"Southern Studies Degree", for my ole

[coach66]

Miss friends. Exactly what does someone do with this degree when they graduate? We had a family friend shown around last week by the recruiters up there and they found it to be a very popular degree, I'm serious.

 

[AlCoDog]

Bruiser should be here shortly.

 

[FlabLoser]

Probably become a writer for the Jackson Free Press and live the rest of your days feeling white guilt. Basically turn into Donna Ladd.

 

[oneoftheten]

 

[natchezdawg]

Become a history professor. Grow a really nice beard. Learn to smoke a pipe.

Wear tweed jackets all the time, even in August.

Pick up photography as a hobby and publish a book featuring photos of dilapidated shotgun houses, juke joints, and cotton gins in the Delta.

 

[ckDOG]

Nailed it.

Wear tweed jackets all the time, even in August.

Pick up photography as a hobby and publish a book featuring photos of dilapidated shotgun houses, juke joints, and cotton gins in the Delta.

Class synopsis:

Indians around for about 500 years. Western Europeans show up. Don't know what happened to the Indians. Black folks arrive on boats. White folks buy black folks. Farming. Big war. Black folks freed. White folks angry. Food. Music. Whites still angry. Desegregation. Football.

Does that about sum it up?

 

[Philly Dawg]

Popular employment with that degree:

Southern Accent Interpreter.

 

[Railin Jemmye]

Make 30 for 30s.

 

[dogeatdog]

Is a bow tie required?

nt

 

[fishwater99]

Learn to use Google......**

http://www.olemiss.edu/libarts/majors/southern_studies.html

Southern Studies seeks to document the American South in all of its complexity. Southern Studies students investigate challenging topics, such as the historical meaning of being a southerner, what it means to be a southerner in the twenty-first century, the relationship of the South to America's national identity and the role of the South in an increasingly global world.
Students who major in Southern Studies are intrigued by the culture and people of the American South. Southern Studies majors gain a broad understanding of the region as well as skills in critical reading, analysis, analytical writing, research, and oral presentation.

 

[DogStuckAtUM.sixpack]

As someone who took the class, that's about it.

 

[esplanade91]

You've got to be an arrogant, ignorant SOB to get that degree.

"I'm majoring in 'how not to do things in hindsight' because there's nothing better than spending 4 years and thousands of dollars on mastering the mindset of the worst politicians in the history of the free world."

ETA: Take Dr. Wiseman's Mississippi Government & Politics class if you ever get a chance. You'd be surprised (maybe not) how many people running for governor got in fist fights at debates just in the past 100 years. Dr. Wiseman said "Mississippi didn't just become last in every catagory, we tried real hard" and "There has never been a governor from Mississippi State University, so to be clear it's Ole Miss's fault for how we are so far behind everyone else."

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

Historian for your local klavern**

 

[fishwater99]

Some of these possible careers with this degree are way off.
You can't do half of these without another degree or graduate school.

What can UM southern studies majors do after graduation? Archivist
Festival coordinator
Cultural affairs officer
Historian
Museum program specialist
Legislative staffer
Teacher
Documentary filmmaker
Policy analyst
Journalist
Arts promoter
Social worker
Lawyer
Ministry
Business entrepreneur
Urban Planning
Finance
Writing
Fundraising
Health Services
Human resources

 

[cowbell88]

Become an editor and publisher of a newspaper.

 

[InaccuratePredictionsDawg]

You think Northern schools offer Northern Studies degrees?...

...it's a regional nostalgia course. The kind you'll never find at a Northern university, because they actually won the war.

 

[coach66]

A lady friend of mine said it is the most popular "MRS" degree now

findahusbandku

 

[Arloguthrie]

What is that? Please explain. Thanks.

 

[Chickamauga]

Definitely. Women shopping for husbands can't get enough of future archivists.

 

[DuNing]

Did the rule about race-related posts expired on signing day?

Just want to make sure I know what the boundaries are.

 

[rumsearch]

given the last "broad understanding" gained sounds like

there were a lot of work study positions open during recruiting weekends...

Learn to use Google......**

http://www.olemiss.edu/libarts/majors/southern_studies.html

Southern Studies seeks to document the American South in all of its complexity. Southern Studies students investigate challenging topics, such as the historical meaning of being a southerner, what it means to be a southerner in the twenty-first century, the relationship of the South to America's national identity and the role of the South in an increasingly global world.
Students who major in Southern Studies are intrigued by the culture and people of the American South. Southern Studies majors gain a broad understanding of the region as well as skills in critical reading, analysis, analytical writing, research, and oral presentation.

 

[biteyoudawg]

Learn to use Google......**

http://www.olemiss.edu/libarts/majors/southern_studies.html

Southern Studies seeks to document the American South in all of its complexity. Southern Studies students investigate challenging topics, such as the historical meaning of being a southerner, what it means to be a southerner in the twenty-first century, the relationship of the South to America's national identity and the role of the South in an increasingly global world.
Students who major in Southern Studies are intrigued by the culture and people of the American South. Southern Studies majors gain a broad understanding of the region as well as skills in critical reading, analysis, analytical writing, research, and oral presentation.

So this is similar to the course of study that was being used at North Carolina for hepping their athletes?

 

[RickyWadePhilpotDVM]

So I guess HD6 has eased up on the racism bannings

Historian for your local klavern**

Tool

 

[Salty.sixpack]

My first thought was that you could teach U.S. Southern Studies at a Community College in Europe. Then I Googled Community Colleges in Europe and apparently they don't exist; it's an American invention.

My next thought is, "Yeah, I was a Southern Studies major at Ole Miss. You want fries with your burger?"

 

[RocketDawg]

Never heard of it, but it's probably about as useful as feminine studies and all the other targeted things like that ... in other words, useless. I can't fathom anyone spending college education money on something like that. Get a degree in something that's useful. I'm pretty opinionated on this type thing though ... not sure I agree that something like kinesiology, a popular degree for athletes, is worth a plug nickel. Or liberal arts ... what the heck does THAT train a person to do?

Think there's such a thing as "Northern Studies"? I don't.

 

[RocketDawg]

Ha. I had the same thought but you beat me to it. And I had the same thought for the same reason. Too many folks in the south are still fighting the darn war, and think that "yankee" is a dirty word. Get over it. It's embarrassing.

 

[FlabLoser]

You've got to be an arrogant, ignorant SOB to get that degree. "I'm majoring in 'how not to do things in hindsight' because there's nothing better than spending 4 years and thousands of dollars on mastering the mindset of the worst politicians in the history of the free world." ETA: Take Dr. Wiseman's Mississippi Government & Politics class if you ever get a chance. You'd be surprised (maybe not) how many people running for governor got in fist fights at debates just in the past 100 years. Dr. Wiseman said "Mississippi didn't just become last in every catagory, we tried real hard" and "There has never been a governor from Mississippi State University, so to be clear it's Ole Miss's fault for how we are so far behind everyone else."

Second the recommendation.


I've never had the glass, but I got to know Marty Wiseman. He is awesome.

 

[chew1095]

About as useful as the History of Early Hungarian Cabinet Making