Program Overview

Women's and Gender Studies Master's

Program Overview

The Master of Arts (M.A.) in Women's and Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary program that facilitates students' interactions with more than 40 members of the Women's and Gender Studies affiliated faculty. The program expands understandings of gender differences, cultural diversity, and social changes while strengthening critical thinking and communication skills.

Program Details

• Program Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
• Format: On Campus
• Estimated Time to Complete: 2-3 years
• Credit Hours: 30

Why Earn a Women's and Gender Studies Master's?

The program allows students to take courses offered through the Women's and Gender Studies program and through other departments. Faculty members' scholarship supports and sustains campus-wide discussions in areas such as feminist activism, feminist approaches, global contexts, women's social movements, and explorations of how class, gender, race, and other social constructs shape people's experiences.

Marketable Skills

• Oral and written communication
• Research data collection, analysis, and interpretation
• Implementation of learned knowledge/skills
• Knowledge of current events
• Multi-cultural/diversity competencies

Program Highlights

• Affiliated faculty members across the university, including in English, History, Communication Studies, Anthropology, and Art.
• Option to choose between a Thesis and a Non-Thesis Option based on individual learning style.
• Graduate students have presented original contributions at the National Women’s Studies Association Conference (NWSA).
• Alumni have gone on to work in non-governmental and non-profit organizations, both domestically and internationally.

Career Opportunities

Graduates of the program will be prepared for careers in non-governmental and non-profit organizations, both domestically and internationally. Alumni hold positions with organizations such as:

• The Human Rights Initiative of North Texas
• The Texas Equal Access Fund
• UNICEF Dallas

Courses

• Theorizing Queer Identity, Politics, and Subjectivity (3 hrs)
• Globalization and Gender (3 hrs)
• Human Trafficking and Gender (3 hrs)
• Feminist Methods and Methodologies (3 hrs)
• Feminist Rhetorical Criticism (3 hrs)
• Feminist and Womanist Theories (3 hrs)