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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 331: The South Through the 19th Century, His 337: History of Religion in the South, His 330: The History of Mississippi, Eng 354: Survey of Southern Literature, His 327: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, His 332: The South in the 20th Century
Southern Studies electives 21 Eng 458: Southern Environmental Literature, Aas 308: Const Law II:  Civil Lib & Civil Rights, Aas 337: Anthropology of Blues Culture, G St 362: African American Women's History, Soc 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, Aas 414: Race, Place, and Space, Anth 317: Indians on the Southern Frontier, S St 555: Foodways and Southern Culture, S St 599: Special Topics III, Mus 518: History of Jazz, Econ 335: An Economic History of the South, S St 502: Sem in So. Studies, Anth 309: Indians of Mississippi and the South, Anth 315: The African Diaspora, S St 501: Sem in So. Studies, Soc 413: Race and Ethnicity, Aas 316: The African Diaspora, Pol 307: Const Law II:  Civil Lib & Civil Rights, S St: Women in the South, S St 102: Introduction to Southern Studies II, Aas 468: Major African American Writers, Aas 201: African American Experience I, Eng 374: Survey of Caribbean Literature, Mus 517: Afri-American Musical Traditions, Pol 317: Mississippi Politics, Aas 413: Race and Ethnicity, S St 537: Documenting the South in Film, His 336: Women in Southern History, Eng 357: Women in the South, His 337: History of Religion in the South, AH 386: African and African American Arts, Aas 341: African American Lit Survey to 1920, Aas 517: African American Musical Tradition, His 330: The History of Mississippi, Rel 503: Major Issues in Southern Religion, Aas 395: Survey of Black American Art, His 335: Economic History of the South, S St 536: The Southern Environment, G St 336: Women in Southern History, S St 302: Jr Sem in South Stdies, Eng 460: Faulkner, Mus 577: Diasporic African Music Cultures, Soc 315: Leisure and Popular Culture, His 334: The Blue and the Gray, Aas 202: African American Experience II, S St 103: Southern Mythologies and Popular Culture, His 339: African-American Women's History, Eng 314: The Cinematic South, S St 406: Southern Literature & the Oral Tradition, Anth 337: Anthropology of Blues Culture, S St 109: Rights and Southern Activism, Jour 513: The Press and the Changing South, Hst 423: History of Mass Incarceration in the US, Eng 362: African American Lit Survey Since 1920, Aas 438: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, His 333: The Era of the Civil War, 1850-1877, S St 402: Southern Studies Seminar: Culture, S St 106: Introduction to Southern Documentary, AH 338: Romanesque and Gothic Art, S St 101: Introduction to Southern Studies I, S St 597: Special Topics I, Eng 461: Special Topics in Southern Literature, S St 105: Introduction to the South and Food, Aas 443: The Civil Rights Era, Eng 414: Special Topics in the Cinematic South, Aas 320: African American Politics, Aas 342: African American Lit Survey Since 1920, Aas 421: Readings in U.S. Black Feminism, G St 357: Women in the South, Aas 310: Experiences of Black Mississippians, Econ 422: Economic Growth and Development, Eng 361: African American Lit Survey to 1920, Eng 468: Major African American Writers, Eng 479: Special Topics Comparative Black Lit, S St 533: Fieldwork & Oral History, Eng 354: Survey of Southern Literature, Aas 440: History of African Americans in Sports, Aas 302: Judicial System & African Amer Community, Pol 318: Politics of the American South, His 329: The Civil Rights Era, Soc 351: Social Change, Aas 386: African and African American Arts, S St 303: Women in the South, Pol 320: African American Politics, S St 534: Documentary Photography, Eng 367: Blues Tradition in American Literature, His 327: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, S St 598: Special Topics II, S St 301: Methods in Southern Studies, Anth 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, His 307: African American History to 1865, Anth 319: Environmental History of the South, Aas 325: African American History to 1865, AH 369: Survey of Black American Art, S St 110: Slavery and the University, Rel 303: Religion in the South, S St 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, His 328: History of African Americans in Sport, S St 401: Southern Studies Seminar: Society, AH 366: Hist. of Southern Art & Decorative Arts, Aas 479: Special Topics in Comparative Black Lit, S St 108: Music and Southern Society, Aas 593: African American Literature, Mus 321: Development of Country Music, Aas 326: African American History since 1865, Aas 518: History of Jazz, Aas 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, S St 107: Intro to Gender & Sexuality in the South, S St 104: The South and Race, Eng 514: Studies in Faulkner, His 308: African American History Since 1865, S St 314: Race, Place, and Space, Aas 504: Research in African American Studies, S St 350: The South and Sexuality
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