NOTE: Please consult with the Women’s Studies undergraduate coordinator if there is a question about a particular course or your track in this minor. Click on this link to view the requirements of this minor. Please note that course offerings are subject to change. Some courses for the minor may be limited to students within the department or major that offers them or may have mandatory prerequisites. If these constraints prevent you from enrolling in a course, please contact the instructor of that course to discuss options for your enrollment.
Please remember that you may only have 2 courses in the minor at the 2000-level, and one of those must be WST 2322, Introduction to Health Disparities.
Other courses may be considered for Health Disparities in Society credit via petition.(opens in new tab)
CATEGORY A: THEORIES OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY, DIFFERENCE, AND POWER
- AFA 3100 – Key Issues in African-American and Black-Atlantic Thought
- AFA 3322 – Black Feminist and Womanist Theory
- AMH 3931 – Diaspora Women and Medicine (Can also count for Category B)
- POS 4624 – Race, Law and the Constitution
- SOP 4704 – Advanced Social Psychology : PREJUDICE & STEREOTYPE
Please note that Sociology restricts access to classes during the advanced registration period; non-majors can only enroll after the initial registration period is over.
- SYA 4930 – Theories of Black America
- SYA 4930 – Global Health Inequalities (Can also count for Category B)
- SYO 4530 – Social Inequality
- WST 3015 – Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Women’s Studies
- WST 3415 – Transnational Feminism
- WST 3703 – History of American Medicine: Race, Class, Gender and Science (Can also count for Category B)
- WST 3610 – Gender, Race, & Science
- WST 3800 – Sexual Ethics
- WST 4384 – LGBTQ+ Movements and Critiques
- CATEGORY B: HEALTH SYSTEMS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE MISSION
- AFA 3342 - African Diaspora, Women, and Medicine
- ANT 3478 – Global Health Culture
- COM 3225 – Global and Cultural Issues in Health Communication
- GEO 3430 – Population Geography
- GEO 3452 – Introduction to Medical Geography
- GEO 3454 – Peoples and Plagues
Note: Students outside of the College of Health and Human Performance cannot register directly for Health Education and Behavior classes. Instead, please request a spot using this form.
- HSC 3202 – Survey of Disease and Disability 2
- HSC 4579 – Women’s Health Issues
- PCO 4270 – LATIN/X Psychology
- PCO 4404 – Black Psychology
Note: Students outside of the College of Public Health cannot register directly for Public Health classes. Instead, you must email PHHP Academic Advising and ask to be enrolled. State that you are a Health Disparities minor, and give your UF ID number and the name and course number for which you wish to be enrolled. Enrollment is strictly on a space available basis.
- PHC 3440 – Global Public Health
- PHC 4101 – Public Health Concepts
Please note that many Sociology classes are restricted to their majors during advanced registration.
- SYP 4060 – Sociology of Human Sexuality
- SYD 3805 – Gender and Health
- SYO 4400 – Medical Sociology
- SYD 4808 Reproduction and Gender
- WST 4704 Discrimination and Health