Gender Studies Courses

Gender and Sexuality: Applications in Society

87 reviews

Gender & Sexuality shape work, life and play. Equip yourself with the knowledge and skills to engage with key issues through key concepts and perspectives.

• edX
• 2-4 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

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Health Across the Gender Spectrum

2 reviews

This course offers an intimate, story-based introduction to the experiences of six transgender children and their families. Through illustrated stories and short teaching videos, learners will gain a better understanding of gender identity and the gender…

• edX
• 1-2 hours a week, 1 week long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

International Women's Health and Human Rights

1 review

This self-paced course provides an overview of women's health and human rights, beginning in infancy and childhood, then moving through adolescence, reproductive years and aging. We consider economic, social, political and human rights factors, and the c…

• edX
• 1-5 hours a week, 10 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Queering Identities: LGBTQ+ Sexuality and Gender Identity

629 ratings at Coursera

In this course, you will explore the history of LGBTQ identities, experiences, and activism. We’ll study major events in global LGBTQ history, investigate local histories of queer and transgender people and communities, and consider how LGBTQ histories h…

• Coursera
• 20 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 13th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

University of Iceland

Gender and Development: Critical Theories and Approaches

1 review

Learn about critical theories and topics in the field of gender and development

• edX
• 5-8 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• 9th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The University of Hong Kong

Doing Gender and Why it Matters

12 reviews

Understand gendered realities through an in-depth consideration of "sex" and "gender" as cultural, social and legal phenomena impacting society and how they interact with structures of power and violence using an interdisciplinary lens.

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Women Studies

2 reviews

Learn about the Nature of State & Women Empowerment in India, Violence against Women and Harassment of Women at Work place and other Women Issues in India in this course on Women Studies

• YouTube
• 14 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Visualizing Women's Work: Using Art Media for Social Justice

Explore the use of art media for social justice, and investigate how public art can be used to redress historic gender bias.

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

University of Iceland

Gender and Intersectionality

8 reviews

Gender intersects with everything. Using examples from popular culture, classical literature, and history, this course will teach you how to analyze religious texts and traditions, class divisions, racial inequality, sexualities and nationalism through a…

• edX
• 2-5 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Sporting women in the media

The mass media (e.g. radio, TV, internet) has become one of the most powerful institutional influences in society. This free course, Sporting women in the media, explores whether gendered ...

• OpenLearn
• 8 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK

This free course focuses on one example of democratic protest: the campaign to extend the vote to women in the UK. In the course you'll be introduced to two key figures in the campaign, Ada Nield ...

• OpenLearn
• 10 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Gender, Race and Technology

1 review

What are the issues affecting women and minorities in the creative and technological fields? What are some of the ways to solve them? Why is diversity important? These are some of the questions we will address in this class. The format of our sessions wi…

• Kadenze
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

University of Exeter

Understanding Gender Inequality

157 ratings at FutureLearn

On this course, you will understand the nature and consequences of gender inequality at work, in the family context, and in the media. You will also address what has been done to challenge gender inequality, and what still needs to happen in the future.

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Microcredential

Women Have Always Worked

Please note that you have the option to enroll in each individual course either as an auditor (free of charge) or with a verified certificate, by going to the course page and selecting the “Enroll Now” button. A list of the 4 courses in this series is av…

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 42 weeks long
• $200.00
• 4 courses

Genre : quels enjeux ? Violences, globalisation, biomédecine, sexualités.

316 ratings at Coursera

Ce cours propose une introduction au champ interdisciplinaire des études sur le genre, qui depuis 40 ans sont devenues un outil incontournable des sciences sociales. En proposant pour la première fois une initiation en langue française, il s’agit de fair…

• Coursera
• 14 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 6th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)