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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.
Astr & Phys can't be used in any combo

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, Eng 354: Survey of Southern Literature, His 330: The History of Mississippi, His 337: History of Religion in the South, His 331: The South Through the 19th Century, His 327: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery
Southern Studies electives 21 Aas 479: Special Topics in Comparative Black Lit, Soc 351: Social Change, S St 401: Southern Studies Seminar: Society, Aas 443: The Civil Rights Era, S St 301: Methods in Southern Studies, Rel 503: Major Issues in Southern Religion, S St 533: Fieldwork & Oral History, AH 338: Romanesque and Gothic Art, Aas 438: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, G St 357: Women in the South, G St 336: Women in Southern History, Pol 317: Mississippi Politics, Aas 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, S St: Women in the South, Mus 518: History of Jazz, Anth 315: The African Diaspora, S St 534: Documentary Photography, S St 555: Foodways and Southern Culture, His 328: History of African Americans in Sport, Aas 302: Judicial System & African Amer Community, Aas 413: Race and Ethnicity, Aas 341: African American Lit Survey to 1920, Rel 303: Religion in the South, His 329: The Civil Rights Era, Pol 318: Politics of the American South, Aas 517: African American Musical Tradition, S St 501: Sem in So. Studies, Aas 337: Anthropology of Blues Culture, His 339: African-American Women's History, S St 314: Race, Place, and Space, Aas 421: Readings in U.S. Black Feminism, S St 104: The South and Race, Aas 395: Survey of Black American Art, AH 366: Hist. of Southern Art & Decorative Arts, Eng 479: Special Topics Comparative Black Lit, S St 350: The South and Sexuality, His 330: The History of Mississippi, S St 107: Intro to Gender & Sexuality in the South, S St 402: Southern Studies Seminar: Culture, His 335: Economic History of the South, S St 110: Slavery and the University, S St 108: Music and Southern Society, His 334: The Blue and the Gray, Aas 440: History of African Americans in Sports, S St 105: Introduction to the South and Food, Eng 374: Survey of Caribbean Literature, Aas 202: African American Experience II, G St 362: African American Women's History, His 327: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, Jour 513: The Press and the Changing South, Eng 354: Survey of Southern Literature, S St 302: Jr Sem in South Stdies, S St 537: Documenting the South in Film, S St 502: Sem in So. Studies, Anth 337: Anthropology of Blues Culture, His 307: African American History to 1865, Mus 577: Diasporic African Music Cultures, Aas 518: History of Jazz, S St 597: Special Topics I, Aas 342: African American Lit Survey Since 1920, S St 303: Women in the South, S St 103: Southern Mythologies and Popular Culture, Soc 315: Leisure and Popular Culture, Econ 335: An Economic History of the South, Aas 326: African American History since 1865, Pol 320: African American Politics, S St 598: Special Topics II, S St 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, Eng 460: Faulkner, Eng 414: Special Topics in the Cinematic South, Econ 422: Economic Growth and Development, Aas 201: African American Experience I, S St 406: Southern Literature & the Oral Tradition, Anth 317: Indians on the Southern Frontier, S St 102: Introduction to Southern Studies II, Eng 461: Special Topics in Southern Literature, S St 106: Introduction to Southern Documentary, Eng 458: Southern Environmental Literature, His 337: History of Religion in the South, Aas 414: Race, Place, and Space, Aas 320: African American Politics, Aas 325: African American History to 1865, S St 109: Rights and Southern Activism, Aas 316: The African Diaspora, S St 536: The Southern Environment, Anth 319: Environmental History of the South, Hst 423: History of Mass Incarceration in the US, Eng 361: African American Lit Survey to 1920, AH 369: Survey of Black American Art, Eng 367: Blues Tradition in American Literature, Eng 357: Women in the South, Aas 593: African American Literature, Soc 413: Race and Ethnicity, Soc 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, Aas 310: Experiences of Black Mississippians, Anth 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, Aas 504: Research in African American Studies, Eng 468: Major African American Writers, Aas 386: African and African American Arts, Aas 308: Const Law II:  Civil Lib & Civil Rights, Aas 468: Major African American Writers, Eng 514: Studies in Faulkner, S St 599: Special Topics III, Pol 307: Const Law II:  Civil Lib & Civil Rights, His 308: African American History Since 1865, His 333: The Era of the Civil War, 1850-1877, Anth 309: Indians of Mississippi and the South, S St 101: Introduction to Southern Studies I, Mus 517: Afri-American Musical Traditions, Eng 314: The Cinematic South, Mus 321: Development of Country Music, His 336: Women in Southern History, AH 386: African and African American Arts, Eng 362: African American Lit Survey Since 1920
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