Women's Studies Department Degree Program, 2008-2010 Undergraduate Catalog
Admission Requirements: Students are eligible to enter the Women's Studies Program as a major or minor soon as formally admitted to UNLV.
Degree Requirements: 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,1-2 plus 3 credits from an approved list of multicultural courses3 and 6 credits in a foreign language.4
1. The following sequential core courses are required of all majors:
| Prerequisite | Term(s) Offered | Course Number, Title | Credits |
| none | every term | WMST 113, Gender, Race, and Class | 3 |
| none | every term | WMST 101, Introduction to Women's Studies | 3 |
| 101 and 113 | spring only* | WMST 301, Advanced Feminist Theories | 3 |
| 101 and 113 | fall only* | WMST 302, Feminist Research Methodology | 3 |
| 301 and 302 | spring only* | WMST 497, Feminist Praxis | 4 |
*Subject to change
2. A minimum of 21 credits from the following list of interdisciplinary courses and courses crosslisted with other academic departments. Because this is a rapidly expanding program, new courses are constantly being developed. The following is a list of currently approved courses; click here for descriptions of those currently offered.
| 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 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 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 |
| WMST 498, Internship in Women's Studies | variable |
| WMST 499, Independent Study | variable |
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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 301, Advanced Feminist Theories | 3 credits |
| WMST 302, Feminist Research Methodology | 3 credits |
| WMST 497, Feminist Praxis | 4 credits |
| 6 credits from the approved list of interdisciplinary & crosslisted courses | 6 credits |
