妇女，性别和性研究的博士学位为学生提供了学术界的高级专业职业以及法律和公共政策等领域的非营利，私营或公共部门职业的准备。研究生课程为学生提供了智力能力，使其可以阅读量身定制的候选人资格考试，还可以设计和实施学位论文项目。博士学位课程可分为常规博士学位课程和直接攻读博士学位课程：常规博士学位课程面向已持有硕士学位的学生，大约需要五年时间才能完成，而直接攻读博士学位课程则适用于以前没有博士学位的学生硕士学位，估计需要6年才能完成。处于博士学位专业但尚未持有WGSS硕士学位和MA学位的学生，可以通过成功完成30
The PhD in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies prepares students for advanced professional careers in academia as well as non-profit, private or public sector careers in fields such as law and public policy. Graduate coursework prepares students for the intellectual capacity to read for their tailored candidacy exams, also to design and implement dissertations projects. The PhD program is subdivided into the regular PhD track and the direct-to-PhD track: regular PhD track is for students already holding Master's degrees and takes an estimated five years to complete and direct-to-PhD program is for students without a previous Master's degree and takes an estimated six years to complete. Students in either PhD track, who do not already hold and MA in WGSS, can obtain the MA by successfully completing 30 credits and passing the MA written exam, or by successfully completing the PhD candidacy exam. Obtaining the MA will not interfere with progress toward the PhD.