VIBRANT COMMUNITY OF SCHOLARS
We offer a vibrant and diverse faculty, flexible requirements, and excellent preparation for professional employment or doctoral work. Our core faculty apply their expertise in gender, race, sexuality, and women’s studies to key areas such as data science and technology, health and medicine, history of women, law and politics, leadership and business, literatures and cultures, media and art, sexual violence and exploitation, racialized sexualities, and social movements. In addition to our core faculty members, we have over 100 affiliated faculty members who offer courses, serve on graduate committees, and collaborate in other ways with the Department.
GRADUATE DEGREE OPTIONS 
We offer innovative teaching and research, both Thesis and Non-Thesis MAs, combined MA/JD option, and faculty who work closely with graduate students at a major state university known for its range of specializations. Students have broad opportunities for professional development and for working with core and affiliate faculty. Graduates of our program have gone on to a variety of PhD programs as well as employment in teaching and research, nongovernmental organizations, social services, advocacy, and journalism. You can read profiles of some of our alums in our newsletters.
STUDENT FUNDING
We offer an excellent funding package to our MA students. Our typical funding includes graduate assistantships with tuition remission, along with supplemental need-based scholarships. We also provide students with generous research and travel funds. Financial aid applications should be submitted with admission materials. Honorably discharged veterans eligible for in state tuition.
GAINESVILLE COMMUNITY
Gainesville, Florida is a great location for graduate studies. Gainesville is a medium-sized university town with a host of resources and welcoming climate. Our students come from around the country and internationally and find UF and the wider community to provide a progressive, affordable, and culturally rich environment in which to live. Many of our students elect to carry out internships in local organizations that offer academic credit and valuable hands-on experience, preparing them for post-graduate employment and active participation as global citizens.
Click on this link to see the many ways our alumni are making a difference.