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