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Flexible Evening, Online, In-Person & Summer Courses in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Interested in learning more about the latest developments in the field of gender and sexuality studies?  
Looking for conversation and connection with others passionate about gender and social justice?  

Elevate your career with George Mason’s Graduate Certificate in Women & Gender Studies—designed for working professionals who need flexibility, value community, and want to gain updated knowledge in the field of women, gender and sexuality studies. Our program offers evening courses, fully online options, hybrid formats, and summer classes, making it easier than ever to fit graduate study into your life.  

Rooted in interdisciplinary, intersectional and transnational feminist and gender studies, this certificate equips you with the tools to tackle society’s biggest challenges—from social justice issues to critical conversations in health, policy, law and research.   

Whether you work in public policy, law, government, education, technology, advertising, media, healthcare, or community advocacy, you’ll gain critical analytical frameworks that enrich your work and impact. Our curriculum strengthens your ability to engage in today’s most pressing dialogues in gender, feminist, and sexuality studies.   

You’ll develop advanced critical thinking skills and real-world analytical tools that translate across professions and roles—skills employers value and communities need.   

Discover a program that’s flexible, supportive, and intellectually stimulating—while working towards your professional and personal goals. Earn your certificate in just one year (two courses per semester, one in summer) or two years (one evening course per semester, one in summer).  

Whether you’re seeking career advancement, a pivot into a social‑impact field, or deeper engagement with issues shaping our world, George Mason’s Women and Gender Studies Program Graduate Certificate offers both an opportunity to build community and powerful learning experience built for your life.  

Courses are offered in the following areas:

• Transnational Feminisms  
• Queer and Feminist Theory  
• African American, South Asian, and Latin American Gender Studies  
• Disability Studies
• Animal Rights  

Graduate classes meet one evening a week in fall and Spring and online in the summer. George Mason’s Women and Gender Studies Program Graduate Certificate is one of the few fully online Women and Gender Studies Program Graduate Certificates in the country.