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Fall 2025

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)

Fall 2025

CATEGORY A: THEORIES OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY, DIFFERENCE, AND POWER

  • AFA 3100 – Key Issues in African-American and Black-Atlantic Thought
  • AFA 3930- Black Women TransAtlantic
  • AFA 4931/WST4930 – Special Topics: Slavery and Black Girlhood
  • AFA 4430: Black Lives Matter
  • AMH 3581 – Diversity in American History
  • AMH 4316- Violence and Social Conflict in American History
  • ANT 3451 – Race and Racism
  • COM 4706- Language and Power
  • POS 4931- Feminist Political Thought
  • LAS 4935 – Social Movements and Gender: A View from Latin America
  • LAS 4935- Queer and Trans Expressions
  • WST 3015 – Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Women’s Studies
  • WST 3325- Violence Against Women
  • WST 3603 – Sexualities Studies
  • WST 3610 – Gender, Race, & Science
  • WST 4704- Discrimination and Health

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.

  • SYO 4530 – Social Inequality

CATEGORY B: HEALTH SYSTEMS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE MISSION

  • AFA4931- Special Topics: Health, Equity, and Community
  • ANT 4462- Culture and Medicine
  • COM3225 – Global and Cultural Issues in Health Communication
  • GEO 3430 – Population Geography
  • GEO 3452 – Climate Change and Health
  • GEO 3454 – Peoples and Plagues
  • WST 3325 – Violence Against Women
  • WST 3703- History of American Medicine
  • WST 4704 – Discrimination and Health

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.

  • HSC3502 – Survey of Diseases and Disability
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.
  • PHC3603 – Critical Issues in Public Health
  • PHC 4101 – Public Health Concepts
Please note that many Sociology classes are restricted to their majors during advanced registration.
  • SYD3805 – Gender and Health
  • SYO4400- Medical Sociology
  • SYA:4930- Special Study: Global Health Inequalities