UNT’s Women’s and Gender Studies Program offers a master’s degree in women’s and gender studies. Students take approved courses offered through the program and through other departments. This degree prepares graduates for work in non-governmental and non-profit organizations in both domestic and international contexts.

The central goal the women’s and gender studies program is to promote teaching, research and outreach with a critical analytical focus aimed at interrogating gender-related stereotypes, especially as our identities intersect with sexuality, race and ethnicity in a global context. Our interdisciplinary scholarship supports and sustains campus-wide discussions in areas including, but not limited to: global contexts, feminist approaches, women’s social movements, feminist activism, and explorations of the connections among gender, class, ethnicity and race in social and cultural constructs.

Our program facilitates students’ interactions with more than 40 members of the Women’s and Gender Studies affiliated faculty, expanding understandings of gender differences, cultural diversity, and social changes while strengthening critical thinking and communication skills. Students are also able to take courses at TWU under the Federation agreement.  As TWU has a Women’s and Gender Studies Department, students from the two schools frequently take advantage of this agreement for an enlarged array of courses that fit their interests.