About this Program
- College: Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Credits: 15 | Completed with minimum grades of C and no optional S/U | 9 must be at the 3000-level or above
Department Information
The Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies offers academic programs, grants graduate and undergraduate degrees, and advances research in the discipline. Faculty in the department successfully compete for national fellowships and grants, win research and teaching awards, and produce rigorous and transformative research.
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P.O. Box 117352
200 USTLER HALL
GAINESVILLE FL 32611-7352
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Curriculum
Health Disparities describe the disproportionate burden of disease, differential access to health care, and poorer health outcomes across populations. Health disparities can exist at multiple levels of society (global, national, institutional, local, and personal) and affect people of diverse geographic locations, linguistic groups, socioeconomic statuses, and sociocultural groups.
Students take courses taught by award-winning faculty in the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, and may take approved courses offered in departments across the university as electives. There are also opportunities to engage in experiential learning through the practicum course and mentored research. The minor is open to students from across the university, including those outside the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Requirements
- Students may count WST 2322 and one other approved class at the 2000-level or below toward the minor; the remaining 9 credits must be at the 3000-level or above.
- No more than three credits of WST 4905 independent study, WST 4911 undergraduate research, or WST 4940 internship may apply to the minor.
- All courses must be completed with minimum grades of C except internships, which are taken S/U.
- Six transfer credits can apply toward the minor.
- Students must complete a minimum of six credits of coursework exclusive to the minor that cannot be double counted toward their major(s) or other minors.
- Although students must complete WST 2322 before enrolling in WST 4941C, they may take the elective courses in any order at any time (i.e., before, during, or after taking the two required courses).
- Students are encouraged to indicate their intention to enroll in WST 4941C as soon as they commit to the minor, by completing this survey.
Each semester, courses offered for this minor are listed on the Women's Studies courses website.
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Required Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| WST 2322 | Introduction to Health Disparities | 3 |
| WST 4941C | Practicum in Health Disparities | 3 |
| Category A elective 1 | 3 | |
| Category B electives 1 | 6 | |
| Total Credits | 15 | |
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WST 4905 may apply to one category approved by the department.
Approved Electives
Category A | Theories of Social Inequalities and Power
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AFA 3110 | Key Issues in African American and Black-Atlantic Thought | 3 |
| AFA 4430 | Black Lives Matter | 3 |
| AMH 3340 | History of Disability in America | 3 |
| AMH 3562 | Women in Modern US | 3 |
| ANT 3302 | Global Gender Issues | 3 |
| ANT 3451 | Race and Racism | 3 |
| ENG 4844 | Queer Theory | 3 |
| HIS 3454 | Racial Theories in Europe and the US | 3 |
| POS 4624 | Race, Law and the Constitution | 3 |
| SYD 3700 | Sociology of Race and Racism in the US | 3 |
| SYO 4530 | Social Inequality | 3 |
| WST 2612 | Social Science Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality | 3 |
| WST 3015 | Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Women's Studies | 3 |
| WST 3415 | Transnational Feminism | 3 |
| WST 3603 | Sexualities Studies | 3 |
| WST 3610 | Gender, Race and Science | 3 |
| WST 3663 | Gender and Food Politics | 3 |
| WST 3720 | Gender, Race, and Future of AI | 3 |
| WST 3800 | Sexual Ethics | 3 |
| WST 4002 | Data Feminisms | 3 |
| WST 4020 | Girlhood Studies | 3 |
| WST 4240 | History of Women's Medicine | 3 |
| WST 4349 | Ecofeminism | 3 |
| WST 4383 | Latinx Sexualities | 3 |
| WST 4384 | LGBTQ+ Movements and Critiques | 3 |
| WST 4630 | Gender, Culture, and Place | 3 |
| WST 4641 | Lesbian and Gay Studies | 3 |
| WST 4704 | Discrimination and Health (can count as A or B) | 3 |
Category B | Health Systems and Social Justice
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANT 4462 | Culture and Medicine | 3 |
| COM 3225 | Global and Cultural Issues in Health Communication | 3 |
| EEX 4520 | Disabilities: Legal Aspects and Policies | 3 |
| GEO 3430 | Population Geography | 3 |
| GEO 3452 | Introduction to Medical Geography | 3 |
| GEO 3454 | Peoples and Plagues | 3 |
| GEO 4033 | Climate Change and Health | 3 |
| HSC 2621 | Trends in International Health | 3 |
| HIS 3495 | Evolution of Infectious Diseases | 3 |
| HSC 3201 | Community and Environmental Health | 3 |
| HSC 3502 | Survey of Diseases and Disability | 3 |
| HSC 4133 | Human Sexuality Education | 3 |
| HSC 4247 | Disinformation and Misinformation in Healthcare | 3 |
| HSC 4579 | Women's Health Issues | 3 |
| HSC 4623 | Minority Health Issues | 3 |
| PCO 4404 | Black Psychology | 3 |
| PCO 4270 | Latinx Psychology | 3 |
| PCO 4272 | Advanced Seminar in Psychology of Women | 3 |
| PHC 3440 | Global Public Health | 3 |
| PHC 3603 | Critical Issues in Public Health | 3 |
| PHC 4101 | Public Health Concepts | 3 |
| PHC 4309 | Climate Change, the Environment, and the Future of Public Health | 3 |
| PHC 4320 | Environmental Concepts in Public Health | 3 |
| PHI 3459 | Medicine and Philosophy | 3 |
| SOP 4777 | Psychology of Human Sexuality | 3 |
| SYO 4400 | Medical Sociology | 3 |
| SYP 4730 | Sociology of Aging and Life Course | 3 |
| WST 3323 | Gender, Bodies, and Health | 3 |
| WST 3325 | Violence Against Women | 3 |
| WST 3703 | History of American Medicine: Race, Class, Gender, and Science | 3 |
| WST 4326 | Women and Therapy | 3 |
| WST 4240 | History of Women's Medicine | 3 |
| WST 4704 | Discrimination and Health (can count as A or B) | 3 |