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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.

Please note that the following electives are for students with a catalog year of 2019 or later.

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

  • AFA 3110 Black Atlantic Thought
  • AFA3930 Special Topics in African-American Studies: American Civil Liberties
  • AFA3930/WST3930 Special Topics in African-American Studies: Intro to Black Women’s Studies
  • AFA3930/WST3930 Special Topics in African-American Studies: African Diaspora Women & Medicine (can also count for Category B)
  • AMH 3340 History of Disability in America
  • AMH 3562 Women in Modern U.S.
  • AMH 3941 Race and Crime
  • ANT 3302  Global Gender Issues
  • ANT 3451 Race and Racism
  • ENG4844 Queer Theory
  • HIS 3454 Racial Theories in Europe and the U.S.
  • IDS2935  Special Topics: What if no Stigma Mental Health?
  • JST 4936 The Theorists: Critical Theory and the Jew
  • POS 4624 Race, Law, and the Constitution
  • POS 4931 Feminist Political Thought
  • SYD 3700 Sociology of Race and Racism in the U.S.
  • SYO 4530 Social Inequality
  • WST 3015  Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Women’s Studies-
  • WST3603  Sexualities Studies
  • WST3415  Transnational Feminism
  • WST4349 Ecofeminism
  • WST4930  Latinx Sexualities
  • WST4002 Data Feminisms
  • WST 3325 Violence Against Women (can also count for Category B)
  • EEX3097 Social Perspectives on Disability

CATEGORY B: HEALTH SYSTEMS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE MISSION

  • AFA3930/WST3930 Special Topics in African-American Studies: African Diaspora Women & Medicine (can also count for Category A)
  • ANT3478 Global Health Culture
  • ANT4462 Culture and Medicine
  • EEX 3097 Social Perspectives on Disability
  • EEX 4280 Disabilities in Community and Employment
  • EEX 4520 Disabilities: Legal Aspects and Policies-
  • EEX 4810 Seminar on Disability
  • GEO 3430 Population Geography
  • GEO 3452 Introduction to Medical Geography
  • GEO 3454/SYA 4933 People and Plagues
  • HSC3201 Community and Environmental Health
  • HSC4930 Special Topics: GLOBAL HEALTH DISPARITIES
  • IDS 4930  Health Equity in the U.S. and Abroad
  • PCO 4930 LGBT Psychology
  • PCO 4930 Black Psychology
  • PHC3603 Critical Issues in Public Health
  • PHI3633 Bioethics
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

 

  • SOP 4777 Psychology of Human Sexuality
  • SYA 4930 Mental Health and Illness
  • SYD 3805 Gender and Health
  • SYO 4400 Medical Sociology (note this class is restricted to Sociology majors only during advanced registration, but opens up after that)
  • WST 3325 Violence Against Women (can also count for Category A)
  • WST 3703 History of American Medicine: Race, Class, Gender, & Science
  • WST4704 – Discrimination and Health

Please note that the following electives are for students with a catalog year of 2018 or earlier.

Tier I: Health or Social Science of Minority/Cultural Groups in the U.S. 

  • AFA 2000 – Introduction to African American Studies
  • *ANT 4462 – Culture and Medicine
  • EEX3097 – Social Perspectives on Disability
  • EEX4280 – Disabilities in Community and Employment
  • IDS2935 – Special Topics: The Politics of Race at UF
  • IDS2935 – Special Topics: Global Patterns of STIs
  • IDS2935 – Special Topics: Wealth & Poverty in World
  • IDS2935 – Special Topics: What if no Stigma Mental Health?

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.

  • HSC 3201 – Community and Environmental Health
  • HSC 3502 – Survey of Diseases and Disabilities
  • HSC 4930 – Special Topics: Global Health Disparities
  • PHC 3603 – Critical Issues in Public Health
  • PHC 4101 – Public Health Concepts
  • PCO 4930 – Black Psychology
  • PCO 4930 – LGBT Psychology
  • SYD 3700 – Sociology of Race and Racism in the U.S.
  • SYD 3805 – Gender and Health
  • WST 3703 – History of American Medicine: Race, Class, Gender, & Science
  • WST 4704 – Discrimination & Health

Tier II: Social Inequality and Related Theory

  • ANT 3451 – Race and Racism
  • ANT 4006 – Human Rights and Culture
  • AMH4930 – History Research Seminar: US: Eugenics
  • AML4685 – Race and Ethnicity: Black&White Women Write About Race
  • IDH2930 – (Un)common read: Addiction
  • IDH2930 – (Un)common read: Modern Healthcare
  • IDH2930 – (Un)common read: Patient Zero
  • IDS2935 – Special Topics: Global Asia
  • IDS2935 – Special Topics: Becoming Black
  • PHI3633 – Bioethics
  • SYO4530 – Social Inequality
  • WST3015 – Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Women’s Studies
  • WST3325- Violence Against Women
  • WST3603 – Sexualities Studies
  • WST4349- Ecofeminism

Tier III: International or Global Studies

  • AFA 2000 – Introduction to African American Studies
  • AFS3930 – Africa in World History
  • AFS4935 – African Literature and Cultures
  • AFS4935 – Islam in Africa
  • AFS4935 – Anthropology of Migration
  • ANT2301 – Human Sexuality and Culture
  • ANT3620 – Language and Culture
  • ANT4462 – Culture and Medicine
  • ARA3510 – The Arab Woman
  • ARH2000 – Art Appreciation: American Diversity and Global Arts
  • ARH2613 – Introduction to Latin American Art
  • ASH3442 – Modern Japan
  • ASH3931 – Special Topics in Asian History: Jewish History 1492-1750
  • ASH3931 – Special Topics in Asian History: Ottoman Palestine (1516-1917)
  • GEA3600 – Geography of Africa
  • GEA3405 – Geography of Latin America
  • GEO3430 – Population Geography
  • GEO3454 – Peoples and Plagues
  • HSC4930 – Global Health Disparities
  • HUM2424 – African Cultures and Literatures
  • IDS2935 – Special Topics: Global Patterns of STIs
  • IDS2935 – Wealth & Poverty in World
  • IDS4930 – Culture & Politics of SE Asia
  • JPT3500 – Japanese Culture
  • JST3930 – Special Topics in Jewish Studies: Introduction to Isreal Studies
  • JST3930 – Special Topics in Jewish Studies: Jews & Popular Culture
  • JST3930 – Special Topics in Jewish Studies: Passing: Black, White & Jewish
  • LAH3100 – Emergence of Latin American Nations
  • LAH4930 – Latin America: Latin America: Gender, Race & Sexuality
  • LAS3930 – Special Topics in Latin American Studies: Intro to Afro-Latinx Studies
  • LAS3930 – Special Topics in Latin American Studies: Jews in the Americas
  • LIT4194 – African Literature in English: Race/Gend/Sex African Lits
  • LAS2001 – Introduction to Latin American Studies
  • LAS3930 – Política Pública y Desarrollo
  • LAS3930 – Intro to Gender & Sexuality in Latin America
  • LAS3930 – Intro to Afro-Latinx Studies
  • LAS4905 – Individual Work: Latin American Workplace
  • LAS4935 – Latin American Area Seminar: Human Rights in Latin America
  • LAS4935 – Latin American Area Seminar: Environmental Justice Latin Am
  • LAS4935 – Latin American Area Seminar: Intl Politics of Latin American
  • MHS3930 – Special Topics: HUMAN SEXUALITY
  • REL2300 – Introduction to World Religions
  • REL2341 – Introduction to Buddhism
  • REL3938 – Hebrew Scriptures
  • REL3938 – Chinese Buddhism
  • REL3938 – Jews and Popular Culture
  • REL3938: Jews in the Muslim World
  • REL4371 – Islam in Africa
  • SYA4930 – Special Study: MENTAL HEALTH & ILLNESS
  • SYA4930 – Special Study: MASS INCARCERATION
  • SYD3395 – Sociology of Globalization
  • WOH3931 – Special Topics in World History: Jewish Hy 1492-1750
  • WST3325- Violence Against Women
  • WST3371 – Women, Leadership & Diversity in the Global Environment
  • WST3415 – Transnational Feminism
  • WST4349- Ecofeminism
  • WST4930 – Latinx Sexualities
  • WST4930 — Data Feminisms