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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 together

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 Eng 354: Survey of Southern Literature, Hst 422: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, Hst 452: The History of Mississippi, Hst 450: Southern History to 1900, Hst 455: History of Religion in the South, Hst 451: The South in the Twentieth Century
Southern Studies electives 21 Rel 303: Religion in the South, Aas 337: Anthropology of Blues Culture, AH 338: Romanesque and Gothic Art, S St 555: Foodways and Southern Culture, S St 314: Race, Place, and Space, Soc 413: Race and Ethnicity, S St 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, Aas 443: The Civil Rights Era, AH 369: Survey of Black American Art, Eng 362: African American Lit Survey Since 1920, S St 104: The South and Race, S St 108: Music and Southern Society, Pol 317: Mississippi Politics, Pol 320: African American Politics, Aas 316: The African Diaspora, Soc 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, Aas 395: Survey of Black American Art, S St: Women in the South, Aas 468: Major African American Writers, S St 102: Introduction to Southern Studies II, Hst 415: African American History since 1865, Hst 420: History of African Americans in Sports, Eng 361: African American Lit Survey to 1920, G St 357: Women in the South, Hst 452: The History of Mississippi, G St 418: African American Women's History, Hst 453: Economic History of the South, Aas 342: African American Lit Survey Since 1920, Aas 302: Judicial System & African Amer Community, Hst 404: US- The Civil War Era, 1848-1877, S St 303: Women in Southern History, Hst 440: The Military History of the Civil War, S St 110: Slavery and the University, Mus 517: Afri-American Musical Traditions, Aas 320: African American Politics, Mus 321: Development of Country Music, G St 454: Women in Southern History, S St 103: Southern Mythologies and Popular Culture, Aas 421: Readings in U.S. Black Feminism, Aas 326: African American History since 1865, Aas 341: African American Lit Survey to 1920, Eng 458: Southern Environmental Literature, Hst 414: African American History to 1865, Eng 461: Special Topics in Southern Literature, Eng 514: Studies in Faulkner, Hst 455: History of Religion in the South, Aas 518: History of Jazz, Aas 325: African American History to 1865, S St 501: Sem in So. Studies, Aas 310: Experiences of Black Mississippians, Eng 468: Major African American Writers, Aas 440: History of African Americans in Sports, S St 598: Special Topics II, Aas 479: Special Topics in Comparative Black Lit, Eng 374: Survey of Caribbean Literature, Soc 351: Social Change, S St 401: Southern Studies Seminar: Society, Aas 202: African American Experience II, S St 106: Introduction to Southern Documentary, S St 406: Southern Literature & the Oral Tradition, Mus 577: Diasporic African Music Cultures, S St 109: Rights and Southern Activism, Eng 357: Women in the South, Aas 308: Const Law II:  Civil Lib & Civil Rights, AH 386: African and African American Arts, Anth 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, Eng 367: Blues Tradition in American Literature, S St 536: The Southern Environment, S St 350: The South and Sexuality, Anth 337: Anthropology of Blues Culture, Mus 518: History of Jazz, S St 597: Special Topics I, Eng 314: The Cinematic South, Anth 315: The African Diaspora, Anth 317: Indians on the Southern Frontier, Anth 319: Environmental History of the South, Eng 479: Special Topics Comparative Black Lit, S St 502: Sem in So. Studies, AH 366: Hist. of Southern Art & Decorative Arts, Hst 418: African American Women’s History, Aas 517: African American Musical Tradition, S St 599: Special Topics III, Eng 460: Faulkner, Hst 422: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, S St 301: Methods in Southern Studies, Aas 386: African and African American Arts, S St 402: Southern Studies Seminar: Culture, Aas 593: African American Literature, Aas 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, S St 533: Fieldwork & Oral History, Soc 315: Leisure and Popular Culture, S St 107: Intro to Gender & Sexuality in the South, S St 101: Introduction to Southern Studies I, Eng 414: Special Topics in the Cinematic South, S St 537: Documenting the South in Film, Rel 503: Major Issues in Southern Religion, Hst 424: The Civil Rights Era, Pol 318: Politics of the American South, Hst 423: History of Mass Incarceration in the US, Econ 453: An Economic History of the South, Aas 414: Race, Place, and Space, Jour 513: The Press and the Changing South, Eng 354: Survey of Southern Literature, Aas 413: Race and Ethnicity, Pol 307: Const Law II:  Civil Lib & Civil Rights, S St 534: Documentary Photography, S St 302: Jr Sem in South Stdies, Hst 454: Women in Southern History, Econ 422: Economic Growth and Development, Aas 201: African American Experience I, Aas 504: Research in African American Studies, Aas 438: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, S St 105: Introduction to the South and Food, Anth 309: Indians of Mississippi and the South
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