Identity studies programs often introduce students to a wide array of disciplines that fall within the arts, social sciences and humanities. This interdisciplinary study may allow future graduates to explore how sexuality, race and gender shape cultures both locally and across the world.

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the western most point of Eurasia, Europe is usually divided from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting the Black and Aegean Seas.

A Master of Science or MSc is a postgraduate degree typically in the fields of sciences and social sciences. MSc may be course-based, research-based, or a mixture of the two.