Southern Studies
Robert Brinkmeyer, Director
The interdisciplinary minor in Southern Studies offers training in analytic methods and research skills designed to help students excel in their departmental fields of concentration and establish a lasting basis for independent exploration of the South.
Courses
Principles, practices, and contexts of major literary works of the American South.
Carolina Core: AIU
Reading and research on selected interdisciplinary topics in Southern Studies. Course content varies and will be announced in the schedule of classes by title. May be repeated for credit under a different title.
Reading and research on selected interdisciplinary topics about South Carolina. Course content varies and will be announced in the schedule of classes by title. May be repeated for credit under a different title.
Examination of major social and cultural developments of American South from early exploration to 1900.
An topical examination of the American South ranging from Reconstruction to the Civil Rights Movement.
Carolina Core: GHS
Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Research
An investigation of Southern regional identity.
Contract approved by instructor, advisor, and program director is required for undergraduates.
Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Research
Reading and research on selected topics in Southern studies. Course content varies and will be announced in the schedule of classes by title.
Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Research
Selected topics related to the study of the American South. Course content varies and will be announced in the schedule of classes by title. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.