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

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