Women's Studies Department Degree Program, 2008-2010 Undergraduate Catalog
A major and minor are offered in Women's Studies. Students are eligible to enter the Women's Studies Program if they meet the following conditions. Students must be formally admitted to UNLV. At the time of applying for admission to the program, the grade point average in all college-level work must be a minimum 2.50. Students majoring in Women's Studies must earn a minimum of 124 credit hours, with 42 credits in courses numbered 300 or above.
In addition to University and College of Liberal Arts general education requirements, Women's Studies majors must take a minimum of 37 credits in Women's Studies courses, plus 3 credits from an approved list of multicultural courses and 6 credits in foreign languages.
1. The following sequential core courses are required of all majors:
| no prereq | every term | WMST 113, Gender, Race, and Class | 3 Credits |
| preq is 113 | tbd | WMST 101, Introduction to Women's Studies | 3 Credits |
| preq is 113 | fall only* | WMST 302, Feminist Research Methodology | 3 Credits |
| preq is 113 | fall only* | WMST 401, Advanced Feminist Theories | 3 Credits |
| prereqs are 302 & 401 | spring only* | WMST 497, Feminist Praxis | 4 Credits |
*Subject to change
2. A minimum of 3 credits in either WMST 498 (Internship) or WMST 499 (Independent Study) under the supervision of a Women's Studies Advisor.
3. A minimum of 18 credits from an approved list of interdisciplinary courses and other courses crosslisted with academic departments. Because this is a rapidly expanding program, new courses are constantly being developed. The following is a list of currently approved courses; those currently offered are listed with descriptions here on this site.
| WMST 247, Philosophy and Women | 3 credits |
| WMST 275, Introduction to Marriage and Family | 3 credits |
| WMST 308, Anthropology of Women | 3 credits |
| WMST 380, Women and Media | 3 credits |
| WMST 400, Rhetoric of Women's Rights | 3 credits |
| WMST 401J, Women in Politics | 3 credits |
| WMST 407/607, Communication Between the Sexes | 3 credits |
| WMST 408, Making Gender, Sexuality and Race | 3 credits |
| WMST 411D, Constitutional Rights of Women | 3 credits |
| WMST 418, Language and Gender | 3 credits |
| WMST 426, Contemporary Asian American Families | 3 credits |
| WMST 427B, Gender and Literature | 3 credits |
| WMST 428, Women and Crime | 3 credits |
| WMST 432A/632A, History of American Women to 1870 | 3 credits |
| WMST 432B/632B, History of American Women, 1870 to Present | 3 credits |
| WMST 440B, Gender and Early Literature | 3 credits |
| WMST 441B, Gender and Renaissance Literature | 3 credits |
| WMST 446B, Gender and Modern British Literature | 3 credits |
| WMST 449 Sex & Social Arrangements | 3 credits |
| WMST 453, Gender and Society | 3 credits |
| WMST 454B, Gender and Modern American Literature | 3 credits |
| WMST 467, Psychology of Gender | 3 credits |
| WMST 471/671, Sex, Lit and the City | 3 credits |
| WMST 472/672, Controversies in Gender and Race | 3 credits |
| WMST 473/673, Chicana Feminism and Experience | 3 credits |
| WMST 474/674 Gender, Sexuality, and Consumer Culture | 3 credits |
| WMST 475/675 Gender, Development, and Globalization | 3 credits |
| WMST 476/676 Feminism and Activism | 3 credits |
| WMST 477/677 Critical Race Feminism | 3 credits |
| WMST 478 Women and Society | 3 credits |
| WMST 482, Women in the Performing Arts | 3 credits |
| WMST 483, Feminist Issues in the Popular Arts | 3 credits |
| WMST 488, Women's Health Issues | 3 credits |
| WMST 490/690, Special Topics in Women's Studies | 3 credits |
| WMST 491A/691A, Women in the Ancient World | 3 credits |
| WMST 491B/691B, Women in Medieval Culture and Society | 3 credits |
| WMST 492A/692A, Women in Early Modern Europe | 3 credits |
| WMST 492B, Women's Roles in European History | 3 credits |
| WMST 495/695, Special Topics in Gender and History | 3 credits |
4. 3 credits from an approved list of multicultural courses. This requirement may simultaneously fill the university general education requirements, but must be in addition to courses required for the major. The list of these courses is updated regularly.
5. 2 courses in a foreign language. These credits must be sequential and must be taken in the same language. Neither a computer language nor American Sign Language will fulfill this requirement.
6. For a minor, students must complete a minimum of 22 hours in Women's Studies courses, including:
| WMST 113, Gender, Race, and Class | 3 credits |
| WMST 101, Introduction to Women's Studies | 3 credits |
| WMST 302, Feminist Research Methodology | 3 credits |
| WMST 401, Advanced Feminist Theories | 3 credits |
| WMST 497, Feminist Praxis | 4 credits |
| 6 credits from the approved list of interdisciplinary and crosslisted courses. | 6 credits |
