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