Program Overview

Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Women's Studies

Program Overview

The Interdisciplinary Studies program with a concentration in Women's Studies offers students a high degree of flexibility in designing a program of study that cuts across disciplinary boundaries. This program allows students to explore multiple aspects of women's experience and provides advanced training and skills for both the workplace and nonprofit organizations.

Program Details

• Degree Type: Master of Arts (M.A.) or Master of Science (M.S.)
• Format: On Campus
• Estimated Time to Complete: 2 years
• Credit Hours: 30

Program Description

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.

Requirements

• Additional Requirements: Not specified
• Tuition & Aid: Not specified
• How to Apply: Not specified

Marketable Skills

• Work independently across two or more disciplines
• Teamwork
• Function across organizational silos through discipline integration
• Synthesize information and results
• Write in a professional and coherent manner

Program 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.

Courses

• 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.

Related Programs

• Women's and Gender Studies Master's
• Sociology Master's
• Social Work Master's

Similar Areas of Study

• Humanities & Social Sciences
• Multidisciplinary
• Toulouse Graduate School

Contact Information

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