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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.
6 hrs social science 6 Successfully complete 6 semester hours in anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, or sociology.
3 hrs humanities 3 African American studies; classical civilization; environmental studies 101, gender studies (G St 201, 301, 333, 350); Liba 202, 305, 312; philosophy; religion; Southern studies (Any 100 level); Rhet 201. 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.
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 in any combo

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 450: Southern History to 1900, Hst 455: History of Religion in the South, Hst 452: The History of Mississippi, Hst 451: The South in the Twentieth Century, Hst 422: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery
Southern Studies electives 21 G St 454: Women in Southern History, Mus 577: Diasporic African Music Cultures, Eng 458: Southern Environmental Literature, S St 555: Foodways and Southern Culture, Pol 307: Const Law II:  Civil Lib & Civil Rights, Eng 468: Major African American Writers, Eng 367: Blues Tradition in American Literature, Anth 315: The African Diaspora, Hst 453: Economic History of the South, Eng 374: Survey of Caribbean Literature, Aas 413: Race and Ethnicity, S St 597: Special Topics I, Eng 460: Faulkner, Eng 414: Special Topics in the Cinematic South, S St 502: Sem in So. Studies, S St 501: Sem in So. Studies, Rel 303: Religion in the South, Aas 386: African and African American Arts, S St 105: Introduction to the South and Food, Pol 318: Politics of the American South, Eng 461: Special Topics in Southern Literature, S St 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, S St 314: Race, Place, and Space, Hst 454: Women in Southern History, S St 104: The South and Race, Aas 337: Anthropology of Blues Culture, Jour 513: The Press and the Changing South, S St 107: Intro to Gender & Sexuality in the South, Soc 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, S St 106: Introduction to Southern Documentary, G St 337: The South and Sexuality, AH 338: Romanesque and Gothic Art, G St 414: Race, Place, and Space, Aas 308: Const Law II:  Civil Lib & Civil Rights, Hst 455: History of Religion in the South, Aas 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, S St 534: Documentary Photography, Aas 443: The Civil Rights Era, Aas 316: The African Diaspora, G St 418: African American Women's History, Anth 309: Indians of Mississippi and the South, Mus 518: History of Jazz, Aas 302: Judicial System & African Amer Community, S St 302: Jr Sem in South Stdies, AH 369: Survey of Black American Art, Eng 361: African American Lit Survey to 1920, Aas 320: African American Politics, Hst 414: African American History to 1865, Hst 440: The Military History of the Civil War, Pol 320: African American Politics, Aas 517: African American Musical Tradition, Aas 325: African American History to 1865, S St 110: Slavery and the University, Aas 341: African American Lit Survey to 1920, Aas 201: African American Experience I, S St 101: Introduction to Southern Studies I, Aas 504: Research in African American Studies, Aas 326: African American History since 1865, Aas 440: History of African Americans in Sports, S St 402: Southern Studies Seminar: Culture, S St 536: The Southern Environment, Econ 422: Economic Growth and Development, AH 366: Hist. of Southern Art & Decorative Arts, Anth 337: Anthropology of Blues Culture, Soc 351: Social Change, S St 303: Women in Southern History, Aas 202: African American Experience II, Aas 395: Survey of Black American Art, Rel 503: Major Issues in Southern Religion, Eng 479: Special Topics Comparative Black Lit, Anth 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques, S St 598: Special Topics II, S St 533: Fieldwork & Oral History, S St 406: Southern Literature & the Oral Tradition, S St 103: Southern Mythologies and Popular Culture, Hst 420: History of African Americans in Sports, S St 301: Methods in Southern Studies, Mus 321: Development of Country Music, Mus 517: Afri-American Musical Traditions, S St: Women in the South, Hst 424: The Civil Rights Era, Hst 422: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, Hst 415: African American History since 1865, Eng 357: Women in the South, Eng 354: Survey of Southern Literature, S St 102: Introduction to Southern Studies II, AH 386: African and African American Arts, S St 401: Southern Studies Seminar: Society, G St 328: African American Feminist Thought, Econ 453: An Economic History of the South, Aas 518: History of Jazz, Hst 404: US- The Civil War Era, 1848-1877, Hst 418: African American Women’s History, Aas 468: Major African American Writers, G St 357: Women in the South, Aas 421: Readings in U.S. Black Feminism, S St 109: Rights and Southern Activism, Soc 315: Leisure and Popular Culture, Aas 438: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, Hst 452: The History of Mississippi, S St 537: Documenting the South in Film, Eng 362: African American Lit Survey Since 1920, Anth 319: Environmental History of the South, Aas 414: Race, Place, and Space, Aas 310: Experiences of Black Mississippians, Eng 514: Studies in Faulkner, Eng 314: The Cinematic South, S St 350: The South and Sexuality, S St 108: Music and Southern Society, S St 599: Special Topics III, Anth 317: Indians on the Southern Frontier, Pol 317: Mississippi Politics, Aas 593: African American Literature, Aas 342: African American Lit Survey Since 1920, Aas 479: Special Topics in Comparative Black Lit, Soc 413: Race and Ethnicity
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