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