Program type:

Major
Format:

On Campus
Est. time to complete:

2 years
Credit Hours:

30
Discover the latest advances in gender equality research and use your passion to drive change.
The women's studies concentration in the interdisciplinary studies master's program allows students to explore multiple aspects of women's experience. Students choose courses that focus on women and that have been approved by the Women's Studies program. This degree option provides advanced training and skills for both the workplace and nonprofit organizations.

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Why earn a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Women's Studies?

The interdisciplinary studies program offers students a high degree of flexibility in designing a program of study that cuts across disciplinary boundaries. Applicants to the master’s program can pursue one of two approaches — either a self-styled plan or a recognized concentration.

A recognized concentration provides more structure in the courses taken and is built around a defined interdisciplinary theme. For either approach, the degree awarded upon completion of the program is a Master of Arts or Master of Science with a major in interdisciplinary studies.

The Women's and Gender Studies concentration allows students to explore the role gender plays in the human experience. This degree option provides advanced training and skills for both the workplace and nonprofit organizations.

The courses are provided from a variety of disciplines as well as from the women’s studies program itself. This structure allows students to tailor their course work to their career goals and creates a wide network of faculty interaction across campus. Courses examine women’s roles, activities and experiences through history and across cultures. The program expands understanding of gender differences, cultural diversity and social change through critical analysis and community interaction.

For additional information, please visit https://interdisciplinarystudies.unt.edu/concentrations/womens-and-gender-studies.

Marketable Skills
  1. Work independently across two or more disciplines
  2. Teamwork
  3. Function across organizational silos through discipline integration
  4. Synthesize information and results
  5. Write in a professional and coherent manner

Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Women's Studies Highlights

Whether you are a young recent graduate of a bachelor’s program or have been in the workforce for years, you can hone your talents for future employment where broad knowledge, advanced research, and effective communication skills are in high demand.
The program allows you to take classes in person at our Frisco or Denton campuses, or you can choose to complete it 100% online.
Our online master’s in Interdisciplinary Studies is ranked a Top 25 Program in the Nation by MyDegreeGuide.com.
Through UNT’s Interdisciplinary Studies program you will learn to sift through information and produce a body of work that synthesizes multiple perspectives, arriving at a more comprehensive understanding of the important issues.
The interdisciplinary studies program offers students a high degree of flexibility in designing a program of study that cuts across disciplinary boundaries.

Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Women's Studies Courses You Could Take

Human Trafficking and Gender (3 hrs)
Uses feminist(s) methodologies to analyze slavery and trafficking. Examines current policies aimed at the prevention and penalization of human trafficking, and the protection of victims’ rights.
Theorizing Queer Identity, Politics, and Subjectivity (3 hrs)
Survey of key historical and contemporary theoretical debates and the political and ideological contexts that have shaped them. Critical contemporary issues and debates in the interdisciplinary field of queer studies, particularly focused on LGBTQ+ inspired epistemologies, methodologies, and activism.
Psychology of Women and Gender (3 hrs)
Theories and research on women and gender; psychological, situational, cultural, environmental and biological influences; the influence of gender biases on research methods and interpretation of results; application of theory and research to problems affecting women.
Sociology of Gender (3 hrs)
Explores sociological theories of gender. Presents foundational debates in the study of gender.
Globalization and Gender (3 hrs)
Explores gender as a social practice, and globalization as a multifaceted socio-economic process. Topics include feminist critiques of international development theory and practice; militarization, conflict and the movement of people across borders; and global climate change.

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