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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 331: The South Through the 19th Century, His 327: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, His 337: History of Religion in the South, His 332: The South in the 20th Century, Engl 368: Survey of Southern Literature, His 330: The History of Mississippi
Southern Studies electives 21 Mus 517: Afri-American Musical Traditions, Engl 324: Blues Tradition in American Literature, S St 501: Sem in So. Studies, Aas 308: Const Law II:  Civil Lib & Civil Rights, AH 386: African and African American Arts, AH 369: Survey of Black American Art, His 328: History of African Americans in Sport, Aas 421: Readings in U.S. Black Feminism, Aas 337: Anthropology of Blues Culture, Econ 335: An Economic History of the South, Aas 341: African American Lit Survey to 1920, Aas 310: Experiences of Black Mississippians, S St 502: Sem in So. Studies, Aas 518: History of Jazz, S St 101: Introduction to Southern Studies I, S St 598: Special Topics II, His 330: The History of Mississippi, Aas 342: African American Lit Survey Since 1920, Soc 351: Social Change, Engl 373: Caribbean Literature, Anth 309: Indians of Mississippi and the South, Aas 395: Survey of Black American Art, Engl 566: Faulkner Studies, S St 107: Intro to Gender & Sexuality in the South, Engl 310: Women in the South, S St 108: Music and Southern Society, Engl 465: Major African American Writers, Pol 307: Const Law II:  Civil Lib & Civil Rights, S St 555: Foodways and Southern Culture, Aas 440: History of African Americans in Sports, Aas 325: African American History to 1865, Aas 517: African American Musical Tradition, S St 106: Introduction to Southern Documentary, S St 301: Methods in Southern Studies, S St 533: Fieldwork & Oral History, Aas 326: African American History since 1865, Aas 414: Race, Place, and Space, His 336: Women in Southern History, Anth 317: Indians on the Southern Frontier, S St: Women in the South, Aas 201: African American Experience I, Soc 413: Race and Ethnicity, His 337: History of Religion in the South, S St 534: Documentary Photography, His 334: The Blue and the Gray, S St 537: Documenting the South in Film, Engl 323: African American Lit Survey Since 1920, His 335: Economic History of the South, Soc 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, Anth 315: The African Diaspora, His 307: African American History to 1865, Engl 368: Survey of Southern Literature, His 327: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, S St 302: Jr Sem in South Stdies, S St 536: The Southern Environment, Pol 317: Mississippi Politics, Aas 420: Major African American Writers, Eng 314: The Cinematic South, Hst 423: History of Mass Incarceration in the US, Aas 504: Research in African American Studies, Pol 320: African American Politics, Anth 337: Anthropology of Blues Culture, Aas 386: African and African American Arts, Jour 513: The Press and the Changing South, S St 406: Southern Literature & the Oral Tradition, Aas 302: Judicial System & African Amer Community, Engl 475: Southern Environmental Writing, Mus 518: History of Jazz, G St 310: Women in the South, S St 350: The South and Sexuality, AH 338: Romanesque and Gothic Art, Rel 503: Major Issues in Southern Religion, His 339: African-American Women's History, Aas 413: Race and Ethnicity, His 329: The Civil Rights Era, S St 105: Introduction to the South and Food, S St 109: Rights and Southern Activism, Aas 320: African American Politics, G St 336: Women in Southern History, S St 303: Women in the South, S St 104: The South and Race, S St 110: Slavery and the University, Mus 577: Diasporic African Music Cultures, Engl 441: Comparative Black Literatures, S St 599: Special Topics III, S St 314: Race, Place, and Space, S St 597: Special Topics I, Engl 467: The South in Film, S St 401: Southern Studies Seminar: Society, S St 402: Southern Studies Seminar: Culture, Anth 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, His 308: African American History Since 1865, Aas 443: The Civil Rights Era, S St 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, Aas 202: African American Experience II, Rel 303: Religion in the South, G St 362: African American Women's History, S St 102: Introduction to Southern Studies II, Econ 422: Economic Growth and Development, Aas 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, His 333: The Era of the Civil War, 1850-1877, Engl 476: Studies in Southern Literature, Anth 319: Environmental History of the South, Mus 321: Development of Country Music, Aas 316: The African Diaspora, Soc 315: Leisure and Popular Culture, Pol 318: Politics of the American South, Aas 438: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, Aas 593: African American Literature, S St 103: Southern Mythologies and Popular Culture, Engl 322: African American Lit Survey to 1920, Engl 466: Faulkner, AH 366: Hist. of Southern Art & Decorative Arts, Aas 441: Comparative Black Literatures
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