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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 Engl 368: Survey of Southern Literature, His 332: The South in the 20th Century, His 331: The South Through the 19th Century, His 330: The History of Mississippi, His 337: History of Religion in the South, His 327: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery
Southern Studies electives 21 S St 401: Southern Studies Seminar: Society, Engl 368: Survey of Southern Literature, S St 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, Anth 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, S St 534: Documentary Photography, Aas 308: Const Law II:  Civil Lib & Civil Rights, Engl 467: The South in Film, Engl 322: Afro American Lit Survey to 20th Century, Soc 351: Social Change, G St 336: Women in Southern History, S St 109: Rights and Southern Activism, S St 314: Race, Place, and Space, Rel 303: Religion in the South, S St 502: Sem in So. Studies, Engl 566: Faulkner Studies, Aas 593: African American Literature, Aas 316: The African Diaspora, S St 110: Slavery and the University, His 308: African American History Since 1865, S St 406: Southern Literature & the Oral Tradition, Mus 518: History of Jazz, S St 536: The Southern Environment, G St 362: African American Women's History, Aas 421: Readings in U.S. Black Feminism, AH 386: African and African American Arts, Engl 466: Faulkner, His 336: Women in Southern History, His 307: African American History to 1865, Soc 413: Race and Ethnicity, S St 402: Southern Studies Seminar: Culture, Aas 413: Race and Ethnicity, Engl 323: Afro Amer Lit Survey of the 20th Century, Soc 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, Pol 318: Politics of the American South, Aas 337: Anthropology of Blues Culture, Anth 319: Environmental History of the South, S St 108: Music and Southern Society, S St 302: Jr Sem in South Stdies, Aas 201: African American Experience I, S St: Women in the South, Aas 443: The Civil Rights Era, His 330: The History of Mississippi, Aas 341: Afro American Lit Survey to 2oth Century, His 339: African-American Women's History, Anth 317: Indians on the Southern Frontier, Aas 386: African and African American Arts, Aas 517: African American Musical Tradition, S St 104: The South and Race, Aas 325: African American History to 1865, S St 537: Documenting the South in Film, Aas 342: Afro Amer Lit Survey of the 21st Century, Aas 414: Race, Place, and Space, Mus 321: Development of Country Music, His 337: History of Religion in the South, Engl 324: Blues Tradition in American Literature, Mus 517: Afri-American Musical Traditions, Engl 373: Caribbean Literature, S St 303: Women in the South, Engl 465: Major African American Writers, His 327: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, AH 369: Survey of Black American Art, Aas 395: Survey of Black American Art, Pol 320: African American Politics, S St 598: Special Topics II, S St 103: Southern Mythologies and Popular Culture, Mus 577: Diasporic African Music Cultures, Aas 420: Major African American Writers, S St 106: Introduction to Southern Documentary, Engl 441: Comparative Black Literatures, His 329: The Civil Rights Era, Soc 315: Leisure and Popular Culture, Rel 503: Major Issues in Southern Religion, Eng 314: The Cinematic South, S St 533: Fieldwork & Oral History, Aas 438: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, G St 310: Women in the South, Engl 310: Women in the South, Aas 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, S St 102: Introduction to Southern Studies II, Anth 315: The African Diaspora, His 333: The Era of the Civil War, 1850-1877, His 334: The Blue and the Gray, Anth 309: Indians of Mississippi and the South, His 328: History of African Americans in Sport, S St 501: Sem in So. Studies, Aas 202: African American Experience II, Aas 518: History of Jazz, Anth 337: Anthropology of Blues Culture, Econ 335: An Economic History of the South, Pol 317: Mississippi Politics, Engl 476: Studies in Southern Literature, Aas 302: Judicial System & African Amer Community, Pol 307: Const Law II:  Civil Lib & Civil Rights, Hst 423: History of Mass Incarceration in the US, S St 107: Intro to Gender & Sexuality in the South, Aas 326: African American History since 1865, S St 301: Methods in Southern Studies, S St 599: Special Topics III, AH 338: Romanesque and Gothic Art, Jour 513: The Press and the Changing South, His 335: Economic History of the South, Aas 310: Experiences of Black Mississippians, Econ 422: Economic Growth and Development, S St 105: Introduction to the South and Food, S St 597: Special Topics I, Engl 475: Southern Environmental Writing, S St 101: Introduction to Southern Studies I, S St 350: The South and Sexuality, Aas 320: African American Politics, S St 555: Foodways and Southern Culture, Aas 440: History of African Americans in Sports, Aas 504: Research in African American Studies, AH 366: Hist. of Southern Art & Decorative Arts, Aas 441: Comparative Black Literatures
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