Southern Studies Minor
Course Requirements
A minor in Southern Studies consists of 18 hours of courses, including SSTU 1010 Introduction to Southern Studies I; one course from SSTU 1030 Southern Mythologies and Popular Culture - SSTU 1180 Introductory Topics in Southern Music; and SSTU 4010 Southern Studies Seminar. Nine additional hours must be selected from the following courses:
African American Studies
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| AAST 2010 | African American Experience I | 3 |
| or AAST 2020 | African American Experience II | |
| AAST 3020 | Judicial System & African Amer Community | 3 |
| AAST 3080 | Const Law II: Civil Lib & Civil Rights | 3 |
| AAST 3100 | Experiences of Black Mississippians | 3 |
| AAST 3160 | The African Diaspora | 3 |
| AAST 3200 | African American Politics | 3 |
| AAST 3250 | African American History to 1865 | 3 |
| AAST 3260 | African American History since 1865 | 3 |
| AAST 3340 | Introduction to Field Work Techniques | 3 |
| AAST 3370 | Anthropology of Blues Culture | 3 |
| AAST 3410 | African American Lit Survey to 1920 | 3 |
| AAST 3420 | African American Lit Survey Since 1920 | 3 |
| AAST 3670 | Blues Tradition in American Literature | 3 |
| AAST 3730 | Studies in Comparative Black Lit | 3 |
| AAST 3860 | African and African American Arts | 3 |
| AAST 3950 | Survey of Black American Art | 3 |
| AAST 4130 | Race and Ethnicity | 3 |
| AAST 4140 | Race, Place, and Space | 3 |
| AAST 4210 | Readings in U.S. Black Feminism | 3 |
| AAST 4380 | The Rise and Fall of American Slavery | 3 |
| AAST 4400 | History of African Americans in Sports | 3 |
| AAST 4430 | The Civil Rights Era | 3 |
| AAST 4680 | Major African American Writers | 3 |
| AAST 4770 | Rhetorics of Race in the US South | 3 |
| AAST 4790 | Special Topics in Comparative Black Lit | 3 |
| AAST 4930 | Special Topics in Race and Ethnicity | 3 |
| AAST 5040 | Research in African American Studies | 3 |
| AAST 5170 | African American Musical Tradition | 3 |
| AAST 5180 | History of Jazz | 3 |
| AAST 5430 | African American Literature | 3 |
Art
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ARTH 3690 | Black American Art | 3 |
| ARTH 3860 | African and African American Arts | 3 |
Economics
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ECON 4530 | An Economic History of the South | 3 |
English
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ENGL 3140 | The Cinematic South | 3 |
| ENGL 3540 | Survey of Southern Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 3550 | Studies in Southern Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 3570 | Women in the South | 3 |
| ENGL 3610 | African American Lit Survey to 1920 | 3 |
| ENGL 3620 | African American Lit Survey Since 1920 | 3 |
| ENGL 3670 | Blues Tradition in American Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 3730 | Studies in 20th & 21st c. Comp Black Lit | 3 |
| ENGL 3740 | Survey of Caribbean Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 4140 | Special Topics in the Cinematic South | 3 |
| ENGL 4580 | Southern Environmental Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 4600 | Faulkner | 3 |
| ENGL 4610 | Special Topics in Southern Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 4620 | Special Topics in the Global South | 3 |
| ENGL 4680 | Major African American Writers | 3 |
| ENGL 4790 | Special Topics Comparative Black Lit | 3 |
| ENGL 5140 | Studies in Faulkner | 3 |
Gender Studies
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ISOM 3370 | The South and Sexuality | 3 |
| ISOM 4190 | African American Women's History | 3 |
| ISOM 4210 | Readings in Black Feminism | 3 |
| ISOM 4540 | Women in Southern History | 3 |
History
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| HIST 4040 | US- The Civil War Era, 1848-1877 | 3 |
| HIST 4140 | African American History to 1865 | 3 |
| HIST 4150 | African American History since 1865 | 3 |
| HIST 4180 | African American Women’s History | 3 |
| HIST 4200 | History of African Americans in Sports | 3 |
| HIST 4220 | The Rise and Fall of American Slavery | 3 |
| HIST 4230 | History of Mass Incarceration in the US | 3 |
| HIST 4240 | The Civil Rights Era | 3 |
| HIST 4400 | The Military History of the Civil War | 3 |
| HIST 4500 | Southern History to 1900 | 3 |
| HIST 4510 | The South in the Twentieth Century | 3 |
| HIST 4520 | The History of Mississippi | 3 |
| HIST 4530 | Environmental History of the South | 3 |
| HIST 4540 | Women in Southern History | 3 |
| HIST 4550 | History of Religion in the South | 3 |
| HIST 4560 | Southern Music History | 3 |
Journalism
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SJNM 5130 | The Press and the Changing South | 3 |
Music
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| MUSC 5170 | Afri-American Musical Traditions | 3 |
| MUSC 5180 | History of Jazz | 3 |
| MUSC 5077 | Diasporic African Music Cultures | 3 |
Political Science
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| POLS 3105 | Const Law II: Civil Lib & Civil Rights | 3 |
| POLS 3113 | Mississippi Politics | 3 |
| POLS 3114 | Politics of the American South | 3 |
| POLS 3116 | African American Politics | 3 |
Sociology and Anthropology
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SOCY 4130 | Race and Ethnicity | 3 |
| SOCY 4140 | Race, Place, and Space | 3 |
| SOCY 4400 | Sociology of Music | 3 |
| ANTH 3090 | Indians of Mississippi and the South | 3 |
| ANTH 3150 | The African Diaspora | 3 |
| ANTH 3160 | Rise and Fall of the Mississippian World | 3 |
| ANTH 3170 | Indians on the S. Frontier | 3 |
| ANTH 3190 | Environmental History of the South | 3 |
| ANTH 3330 | The Mississippian Shatterzone | 3 |
| ANTH 3370 | Anthropology of Blues Culture | 3 |
Southern Studies
Any Southern Studies course
Writing and Rhetoric
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| RHET 4770 | Rhetorics of Race in the US South | 3 |