 537: Documenting the South in Film, Aas 316: The African Diaspora, S St 106: Introduction to Southern Documentary, S St 302: Jr Sem in South Stdies, S St 102: Introduction to Southern Studies II, Aas 326: African American History since 1865, S St 314: Race, Place, and Space, Aas 337: Anthropology of Blues Culture, Aas 440: History of African Americans in Sports, Eng 354: Survey of Southern Literature, Eng 461: Special Topics in Southern Literature, S St 599: Special Topics III, Eng 468: Major African American Writers, Econ 453: An Economic History of the South, S St 597: Special Topics I, Soc 315: Leisure and Popular Culture, Anth 309: Indians of Mississippi and the South, Pol 320: African American Politics, Mus 321: Development of Country Music, Pol 317: Mississippi Politics, Eng 514: Studies in Faulkner, S St 110: Slavery and the University, Aas 308: Const Law II:  Civil Lib & Civil Rights, Rel 503: Major Issues in Southern Religion, Aas 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, S St 101: Introduction to Southern Studies I, AH 338: Romanesque and Gothic Art, Hst 415: African American History since 1865, Anth 337: Anthropology of Blues Culture, S St: Women in the South, Soc 351: Social Change, Anth 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, Aas 202: African American Experience II, S St 501: Sem in So. Studies, Aas 504: Research in African American Studies, Aas 517: African American Musical Tradition, Aas 593: African American Literature, Eng 367: Blues Tradition in American Literature, Aas 413: Race and Ethnicity, Aas 342: African American Lit Survey Since 1920, Jour 513: The Press and the Changing South, Pol 307: Const Law II:  Civil Lib & Civil Rights, Aas 395: Survey of Black American Art, S St 502: Sem in So. Studies, Mus 577: Diasporic African Music Cultures, Hst 440: The Military History of the Civil War, S St 406: Southern Literature & the Oral Tradition, Aas 518: History of Jazz, Anth 315: The African Diaspora, Eng 479: Special Topics Comparative Black Lit, Eng 357: Women in the South, S St 105: Introduction to the South and Food, Aas 421: Readings in U.S. Black Feminism, Eng 314: The Cinematic South, S St 104: The South and Race, Eng 362: African American Lit Survey Since 1920, Hst 418: African American Women’s History, Soc 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, Hst 404: US- The Civil War Era, 1848-1877
The policies and regulations contained in this online University of Mississippi Catalog are in effect for the current or selected semester. The catalog is not a contract, but rather a guide for the convenience of students. The University of Mississippi reserves the right to 1) change or withdraw courses; 2) change the fees, rules, and schedules for admission, registration, instruction, and graduation; and 3) change other regulations affecting the student body at any time. Implicit in each student’s enrollment with the university is an agreement to comply with university rules and regulations, which the university may modify to exercise properly its educational responsibility.