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