University of Massachusetts Boston

Steps for cross-registration for students registered at UMass Boston:

1. Students should get approval in advance from their advisor or program director if they want a GCWS course to count towards their UMB degree requirements.
   

2. Students then enroll in GCWS courses using the WOST rubric through the WISER system. Courses may include: WGS 597: Special Topics: Graduate Consortium in Women’s Studies, WGS 581: Special Topics: Graduate Consortium in Women’s Studies (Seminar in Gender, Power, Politics), WGS: 583: Special Topics: Graduate Consortium in Women’s Studies (Seminar in Gender, Culture, Society); WGS 599: Dissertation Workshop, and WGS 591: Feminist Inquiry.

3. All students should contact Aedyn Downey who will confirm enrollment in the system.
   

4. Email the GCWS Program Manager to confirm your enrollment through the WISER system.
   

5. Note that students who are planning to finish a degree the semester in which they are enrolled in a GCWS course have to contact the GCWS Program Manager and the course instructors at the beginning of the semester with their graduation and grade deadline date. The grade deadlines of both institutions may not coincide and, depending on the semester, these students may need to submit work for early evaluation by the instructors in order to graduate on time.

6. At the close of the semester, the GCWS Program Manager will send students’ grades to Aedyn Downey, who will input the grades into the UMass Boston system.

Tufts University

Steps for cross-registration for students registered at Tufts:

1. Students should discuss taking the course with their graduate advisor if they want it to count toward their degree requirements.
   

2. Download the GCWS registration form.
   

3. The form should then be scanned and emailed (or brought in person) to the GCWS Program Manager who will sign for both the MIT Registrar and the course faculty.

4. Send the completed form to course_updates@tufts.edu.

5. At the close of the course, grades will be sent to the Tufts registrar for those students seeking Tufts credit. Note that because of the above process, GCWS seminar grades may not appear on Tufts transcripts until after other semester grades appear.

6. Students who are planning to finish a degree the semester in which they are enrolled in a GCWS course should contact the GCWS Program Manager. Grade deadlines of both institutions may not coincide and these students may need to submit work for early evaluation by the instructors.

Simmons University

Steps for cross-registration for students registered at Simmons University:

1. Students should discuss taking the course with their graduate advisor if they want it to count toward their degree requirements.
   

2. Once accepted into a course, send an email to the Simmons Gender/Cultural Studies Program Director, Suzanne Leonard, and to the GCWS Program Manager indicating that yes, you would like to be formally enrolled in the course.
   

3. *Important* If you’ve enrolled in a placeholder course in case you are not accepted to the GCWS seminar, you need to drop the placeholder course within 7 days of the start of the semester, otherwise you will be charged for that class. Please play close attention to Simmons semester start dates as they occasionally do not line up with the start dates of GCWS classes.

4. At the close of the course, your grade will be sent by the GCWS Program Manager to the Simmons GCS Program Director who will send them to the registrar.

5. Note that students who are planning to finish a degree the semester in which they are enrolled in a GCWS course have to contact the GCWS Program Manager and the course instructors at the beginning of the semester with their graduation and grade deadline date. The grade deadlines of both institutions may not coincide and, depending on the semester, these students may need to submit work for early evaluation by the instructors in order to graduate on time.

Northeastern University

Steps for cross-registration for students registered at Northeastern University:

1.    Some GCWS courses will have corresponding course numbers in the NEU catalogue while students will register for others as a WGSS Topics Course (WMNS 7900).  Please consult Kiki Samko, Program Coordinator for the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program at NEU, for the current course numbers.

2.    NEU students need to complete a registration form specific to the GCWS by acquiring an advisor’s signature and the signature of Kiki Samko, Program Coordinator for WGSS.  The completed form will be scanned and emailed to the GCWS Program Manager. 

3.    When the course is finished, grades will be sent by the GCWS Program Manager to Kiki. She will provide the final grade via email to the NEU faculty member overseeing the course or directly to the office of the registrar in the case that there is no NEU faculty member overseeing the course. The faculty member or Kiki will be responsible for reporting grades to the NEU registrar via change-of-grade form if the MIT grading deadline is after the NEU grading deadline. The grade is then posted on students’ NEU transcript. (In the interim time between NEU’s grading deadline and receiving the GCWS grade, students will have an IP grade on their transcript.)

4.    GCWS courses will normally carry elective credit for graduate students, but details need to be determined in consultation with the students’ graduate committees.

5.    Note that students who are planning to finish a degree the semester in which they are enrolled in a GCWS course have to contact the GCWS Program Manager and the course instructors at the beginning of the semester with their graduation and grade deadline date. The grade deadlines of both institutions may not coincide and, depending on the semester, these students may need to submit work for early evaluation by the instructors in order to graduate on time.

MIT, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology

Steps for cross-registration for students registered at MIT:

1. Though GCWS courses are assigned MIT course numbers, students still must complete a GCWS course application and submit it by the application deadline. Course applications are available online.
   

2. Once accepted, MIT students may register through MIT for the course. MIT registration includes verification of status in good standing and the signature of the faculty advisor.
   

3. Students should get consent of their departmental registration officer for graduate level credit at MIT. The GCWS Program Manager will input the grades for MIT students into the electronic system by the grade deadline.

Harvard University

Steps for cross-registration for students registered at Harvard University:

1. Harvard students enrolling in GCWS courses should follow the cross-registration procedures on Harvard’s Cross-Registration website which gives step by step instructions for filling out a non-Harvard cross-registration petition form. The host school to which students will be cross-registering is MIT. 

2. Contact the GCWS Program Manager for the MIT course number for the course for which you are registering.
   

3. Once the online petition is completed, notify the GCWS Program Manager. They can approve it electronically.
   

4. Students who have questions about this cross-registration process should contact their home school’s registrar.
   

5. Note that students who are planning to finish a degree the semester in which they are enrolled in a GCWS course have to contact the GCWS Program Manager and the course instructors at the beginning of the semester with their graduation and grade deadline date. The grade deadlines of both institutions may not coincide and, depending on the semester, these students may need to submit work for early evaluation by the instructors in order to graduate on time.

Brandeis University

Steps for cross-registration for students registered at Brandeis University:

1. Consult your graduate program director to determine if the GCWS course credit will count towards your degree. 

2. Students should pick up a Brandeis Graduate Cross-Registration GCWS Form at their Registrar's Office (Kutz Building, Room 121), complete it, and get signatures of Brandeis Registrar and the GCWS Program Manager. The form must be completed before the Brandeis deadline to add a course. Leave a copy of this form with the GCWS Program Manager.
   

3. After the close of the course, the grade for the GCWS course will be sent by the GCWS Program Manager to the Brandeis Registrar for those students who will be seeking Brandeis credit for the course.
   

4. Note that students who are planning to finish a degree the semester in which they are enrolled in a GCWS course have to contact the GCWS Program Manager and the course instructors at the beginning of the semester with their graduation and grade deadline date. The grade deadlines of both institutions may not coincide and, depending on the semester, these students may need to submit work for early evaluation by the instructors in order to graduate on time.

Boston University

Steps for cross-registration for students registered at Boston University:

1. Consult your graduate program faculty for approval to take a GCWS course and have the credit count towards your program.

2. Complete the BU Cross Registration Petition, available at the BU Registrar’s office or online here. In order to complete the form, please obtain the following signatures: BU Registrar, student’s advisor or dean, and the GCWS Program Manager. The GCWS Program Manager will sign for both the course faculty and the MIT registrar. An MIT 3-credit course is equivalent to a BU 4-credit course.  

3. Return the completed form to the BU Registrar. The registrar will send a copy to the GCWS Program Manager.
   

4. Once the course has been completed and graded, a grade will be sent by the GCWS Program Manager to the BU registrar. The grade and course title will be added to the BU transcript.
   

5. Note that students who are planning to finish a degree the semester in which they are enrolled in a GCWS course have to contact the GCWS Program Manager and the course instructors at the beginning of the semester with their graduation and grade deadline date. The grade deadlines of both institutions may not coincide and, depending on the semester, these students may need to submit work for early evaluation by the instructors in order to graduate on time.

Boston College

Steps for cross-registration for students registered at Boston College:

1. Consult with your graduate director/s in advance to determine if the class credit will count towards your degree. Final decision for credit at BC rests with the chairs of the student’s graduate department.
   

2. Pick up the BC cross-registration form at Student Services (Lyon’s Hall, First Floor). Complete the BC cross-registration form, which requires signatures of relevant departments and deans at BC and the GCWS. The GCWS Program Manager will sign for the course instructors and the MIT Registrar.
   

3. Copies of the BC cross-registration form will be shared between the BC registrar and the GCWS Program Manager.
   

4. After the close of the course, grades will be sent to the BC registrar for those students who will be seeking BC credit for the course.
   

5. Note that students who are planning to finish a degree the semester in which they are enrolled in a GCWS course have to contact the GCWS Program Manager and the course instructors at the beginning of the semester with their graduation and grade deadline date. The grade deadlines of both institutions may not coincide and, depending on the semester, these students may need to submit work for early evaluation by the instructors in order to graduate on time.