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

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