The Women's and Gender Studies Program fosters the examination of women and gender through an interdisciplinary lens.  Women's and Gender Studies classes explore social norms and the ways in which race, class, nationality, and history shape gender identity. Students develop an understanding of the complex and sometimes controversial issues that surround women and gender, including: sex and sexuality, feminism, femininity, and masculinity, equal rights, family structures, bodies and health, parenting, political representation, art and literature, and relationships.  The Women's and Gender Studies Program at UT Arlington offers an academic minor that enables students to pursue a study of women and gender issues alongside their major courses.

Why get a Women's and Gender Studies Minor?

A Women's and Gender Studies minor enables students to speak knowledgeably and with sensitivity about the issues surrounding women and gender in our modern culture. Not only does a Women's and Gender Studies minor serve as a valuable complement to most academic majors, students gain skills and insights valued by employers in a variety of professions, including education, marketing, advertising, nursing and many more. The minor likewise, prepares UTA students for pursuing graduate degrees in disciplines that critically analyze gender from a theoretical perspective

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