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