Major Requirements

Women's Studies Program Degree Program, 2010-2012 Undergraduate Catalog

Admission Requirements: Students are eligible to enter the Women's Studies Program as a major or minor as soon as formally admitted to UNLV.

Degree Requirements: Students majoring in Women's Studies must earn a minimum of 120 credit hours. 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 courses (3) and 6 credits in a foreign language.(4) See catalog for complete listing of requirements.

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 297, Special Topics	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 411D, Constitutional Rights of Women	3 credits
WMST 418, Language and Gender	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 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 478/678 Women & Society	3 credits
WMST 488 Bodies, Sex and Health	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. Six credits 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