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