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