WGS的体积小巧，加上其知识热情和开放的氛围，为学生提供了独特的社区意识。WGS通常在年度高级调查中对学生的满意度很高，该计划特别重视卓越的教学，WGS教职员工定期获得教学奖。WGS欢迎来自各个学科领域（自然科学，社会科学和人文科学）的联合选修人员，并且可以与医学预科课程相结合。WGS的大多数课程都是作为研讨会进行的，全体WGS选修学院的全体和全体教职员工均会从本科学习主任和副主任以及WGS教职员工教授的所有通识教育课程获得个人建议，这些都算得上WGS选修或中学领域的学分。
The Committee on Degrees in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality offers both a concentration (major) and secondary field (minor) for undergraduate students. Juniors can apply to write an undergraduate thesis during their senior year or to pursue a joint concentration, which gives them the opportunity to do in-depth research in WGS and another department. Harvard's Program in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality brings together a wide range of academic fields in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences (including history, literature, visual studies, anthropology, sociology, ethnic studies, LGBT studies, political science, psychology, and biology, to name just a few). As an interdisciplinary field of study, WGS pays close attention to how social norms have changed over time and how they vary across cultures.