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Spring 2026

APPROVED GRADUATE ELECTIVES OFFERED OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT

Courses listed here are those courses that will count as approved electives for the MA degree in the Department (see WST MA Plan of Study) or for graduate electives for the Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies or in Gender and Development.

*Please note these course offerings are subject to change. Double-check them in the official UF Course Schedule*

AFRICAN STUDIES

  • AFS 6306 – Gender and Empowerment in Development

ART AND ART HISTORY

  • ARH 5877 – Gender, Representation, and the Visual Arts: 1600-1900

ENGLISH

  • ENG 6016 – Psychological Approaches to Literature: Theories of Gender Sexuality & Sexual Difference

HEALTH EDUCATION AND BEHAVIOR

  • HSC 5138 - Human Sexuality
  • HSC 6575 - Women’s Health Issues

LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES

  • LAS 6938 – Seminar in Modern Latin American Studies: Gender & Comparative Politics
  • LAS 6938 – Reproduction and Reproductive Justice in the Americas
  • LAS 6938 – Brazilian History Through Literature and Film

LINGUISTICS

  • LIN6932 - Special Topics: Gender and Language

MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING

  • MHS6471 – Sexuality and Mental Health 

POLITICAL SCIENCE

  • INR 6605 – Feminist International Relations