Academics

Southern Miss is nationally recognized for prestigious programs in polymer science, performing arts, nursing, chemistry, psychology and education. International Exchange Students are able to register for classes in all five colleges at the University.

All courses are taught in English. Some departments have pre-requisite requirements to which students will be advised upon arrival, prior to enrolling in their final class schedule. While Southern Miss operates on multiple campuses, visiting exchange students should only enroll at the Hattiesburg campus. 

For a full list of courses being offered, please visit the online "Class Schedule Guide”. 

 

For further information on courses offered in the various departments at Southern Miss, visit SOAR.

  1. Click on “SOAR Guest Login” on the top left corner of the page.
  2. Click on “Class Search” located on the right of the screen under “Schedule of Classes”.
  3. Select the appropriate term (semester) and “Search for Classes” then click “Go”
  4. To find the subject area you are looking for, click the “Select Subject” button for a list of subjects offered.
    • OR, under “Additional Search Criteria” at the bottom of the box, type a “Course Title Keyword” (i.e. “statistics”) in the box provided.
  5. Under Campus, ensure that the Hattiesburg option is selected then click “Search.”
  6. Classes offered in the subject area you specified should be displayed. Click on the course number or name to see enrollment details (whether special permission of instructor is required, etc.).

Make SURE that the campus is listed as HBRG or Hattiesburg.

Course descriptions are available on the “Class Search” menu. To see brief course descriptions, click on the course number in the link next to “Section."


IMPORTANT! Do not attempt to pre-register using “web registration” on the Southern Miss Web site. You will not have access to web registration prior to your arrival.

Choose courses for your first semester at Southern Miss using the instructions listed above. When you have completed your course selections, complete theRegistration Form located in your on-line application.

International Programs will pre-register you for classes and will notify you once this process is complete. It may be some time before you are contacted about your registration status; don’t expect to hear back from us immediately. You’ll have one week after your arrival to make changes to your class schedule.

A full-time course load for undergraduate students is a minimum of 12 “semester” (or “credit”) hours; typically 4 (four) 3-hour classes. We recommend you enroll for 15 hours initially (5 courses), thus allowing you flexibility if you wish to drop a class at some point in the semester. Although students may take up to 19 hours without incurring additional tuition costs, we do not recommend you exceed 15 or 16 semester hours.

If your transcript is not in English, you will need to provide a copy that includes the English translation of all courses related to the fields that you will be pursuing while at USM. Otherwise, when we ask for permission for courses that have pre-requisites, the Chair of the department will not be able to grant you access to the course.