• Women's and Gender Studies

    The interdisciplinary Women’s and Gender Studies Program offers courses from 19 different departments at UNT. 80% of Women’s Studies graduate students finishing their degrees in the past 2 years have jobs in the Women’s Studies field. The program also became home to Beta Rho, the UNT chapter recently approved by the national Women’s Studies Honor Society, Iota Iota Iota...

  • History

    More than 130 students have earned doctoral degrees from the Department of History, which awarded its first doctorate in 1970. The department also enjoys the increasing popularity of its Military History Center, which has been acclaimed by scholars as one of the top two programs of its kind in the United States.

  • Physics

    Students in the Department of Physics have used telescopes at UNT’s Monroe Robotic Observatory to detect planets orbiting stars other than the Sun, or so called “exoplanets.” The Observatory has also made thousands of measurements of stars that vary in brightness, including discovery of a previously unknown variable star.

  • Jewish and Israel Studies

    The UNT Jewish and Israel Studies Program is the only Jewish and Israel Studies program at a public university in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The program includes 47 courses on Jews and Judaism across seven of UNT's colleges taught by 25 faculty in 10 departments. 14 of the program's courses are on the state of Israel.

  • Geography

    The Department of Geography offers active learning experiences in classroom and field settings, including more than 40 internship opportunities and training in such applied skills as geographic information systems and remote sensing, now in high demand on the job market. Last year, the department’s students won paper competitions in both of the major conferences in the discipline.

  • Political Science

    The Department of Political Science was recently named the editorial home of the American Political Science Review, the premier political science journal in the world, and is currently building the “Human Security, Democracy, and Global Development” research cluster.

  • Economics

    The Department of Economics’ master’s program in Economic Research is the top-rated terminal master’s program in the southwestern U.S. and is among the top-20 in the nation. Additionally, five current faculty members of the Department of Economics have been awarded national or local teaching awards, and two faculty have earned university service awards.

  • Applied Science

    The Institute of Applied Science, home to the first environmental science doctoral program in Texas, controls one of only three labs in the nation that have been authorized to conduct endocrine disruptor studies that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will use to set regulatory standards for chemicals.

  • Forensic Science

    UNT's Forensic Science Program is the only nationally accredited program of its kind in Texas and the surrounding states. It is led by faculty with national reputations in the forensic field.

  • Mathematics

    The UNT Math Lab in the Department of Mathematics has been providing math tutoring services to students for more than 50 years. The tutor center was one of the first in the country to be named "Math Lab" and was a volunteer service until the late 1970s when UNT became the first in the country to operate the Math Lab in its current model.

  • Radio, Television & Film

    The Department of Radio Television and Film is one of the largest of its kind in the U.S., and is also home to KNTU and ntTV. Both media outlets are perennial winners of awards from the Broadcast Education Association; in addition, students at KNTU have won numerous Texas Associated Press Broadcasters awards and students at ntTV have been awarded a lot of Lone Star Emmys.”

  • Philosophy & Religion Studies

    The Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies, home of the leading graduate program in environmental ethics and environmental philosophy, has created the world's first field station in environmental philosophy, science, and policy at Cape Horn, Chile.

  • English

    UNT’s Department of English features outstanding programs and faculty in the fields of literary and cultural studies, creative writing, and rhetoric/composition. The department recently bolstered the quality of its programs through the establishment of the UNT-Rilke Prize, a $10,000 annual award for poetry to be given for the first time in April 2012.

  • World Languages, Literatures & Cultures

    The Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures continues to gain national and international recognition for its accomplishments, including its French and Spanish Graduate Summer Institutes—unique in the Southwest— and its numerous study-abroad programs.

  • Dance & Theatre

    Student and faculty accomplishments in the Department of Dance & Theatre receive critical acclaim. Recent awards include a Golden Pen Award from the U.S. Institute for Theatre Technology and a DFW Theater Critics Forum Outstanding Actress Award.

  • Aerospace Studies

    The Division of Aerospace Studies opened its doors in 1951 and has, to date, commissioned more than 500 Second Lieutenants. Two have achieved the rank of General in the United States Air Force.

  • International Studies

    The International Studies Program is one of the fastest growing majors on campus and has 6 concentrations including International Security and Diplomacy, International Business and Economics, International Development and Humanitarian Affairs, Regional Studies, African and Middle Eastern Studies and Peace Studies.

  • Chemistry

    The Department of Chemistry houses the U.S. Department of Education-supported Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling (CASCAM), one of the most comprehensive computational chemistry programs in the United States. The department is also renown for its faculty, some of whom serve as fellows for the American Chemical Society and editors of major chemistry journals.

  • Communication Studies

    Thirteen faculty members and 18 graduate students from the Department of Communication Studies presented research at the most recent National Communication Association Conference in New Orleans, LA.

  • Biological Sciences

    Faculty in the Department of Biological Sciences’ Developmental Integrative Biology and Plant Science/Signaling groups recently moved into a new 85,000 square foot research building. Biology faculty are funded by and serve on numerous national science advisory panels including the National Science Foundation, the EPA, USDA, and National Institutes of Health.

  • Psychology

    The Department of Psychology attracts students nationally for scientific and practitioner training in their well-equipped Psychology Clinic in which more than 60 students see more than 700 clients yearly.

Dickens remembered

Sandra Spencer, principal lecturer of English and director of the Women's and Gender Studies Program, paid tribute to the novelist at the Westminster Abbey by laying a wreath on his tomb.

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Behavioral Ecology at the End of the World...

The UNT Sub-Antarctic Biocultural Conservation Program and Center for Environmental Philosophy cordially invite you to "Behavioral Ecology at the End of the World: New Biological Models?" a Roundtable Discussion, with Professor Rodrigo Vasquez of the University of Chile. All are welcome to attend, and rereshments will be served.

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Women's Studies program changes name

What’s in a name? Women’s and Gender Studies Program is the new name of the UNT program formerly known as Women’s Studies. Director Sandra Spencer says the addition of the word “gender” shows that the program examines a range of factors impacting the identity of women as well as men, such as race, class, ethnicity and sexuality.

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Is height important in matters of the heart? New study says yes.

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Is height important in matters of the heart? According to new research from Rice University and the University of North Texas, the height of a potential partner matters more to women than men, and mostly for femininity and protection.

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Author of "Sex and World Peace" visits UNT to discuss women's role in state security

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Valerie Hudson, co-author of "Sex and World Peace," professor and the George H. W. Bush Chair in the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, will give a lecture at UNT on the link between state security and women's security.

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