Students enrolled in the multidisciplinary PhD program offered by the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration may elect a field in Gender and Social Policy. The Public Policy doctoral degree requires 72 credits, including:

• 18 hours of credit in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality studies courses (including feminist theory, research issues in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality studies, and women and public policy, among others).
• 30 credit hours in the Public Policy core curriculum (including economics, research methods, and statistics applied to public policy).
• up to 12 hours of electives (which may include additional Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality studies courses)
• a dissertation (which requires a minimum of 12 dissertation credits).

Depending on academic background and record, students may:

• apply directly to the PhD program after completing a BA degree. 
• enter the program after completing an MA degree or other graduate coursework (as many as 24 credits may be applied to the PhD).
• begin graduate work in GW's MA program in Public Policy and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality studies and subsequently apply to the PhD program.

Further information is available from: 

Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration
The George Washington University 
MPA Building, Suite 602 
Washington, DC 20052 
202-994-8400 
https://tspppa.gwu.edu/phd-field-social-policy