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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 Complete 3 hours in the area of fine or performing arts. Choose from art history, music, dance, and theatre arts. Studio and workshop courses cannot be used to satisfy this requirement. Acceptable freshman or sophommore-level courses are: AH 101, AH 102, AH 201, AH 202; Music 101, Music 102, Music 103, Music 104, Music 105; Dance 200; Theatre 201 and 202
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 and 402 6 S St 401: Southern Studies Seminar: Society, S St 402: Southern Studies Seminar: Culture
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 Eng 354: 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 337: History of Religion in the South, His 327: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery
Southern Studies electives 21 S St 533: Fieldwork & Oral History, Anth 315: The African Diaspora, His 339: African-American Women's History, Rel 303: Religion in the South, Soc 413: Race and Ethnicity, Aas 395: Survey of Black American Art, Eng 314: The Cinematic South, His 308: African American History Since 1865, Aas 593: African American Literature, His 336: Women in Southern History, Aas 342: African American Lit Survey Since 1920, Aas 386: African and African American Arts, S St 598: Special Topics II, S St: Women in the South, S St 350: The South and Sexuality, Aas 310: Experiences of Black Mississippians, Econ 422: Economic Growth and Development, AH 338: Romanesque and Gothic Art, Anth 309: Indians of Mississippi and the South, Aas 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, S St 103: Southern Mythologies and Popular Culture, Soc 351: Social Change, S St 106: Introduction to Southern Documentary, Aas 518: History of Jazz, Aas 443: The Civil Rights Era, G St 357: Women in the South, S St 104: The South and Race, Anth 337: Anthropology of Blues Culture, Eng 461: Special Topics in Southern Literature, Pol 320: African American Politics, S St 303: Women in the South, Eng 354: Survey of Southern Literature, S St 302: Jr Sem in South Stdies, Mus 517: Afri-American Musical Traditions, Eng 362: African American Lit Survey Since 1920, S St 536: The Southern Environment, His 334: The Blue and the Gray, Eng 367: Blues Tradition in American Literature, S St 105: Introduction to the South and Food, Aas 326: African American History since 1865, Eng 361: African American Lit Survey to 1920, Aas 479: Special Topics in Comparative Black Lit, S St 108: Music and Southern Society, Hst 423: History of Mass Incarceration in the US, Aas 421: Readings in U.S. Black Feminism, Aas 302: Judicial System & African Amer Community, Anth 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, S St 301: Methods in Southern Studies, Mus 518: History of Jazz, S St 102: Introduction to Southern Studies II, Aas 504: Research in African American Studies, Aas 337: Anthropology of Blues Culture, S St 501: Sem in So. Studies, G St 336: Women in Southern History, Pol 318: Politics of the American South, Aas 413: Race and Ethnicity, Eng 357: Women in the South, Mus 321: Development of Country Music, Eng 468: Major African American Writers, S St 109: Rights and Southern Activism, G St 362: African American Women's History, His 330: The History of Mississippi, His 333: The Era of the Civil War, 1850-1877, Anth 319: Environmental History of the South, S St 402: Southern Studies Seminar: Culture, Mus 577: Diasporic African Music Cultures, Aas 316: The African Diaspora, AH 366: Hist. of Southern Art & Decorative Arts, Aas 468: Major African American Writers, Aas 325: African American History to 1865, S St 107: Intro to Gender & Sexuality in the South, Soc 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, S St 314: Race, Place, and Space, S St 406: Southern Literature & the Oral Tradition, Eng 458: Southern Environmental Literature, S St 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, Anth 317: Indians on the Southern Frontier, Soc 315: Leisure and Popular Culture, Aas 202: African American Experience II, Aas 201: African American Experience I, Aas 414: Race, Place, and Space, AH 386: African and African American Arts, S St 401: Southern Studies Seminar: Society, Aas 440: History of African Americans in Sports, S St 599: Special Topics III, Pol 317: Mississippi Politics, Econ 335: An Economic History of the South, Aas 438: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, S St 555: Foodways and Southern Culture, Eng 414: Special Topics in the Cinematic South, Pol 307: Const Law II:  Civil Lib & Civil Rights, Rel 503: Major Issues in Southern Religion, S St 537: Documenting the South in Film, S St 534: Documentary Photography, Aas 320: African American Politics, Eng 460: Faulkner, His 329: The Civil Rights Era, His 337: History of Religion in the South, His 335: Economic History of the South, Eng 514: Studies in Faulkner, His 307: African American History to 1865, Eng 374: Survey of Caribbean Literature, S St 110: Slavery and the University, Jour 513: The Press and the Changing South, His 328: History of African Americans in Sport, His 327: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, S St 101: Introduction to Southern Studies I, AH 369: Survey of Black American Art, S St 502: Sem in So. Studies, Aas 517: African American Musical Tradition, Eng 479: Special Topics Comparative Black Lit, S St 597: Special Topics I, Aas 308: Const Law II:  Civil Lib & Civil Rights, Aas 341: African American Lit Survey to 1920
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