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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.

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