Academics
Degree Requirements
Students in the B.A. in Southern Studies complete 30 credit hours of courses related to the study of the American South including one at the 500-level.
- S St 101: Introduction to Southern Studies I
- S St 401: Southern Studies Seminar
- S St 402: Southern Studies Seminar: Culture
Two courses from:
- S St 103: Southern Mythologies and Popular Culture
- S St 104: The South and Race
- S St 105: Introduction to the South and Food
- S St 106: Introduction to Southern Documentary
- S St 107: Intro to Gender & Sexuality in the South
- S St 108: Music and Southern Society
- S St 109: Rights and Southern Activism
- S St 110: Slavery and the University
- S St 118: Introductory Topics in Southern Music
Four courses from the lists below in at least two different departments
African American Studies:
- AAS 201: African American Experience I OR AAS 202: African American Experience II
- AAS 302: Judicial System and the African American Experience
- AAS 308: Politics of Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
- AAS 310: Experiences of Black Mississippians
- AAS 316: The African Diaspora
- AAS 320: African American Politics
- AAS 325: African American History to 1865
- AAS 326: African American History since 1865
- AAS 334: Introduction to Field Work Techniques
- AAS 337: Anthropology of Blues Culture
- AAS 341: African American Literary Tradition I
- AAS 342: African American Literary Tradition II
- AAS 367: Blues Tradition in American Literature
- AAS 373: Studies in Comparative Black Literature
- AAS 386: African and African American Arts
- AAS 395: Survey of Black American Art
- AAS 413: Race and Ethnicity
- AAS 414: Race, Place and Space
- AAS 420: Richard Wright
- AAS 421: Readings in U.S. Black Feminism
- AAS 438: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery
- AAS 440: History of African Americans in Sport
- AAS 441: Comparative Black Literatures
- AAS 443: The Civil Rights Era
- AAS 468: Major African American Writers
- AAS 477: Rhetorics of Race in the US South
- AAS 479: Special Topics in Comparative Black Lit
- AAS 493: Special Topics in Race and Ethnicity
- AAS 504: Research in African American Studies
- AAS 517: African American Musical Tradition
- AAS 518: History of Jazz
- AAS 593: African American Literature
Art:
- AH 369: Survey of Black American Art
- AH 386: African and African American Arts
Economics:
- Econ 453: Economic History of the South
English:
- Eng 314: The Cinematic South
- Eng 354: Survey of Southern Literature
- Eng 355: Studies in Southern Literature
- Eng 357: Women in the South
- Eng 361: Survey of African American Literature to 1920
- Eng 362: Survey of African American Literature Since 1920
- Eng 367: Blues Tradition in American Literature
- Eng 373: Studies in 20th and 21st Century Comparative Black Literatures
- Eng 374: Survey of Caribbean Literature
- Eng 414: Special Topics in Cinematic South
- Eng 458: Southern Environmental Literature
- Eng 460: Faulkner
- Eng 461: Special Topics in Southern Literature
- Eng 462: Special Topics in the Global South
- Eng 468: Major African American Writers
- Eng 479: Special Topics in Comparative Black Lit
- Eng 514: Studies in Faulkner
Gender Studies:
- G St 337: The South and Sexuality
- G St 418: African American Women’s History
- G St 421: Readings in Black Feminism
- G St 454: Women in Southern History
History:
- Hst 404: The Civil War Era 1848-1877
- Hst 414: African American History to 1865
- Hst 415: African American History since 1865
- Hst 418: African American Women’s History
- Hst 420: History of African Americans in Sports
- Hst 422: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery
- Hst 423: History of Mass Incarceration
- Hst 424: The Civil Rights Era
- Hst 440: Military History of the Civil War
- Hst 450: Southern History to 1900
- Hst 451: The South in the Twentieth Century
- Hst 452: The History of Mississippi
- Hst 453: Environmental History of the South
- Hst 454: Women in Southern History
- Hst 455: History of Religion in the South
- Hst 456: Southern Music History
Journalism:
- Jour 513: The Press and the Changing South
Music:
- Mus 517: African American Musical Traditions
- Mus 518: History of Jazz
- Mus 577: Diasporic African Music Cultures
Political Science:
- Pol 307: Constitutional Law II: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
- Pol 317: Mississippi Politics
- Pol 318: Politics of the American South
- Pol 320: African American Politics
Sociology and Anthropology:
- Soc 413: Race and Ethnicity
- Soc 414: Race Place and Space
- Anth 309: Indians of Mississippi and the South
- Anth 315: African Diaspora
- Anth 316: Rise and Fall of the Mississippian World
- Anth 317: Indians of the Southern Frontier
- Anth 319: Environmental History of the South
- Anth 333: The Mississippian Shatterzone
- Anth 334: North American Archaeology
- Anth 337: Anthropology of Blues Culture
Writing and Rhetoric:
- Rhet 477: Rhetorics of Race in the US South
The minor in Southern Studies consists of 18 credit hours of Southern Studies courses.
Required Courses:
- S St 101: Introduction to Southern Studies I
- S St 401: Southern Studies Seminar
- S St 402: Southern Studies Seminar: Culture
One Course from:
- S St 103: Southern Mythologies and Popular Culture
- S St 104: The South and Race
- S St 105: Introduction to the South and Food
- S St 106: Introduction to Southern Documentary
- S St 107: Intro to Gender & Sexuality in the South
- S St 108: Music and Southern Society
- S St 109: Rights and Southern Activism
- S St 110: Slavery and the University
- S St 118: Introductory Topics Southern Music