Minor in Feminist Health Justice
The Minor in Feminist Health Justice is a complement to a variety of campus undergraduate majors such as public health, women & gender studies, sexuality studies, nursing, ethnic studies, biology, geography, social work, political science, counseling, psychology, or other health sciences, social sciences or policy-driven majors. The program offers three areas of focus:
- Social determinants, feminist theory and implications for health
- Health equity and social justice praxis
- Politics and policy – analysis, and strategies for changing policies relevant to health, gender, and equity.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Analyze the effects of power inequities by engaging and synthesizing feminist theory and theories of health and health equity.
- Identify and analyze how oppression and marginalization take shape within health outcomes, health care organizations, and public health, and how social movements approach and confront these dynamics.
- Discuss the implications of gender, race, sexuality, ability, and other forms of difference to public health policy and praxis.
- Demonstrate the ability to integrate knowledge about power and social difference to research projects across disciplines.
Feminist Health Justice Minor — Minimum 15 units
A minimum of 6 upper-division units are required to complete the minor.
All coursework used to satisfy the requirements of the minor must be completed with a minimum grade point average of 2.0.
Core Courses (9 units)
Select one course from each category.
Social Determinants and Feminist Theories
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| PH 210 | Personal and Social Determinants of Health | 3 |
| WGS 200 | Introduction to Women and Gender Studies | 3 |
| WGS 220 | Introduction to Feminist Disability Studies | 3 |
| WGS 280 | Introduction to Feminist Science Studies | 3 |
Health Equity and Social Justice
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ETHS 200 | Introduction to Race, Ethnicity, and Health | 3 |
| PH 414 | Women's Health | 3 |
| PH 520 | Structural Oppression and Social Foundations of Health | 3 |
| WGS 593 | Gender, Health, and the Environment | 3 |
Politics and Policy
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| PH 450 | Public Health Policy | 3 |
| RRS 571 | Women, Race, and Class | 3 |
| WGS 511 | Women and Violence | 3 |
| WGS 515 | Gender, Race, and Reproductive Justice | 3 |
Electives (6 units)
Select two courses (6 units) in consultation with an advisor. Courses listed above not used to fulfill core requirements can be used as electives.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| AA S 591 | Asian American Community Health Issues | 3 |
| AFRS 370 | Health, Medicine, and Nutrition in the Black Community | 3 |
| AIS/WGS 420 | Native Genders and Feminism | 3 |
| GEOG/PH 434 | Geographies of Health and Health Care | 3 |
| LTNS 210 | Latina/o/x Health Care Perspectives | 3 |
| LTNS 500 | Latina/o Community Mental Health | 3 |
| PH 210 | Personal and Social Determinants of Health | 3 |
| PH 410 | Public Health Systems | 3 |
| PH 520 | Structural Oppression and Social Foundations of Health | 3 |
| PHIL 383 | Ethics in Medicine | 3 |
| PLSI/SXS/WGS 470 | The Politics of Sex and Reproduction | 4 |
| PLSI/USP 480 | Introduction to Urban Policy and Analysis | 3 |
| PLSI 614 | Seminar: Politics of Reproduction | 3 |
| RRS 304 | Decolonize Your Diet: Food Justice and Gendered Labor in Communities of Color | 3 |
| SOC 469 | Gender and Society | 4 |
| SOC 476 | Medical Sociology | 3 |
| SXS/SOC 601 | Sexuality, Ethnicity, and Health | 3 |
| USP/LABR/PLSI 570 | Urban Health Policy | 3 |
| WGS 300GW | Gender, Race, and Nation - GWAR | 3 |
| WGS 514 | Women and the Prison Industrial Complex | 3 |
| WGS 578 | Feminist Environmental and Climate Justice | 3 |