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