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