The University of Alabama J. Frank Barefield Jr. College of Arts and Sciences 24 courses 18 total credits
This interdisciplinary minor will offer students the opportunity to explore the U.S. South from a wide array of perspectives provided by different departments, instructors, and courses. Fields of interest include the peoples and cultures of the region as expressed through its rich history, literature, art, politics, and religions, among other topics. Students will also examine how the South as a distinctive place and concept has influenced the rest of the United States and the world and how, in turn, national and global movements and populations have affected the South.
| Total Credits | 18 credits |
Required Courses
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AMS 203 | Southern Studies | 3 |
| AMS 213 | Honors Introduction to Southern Studies | 3 |
| Total Required Courses | 3 credits | |
Southern History and Experience
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AAST 303 | Education Of Southern Blacks | 3 |
| ANT 368 | Southeastern Archaeology | 3 |
| HY 312 | The Rise and Fall of the Slave South | 3 |
| HY 313 | American South Since 1865 | 3 |
| HY 315 | The Civil War | 3 |
| HY 339 | Race and Injustice in the Modern South | 3 |
| HY 354 | Southern Queer History | 3 |
| HY 419 | Alabama Memories: Lynchings in Alabama | 3 |
| PSC 316 | Southern Politics | 3 |
| REL 415 | Religion in the American South | 3 |
| Total Southern History and Experience | 6 credits | |
Southern Culture and Representation
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AMS 305 | Southern Poor Whites | 3 |
| AMS 307 | Southern Autobiography | 3 |
| AMS 321 | African American Folk Art | 3 |
| AMS 340 | Women in the South | 3 |
| AMS 350 | Honors Women in the South | 3 |
| AMS 407 | Landscapes of the South | 3 |
| AMS 440 | Alabama's Black Belt | 3 |
| ARH 374 | Art of the American South | 3 |
| ARH 387 | Southern Architecture | 3 |
| EN 355 | Topics in Southern Literature | 3 |
| NEW 407 | Landscapes of the South | 3 |
| WS 342 | Women in the South | 3 |
| Total Southern Culture and Representation | 6 credits | |
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