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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 the new Center for Spanish Language Media and North Texas Television (NTTV). NTTV received three EMPIXX Awards from Hometown Video including “Overall Excellence for an Educational Access Station” for 2011.
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Jewish Studies
The UNT Jewish Studies Program is the only Jewish studies program at a public university in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The program includes 48 courses on Jews, Judaism, and Israel taught by 29 faculty from 13 departments in 6 of UNT’s colleges.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Speech & Hearing Sciences
UNT's Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences operates a teaching clinic that provides speech, language & hearing assessments as well as remediation services to the UNT community and North Texas/Texoma region. SPHS recently received a large private grant to fund investigations of the use of modern technology in the treatment of speech, language and hearing disorders.
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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.
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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.
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Women's Studies
The interdisciplinary Women’s Studies Program offers courses from 20 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.
Latest News
May 3, 2012
Fish tale turns into notable fossil find
Its face had an expression like a giant bulldog, with fang-like teeth and an upturned jaw that could open wide to consume large prey. Its flippers had the appearance of wings. With more than 100 vertebrae along the backbone, it resembled a 15-foot Atlantic tarpon. This 250-pound fossil is of the head and flipper of the prehistoric Xiphactinus (pronounced Zie-fak-tin-nuz) Audex fish, a menacing predator that lived between 100 and 65 million years ago. The fossil is displayed in the Environmental Education, Science and Technology Building, first floor.
Read more »April 4, 2012
Nationally acclaimed poet to read from her work April 19 at UNT
Laura Kasischke, who recently became the first winner of the $10,000 UNT Rilke Prize given by the University of North Texas' Creative Writing Program, will read selections from "Space, in Chains," the poetry collection for which she received the prize, at UNT April 19 (Thursday). The book was also recently recognized with a National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and was named a New York Times Notable Book for 2011.
Read more »April 4, 2012
Fossil of giant prehistoric fish to be displayed at UNT
Visitors to the University of North Texas' Environmental Education, Science and Technology Building will be able to see a 250-pound fossil of the head of the prehistoric Xiphactinus Audex fish, a menacing predator that lived between 100 and 65 million years ago, as well as a fossil of the creature's right flipper. The fossils were identified as Xiphactinus by Dr. George Maxey, UNT lecturer in geography and director of the university's Meteorite, Rock, Mineral and Fossil Identification Lab.
Read more »March 20, 2012
Students learned value of focus, discipline with project
Faculty in the College of Visual Arts and Design knew they weren’t giving the typical assignment to students. They asked students to make the elaborate, horse-like Soundsuits - wearable sculptures that make sounds when the materials brush together - featured in alumnus Nick Cave’s performance piece, Heard. Heard is a collaborative work featuring 60 dance students in 30 Soundsuits who are corralled by percussionists from the College of Music and then broken apart into 60 hybrid beings that move in increased improvisation.
Read more »March 16, 2012
UNT Department of English to present reading by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
Author Stephen Dunn, who received a Pulitzer Prize in poetry, will be the second speaker of the semester in the Visiting Writers Series, sponsored by the Department of English at the University of North Texas. Dunn will be reading from his books, Here and Now, What Goes On and Riffs and Reciprocities.
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