Approved Courses for Southern Studies Minor
The Southern Studies Minor requires six courses: SOST 201 and SOST 202, and four more courses--from at least two disciplines--from the following list of approved courses. While not listed, special topics courses from any academic unit on campus may also count; students are encouraged to reach out to Dr. Matthew Simmons with questions about/approval for these special topics courses. All SOST courses count towards the minor.
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AFAM 331 | Black Experience in the United States to 1865 | 3 |
| AFAM 332 | Black Experience in the United States since 1865 | 3 |
| AFAM 335/HIST 455 | The American Civil Rights Movement | 3 |
| AFAM/ANTH 366 | Medicine, Disease, and Slavery | 3 |
| AFAM 420 | Slavery, Literature & Culture | 3 |
| ANTH 229 | Southeastern Archaeology | 3 |
| ANTH 232 | Contemp Cultures of South Carolina | 3 |
| ANTH 321 | South Carolina Archaeology | 3 |
| ENGL 427 | Southern Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 438A | South Carolina Writers | 3 |
| ENVR 200 | Natural History of South Carolina | 4 |
| GEOG 221 | Geography of South Carolina | 3 |
| GEOG 521 | Landscapes of South Carolina | 3 |
| HIST 403 | The Sections and the Nation, 1828-1860 | 3 |
| HIST 404 | Civil War and Reconstruction, 1860-1877 | 3 |
| HIST 409 | The History of South Carolina, 1670-1865 | 3 |
| HIST 410 | History of South Carolina Since 1865 | 3 |
| HIST 442 | The Old South | 3 |
| HIST 443 | The New South | 3 |
| HIST 444 | The Civil War in American History | 3 |
| HIST 445 | The Reconstruction of the Nation | 3 |
| HIST 462 | Southern Intellectual and Cultural History | 3 |
| HPEB 512 | Southern Discomfort: Public Health in the American South | 3 |
| POLI 363 | Southern Politics | 3 |
| POLI 570 | South Carolina Government and Politics | 3 |
| RELG 374 | Religion in the South | 3 |