Women's Health IssuesWomen's Health IssuesProfessors—LeVeen, Schuetz
Minor in Women's Health Issues
The minor offers three areas of focus: (1) theory about women's social roles and status implications for women's health; (2) organizing and managing health services, health education, and health delivery systems; (3) politics, policy analysis, and strategies for changing women's health policies. Students take a core course in each of these areas, then choose three electives which may be concentrated within one area or drawn from several areas, and then complete a culminating research project or internship. The choice of electives and final research project or internship is chosen in consultation with an adviser in order to meet the needs and interests of the individual student.
A minor in women's health is a natural complement to a variety of majors such as nursing, health education, counseling, psychology, urban studies, or other human service careers.
Online course descriptions are available.
| Core Courses | Units | |
| Social Determinants | ||
| WOMS 200 | Women: The Basic Question | 3 |
| Health Services and Education | ||
| HED 414 | Women's Health: Issues and Problems | 3 |
| Politics and Policy | ||
| URBS/LABR 570 | Urban Health Systems | 3 |
| Electives Three courses selected from one or more of the areas of focus in consultation with an adviser |
9-12 | |
| Social Determinants | ||
| PSY 458 | Psychology of Women | |
| SOC 476 | Medical Sociology (4) | |
| SOC 469 | Gender and Society (4) | |
| WOMS 510 | Women and Interpersonal Violence | |
| WOMS 510 | Women and Institutional Violence | |
| WOMS 590 | The Aging Woman | |
| CFS 453 | Nutrition and the Life Cycle | |
| BLS 370 | Health, Medicine, and Nutrition in the Black Community | |
| Health Services and Health Education | ||
| SOC 476 | Medical Sociology (4) | |
| H ED 410 | Organization and Function of Health Services | |
| H ED 430 | Foundations of Community Health Education | |
| H ED 431 | Community Health Education: Planning, Implementation, Evaluation | |
| Politics and Policy | ||
| ECON 475 | Economics of Health and Medical Care Finances | |
| H ED 450 | Contemporary Issues in Health | |
| PLSI/URBS 480 | Public Policy and Policy Analysis (4) | |
| URBS/SW 456 | Urban Community Organizing and Citizen Action | |
| URBS 565 | Social Policy Planning (4) | |
| WOMS 590 | Politics of Reproduction | |
| LARA 210 | Latino Health Care Perspectives | |
| Final Integrative Project/Internship One of the following in consultation with the adviser |
3-6 | |
| H ED 480 | Fieldwork in Community Health (3-6) | |
| H ED 699 | Special Study (1-3) | |
| URBS 650/651 | Urban Internship/Seminar (3/1) | |
| URBS 686 | Fieldwork in Urban Studies (1-4) | |
| WOMS 695 | Women Studies Internship | |
| WOMS 698 | Work Study in Feminist Projects (1-3) | |
| Minimum total | 21 | |