Courses
Core Course (3 credit hours)
Elective Courses (15 credit hours)
Select five of the following. The following Southern Studies content courses have been approved for the minor. Because additions and deletions are made to correspond to current University offerings, students are advised to consult with the Program Advisor. Other courses that do not appear on the list, especially topics and independent study courses, may be approved if they are pertinent to the student’s program and deal with a Southern Studies topic.
- AFRS 2105 – Black Images in the Media in the U.S. (3)
- AFRS 2215 – Black Families in the United States (3) (W)
- AFRS 3050 – Topics in Africana Studies (3) (topics: Apartheid in the U.S. and South Africa)
- AFRS 3150 – The African American Church and Civil Rights (3)
- AFRS 3692 – Colloquium (3) (W)
- AMST 3000 – Seminar in American Studies (3) (O,W) (topics: Growing Up Southern; Appalachian Culture; Race in America; The Catawba: River of Life; Motorsports in the South; The American South: Where the Blues Began; Southern Culture Past and Present)
- AMST 3020 – Seminar in American Studies (3) (W) (topics: Southern Foodways)
- AMST 3050 – Topics in American Studies (3) (topics: Apartheid in the U.S. and South Africa)
- ANTH 2090 – Topics in Anthropology (1 to 3) (topics: Southeastern Archaeology)
- COMM 2120 – Black Images in the Media in the U.S. (3)
- COMM 3050 – Topics in Communication Studies (1 to 3) (Southern Studies themes)
- COMM 3131 – African American Oratory (3)
- ENGL 2301 – Introduction to African American Literature (3)
- ENGL 3050 – Topics in English (3) (topics: Southern Culture in Literature and Film)
- ENGL 3157 – Twentieth Century Black American Literature: Prose (3)
- ENGL 3231 – Early African American Literature (3)
- ENGL 4050 – Topics in English (3) (topics: African American Narratives of Freedom)
- ENGL 4145 – Literature of the American South (3)
- FILM 3050 – Topics in Film (3) (W) (topics: The South in Film)
- FILM 3051 – Topics in Film (3) (topics: The South in Film)
- GEOG 2160 – The South (3) (O,W)
- HIST 2155 – Southern Women’s History (3)
- HIST 2160 – African American History, 1400-1860 (3)
- HIST 2161 – African American History Since 1860 (3)
- HIST 2297 – History of North Carolina, 1500 to the Present (3)
- HIST 3211 – Civil War and Reconstruction, 1860- 1877 (3)
- HIST 3212 – History of the South to 1865 (3)
- HIST 3213 – History of the South since 1865 (3)
- HIST 3215 – Southerners (3)
- HIST 3218 – Racial Violence, Colonial Times to Present (3)
- HIST 3240 – African Americans and the Legal Process (3)
- LACS 3800 – Directed Individual Study (1 to 3) (Southern Studies Themes)
- LACS 4800 – Directed Individual Study (1 to 3) (Southern Studies Themes)
- SOST 2050 – Topics in Southern Studies (3)
- SOST 3050 – Topics in Southern Studies (3)
- SOST 3800 – Independent Study (3)
- SOST 4050 – Topics in Southern Studies (3)
TOTAL = 18 CREDIT HOURS
GRADE REQUIREMENTS
Students must earn a 2.0 GPA overall in courses applied to the minor. No courses counted toward the minor may be taken Pass/No Credit.