Gender & Sexuality Studies Courses and Certifications

Gender and Sexuality: Applications in Society

91 ratings

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
• 6 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

• Best of All Time

Doing Gender and Why it Matters

12 ratings

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 viole

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

Gender and Sexuality: Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace

1073 ratings at Coursera

We will use a range of interdisciplinary concepts, tools, and methods to understand and analyze how identity shapes our experiences in culture and in the workplace.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Gender Analytics for Innovation

349 ratings at Coursera

Apply a gender lens to products, services, processes and policies: work with concepts like sex, gender identity and intersectionality, spot gendered outcomes, and plan an inclusive innovation project.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Gender, Family, and Social Change in Contemporary South Korea

324 ratings at Coursera

Trace how gender reshaped Korean society: Confucian Joseon patriarchy, the modern family, male and female beauty standards, sexuality, and today's feminist debates.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

LGBT+ 101

1947 ratings at Udemy

The complete course to help you understand the various people in the LGBTQ community (in just 1 hour)

• Udemy
• 1 hour 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Gender, Sex, and Performance: an Introduction to Judith Butler (Live Online)

40 ratings at CourseHorse

Embark on a comprehensive exploration of Judith Butler's groundbreaking theories on gender, sex, and performance.

• CourseHorse
• Self-Paced
• $355.00

Femme Politics: Freedom, Affect, and Eros (Live Online)

40 ratings at CourseHorse

Explore the distinction between femme and femininity while examining the political and anticapitalist dimensions of femme identity.

• CourseHorse
• Self-Paced
• $355.00

Queer Ecologies: Nature, Gender, and Ecocide (Live Online)

33 ratings at CourseHorse

Examine the intersections of feminism, queer theory, and environmental thought in this exploration of ecofeminism and queer ecology.

• CourseHorse
• 12 hours
• Self-Paced
• $335.00

American Psychological Association

The Psychology of Gender and Sexuality

16 ratings at Coursera

Explore how sex characteristics develop from prenatal life through climacteric, how gender identity and norms form across cultures, and how sexual identity, behavior, and romance unfold.

• Coursera
• 13 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Gender Studies

An interdisciplinary introduction to gender as a social, cultural, embodied, and performative force shaping identities, institutions, and power relations.

• Swayam
• 8 weeks
• Available until Oct 31, 2026
• Free Online Course

Gender and Development: Critical Theories and Approaches

11 ratings at edX

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

• edX
• 8 weeks, 5-8 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

American Psychological Association

Gender and Sexuality

12 ratings at edX

The goal of this course is to help you understand current topics in sex and gender and how they apply to everyday life. This course provides you with information to differentiate between sex, or sex a

• edX
• 8 weeks, 2-5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

BGS-011: Understanding Gender and Law

Examines how patriarchal and heteronormative legal systems shape gender, sexuality, caste, class, religion, disability, and LGBTQI+ rights in India.

• Swayam
• 8 weeks
• Available until Nov 15, 2026
• Free Online Course

BGSE-001: Gender Sensitisation: Society, Culture and Change

Examine how patriarchal social structures shape gender roles, power, and rights, and how they can be reconstructed toward a gender-just society.

• Swayam
• 16 weeks
• Available until Nov 15, 2026
• Free Online Course