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Health Disparities in Society Courses, Spring 2022

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 two 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 (PDF).

Please note that the following electives are for students with a catalog year of 2018 or earlier; this means that your first semester at UF was Summer B/Fall 2018 or earlier. Electives for students with a catalog year of 2019 or later are farther down the page.

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

  • ANT 3930  African American Archaeology
  • EEX 2000 Impact of Disabilities: Home, Community, and Workplace
  • EEX 3097 Social Perspectives on Disability
  • EEX 4280 Disabilities in Community and Employment
  • GEO 3454 People and Plagues (or tier III; email WST Undergraduate Coordinator if you want it to count for tier III)
  • ISS 2160 Cultural Diversity in the United States
Note: Students outside of the College of Health and Human Performance cannot register directly for Health Education and Behavior classes. Instead, you must email HHP Academic Advisor Ms. Erica Alexander and ask to be enrolled.  State that you are enrolled in the HDS minor and tell her your UF ID  number and the course number for which you wish to be enrolled

  • HSC 3201 Community and Environmental Health
  • HSC 4558 Survey of Diseases and Disabilities 2
  • HSC 4579 Women’s Health Issues
  • HSC 4623 Minority Health Issues
  • PCO 4272 Psychology of Women
  • PCO 4930 Racism in the Mental and Physical Health of Black Men

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 4101 Public Health Concepts
  • SOP 4777  Psychology of Human Sexuality
  • SYA 4930   Mental Health and Illness
  • SYD 3700  Minorities in American Society
  • SYO 4400  Medical Sociology note this class is restricted to Sociology majors only during advanced registration, but opens up after that
  • SPA 3475  Deaf Culture in America
  • SYD 3805 Gender and Health
  • SYD 4808 Reproduction and Gender
  • WST 3930 Gender, Race, Immigration, and Health

Tier II: Social Inequality and Related Theory

  • AFA 3110  Black Atlantic Thought
  • AFA 3930/POS 4624 Race, Law, and the Constitution
  • AFA 3930  American Civil Liberties
  • ANG 3011/ REL 4936 JST 4936 The Theorists: Critical Theory and the Jew
  • AMH 3941 Race and Crime
  • IDS 2935 #sayhername (note, this class is restricted to first year students needing a Quest 1 course)
  • SYD 3700 Sociology of Face and Racism in the U.S.
  • SYO 4530  Social Inequality
  • WST 3015 Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Women’s Studies
  • WST 3610 Gender, Race, and Science
  • WST 3930 Violence Against Women
  • WST 4930 Ecofeminism
  • WST 4930 LGBTQ Movements
  • WST 4930/POS4931 Feminist Political Thought

Tier III: International or Global Studies

  • AFA 2000 Introduction to African-American Studies
  • AFA 3930 Jamaican Reggae Rasta
  • AFH 3342  History of West Africa
  • AFS 2002 An Introduction to African Studies
  • AFS 3352 Culture, Health, and Arts in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • AFS 4935   China and Africa: Politics, Economy, and Culture
  • AFS 4935  African Music and Globalization
  • ANT 2301  Human Sexuality and Culture
  • ANT 3241  Anthropology of Religion
  • ANT 3302  Global Gender Issues
  • ANT 3478 Global Health Culture
  • ANT 4930 Indigenous Cultural Heritage
  • ARH 2000  American Diversity and Global Arts
  • ARH 2930  Introduction to African Art
  • CHI 4930   Special Topics in Chinese Studies: Women in Literature
  • CHT 3500  Chinese Culture
  • CLA 3930   The Balkans: History and Culture
  • GEO 2410  Social Geography
  • GEO 3452 Introduction to Medical Geography
  • HUM 2592 Introduction to the Arts in Medicine in a Global Context
  • HUM 2420 African Humanities
Note: Students outside of the College of Health and Human Performance cannot register directly for Health Education and Behavior classes. Instead, you must email HHP Academic Advisor Ms. Erica Alexander and ask to be enrolled.  State that you are enrolled in the HDS minor and tell her your UF ID  number and the course number for which you wish to be enrolled

  • HSC 4624  Trends in International Health
  • IDS 2935   East Asian Martial Arts
  • IDS 2935   War Games, US & South Africa
  • IDS 2935   The Next Pandemic
  • IDS 2935   Self and Society in East Asia
  • IDS 2935   Global Asia
  • IDS 2935  Conceptions of Selfhood Asia
  • IDS 4930  Human Rights in Asia
  • IDS 4930  Health Equity in the U.S. and Abroad
  • JST 3930  Jews and Orientalism
  • JST 3930    Jewish Studies; Law, Literature, Film
  • JST 3930    Women and Politics Middle East
  • LAH 3300  Contemporary Latin America
  • LAH 3931  Afro- Latin America
  • LAH 4630  Brazil after 1750
  • LAH 4930 WHO 4930 Atlantic Revolution
  • LAS 2001   Introduction to Latin American Studies
  • LAS 3930   Haitian Creole Linguistics
  • LAS 3930  Vodou & Christianity in Haiti
  • LAS 4935   Ethnographies of the State in Latin America
  • LAS 4935  Crime and Violence in Latin America
  • LAS 4935  Politics of Puerto Rico
  • LAS 4935   Food and Gastronomy in Latin America
  • LIT 3383/SSW 4713   African Women Writers
  • MHS 3930 Human Sexuality
Note: Students outside of the College of Public Health cannot register directly for Public Health classes. Instead, you must email PHHP Academic Advisor Ms. Dominic Walker 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
  • REL 3191   Death and Afterlife: Perspectives from World Religions
  • SSA 4930   African Film and Media
  • VTT 3500   Vietnamese Culture
  • WST 3415 Transnational Feminism
  • WST 3930 Violence Against Women (or Tier II)

The classes below follow the “new” system of electives. They pertain to students with a catalog year of 2019 or later. Hint: your catalog year is generally the year in which you started at UF.

Please remember that you may only have two courses in the minor at the 2000-level, and one of those must be WST 2322, Introduction to Health Disparities.

Category A: Theories of Social Inequality, Difference, and Power

  • AFA 3110 Black Atlantic Thought
  • AFA 3930 American Civil Liberties
  • AFA 3930/POS 4624 Race, Law, and Constitution
  • AMH 3562 Women in Modern U.S.
  • AMH 3941 Race and Crime
  • ANT 3302  Global Gender Issues
  • EEX 3097 Social Perspectives on Disability
  • IDS 2935 #sayhername (note, this class is restricted to first year students needing a Quest 1 course)
  • JST 4936 The Theorists: Critical Theory and the Jew
  • POS 4624 Race, Law, and the Constitution
  • SYD 3700 Sociology of Race and Racism in the U.S.
  • SYO 4530 Social Inequality
  • WST 3015  Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Women’s Studies
  • WST 3610 Gender, Race, and Science
  • WST 3349  Ecofeminism
  • WST3415 – Transnational Feminism
  • WST 3930 Violence Against Women (Can also count for Category B)
  • WST 4930 Ecofeminism
  • WST 4940 LGBTQ Movements

Category B: Health Systems and Social Justice Mission

  • ANT3478 – Global Health Culture
  • 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
  • IDS 4930  Health Equity in the U.S. and Abroad
  • PCO 4272 Psychology of Women
  • PCO 4777 Psychology of Human Sexuality
  • PCO 4930 Racism in the Mental and Physical Health of Black Men
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 3930 Violence Against Women (can also count for Category A)