Courses

For a full list of the Women's, Gender and Sexuality course descriptions, see the University Bulletin.

Academic Year Fall Semester Spring Semester
2024-25 Fall 2024 Spring 2025 (TBA)
2023-24 Fall 2023 Spring 2024 
2022-23 Fall 2022 Spring 2023

Graduate students may also enroll in cross-registered courses with Boston College, Boston University, Harvard, Northeastern, Simmons, Tufts and UMass Boston through the Consortium for Graduate Studies in Gender, Culture, Women and Sexuality (GCWS).

The current list of courses through the consortium for Academic Year 2024-25 is located here. Please consult with your adviser prior to enrolling in a GCWS course.

Core Courses

WGS 205a — Graduate Foundational Course in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies

An advanced interdisciplinary inquiry into the history, theories, concepts and practices that have formed women's, gender and sexuality studies as a scholarly field, with particular attention to current intellectual trends and critical controversies.

A Course in Feminist Research Methodologies

Students may take WGS 208b — Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Research Seminar or the Feminist Inquiry course offered through the Consortium for Graduate Studies in Gender, Culture, Women, and Sexuality (GCWS).  Alternatively, students may petition to take an alternative course in feminist research methodologies.