The 21 unit Minor in Women's Health Issues is a natural complement to a variety of majors such as nursing, health education, counseling, psychology, urban studies, or other human service careers. The program offers three areas of focus:
- theory about women’s social roles and status implications for women’s health;
- organizing and managing health services, health education, and health delivery systems;
- 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 advisor to meet the needs and interests of the individual student. Electives from related fields will be considered on advisement as related to student's needs and interests. Advisor approval is required for courses not listed below.
Women's Health Issues Minor — Minimum 21 units
All course work used to satisfy the requirements of the minor must be completed with a minimum grade point average of 2.0.
Core Courses (9 units)
Social Determinants
Course List | Code | Title | Units |
| WGS 200 | Introduction to Women and Gender Studies | 3 |
Health Services and Education
Course List | Code | Title | Units |
| PH 414 | Women's Health | 3 |
Politics and Policy
Electives (9–12 units)
Select three courses from one or more of the areas of focus in consultation with an advisor:
Social Determinants
Course List | Code | Title | Units |
| AFRS 370 | Health, Medicine, and Nutrition in the Black Community | 3 |
| NUTR 453 | Nutrition in the Life Cycle | 3 |
| PH 210 | Personal and Social Determinants of Health | 3 |
| SOC 469 | Gender and Society | 4 |
| SOC 476 | Medical Sociology | 3 |
| WGS 300GW | Gender, Race, and Nation - GWAR | 3 |
| WGS 578 | Women, Globalization, and Ecology | 3 |
| WGS 593 | Gender, Health, and the Environment | 3 |
Health Services and Health Education
Course List | Code | Title | Units |
| PH 410 | Public Health Systems | 3 |
| PH 430 | Community Health Education Theory | 3 |
| PH 431 | Program Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation | 3 |
| PH 520 | Structural Oppression and Social Foundations of Health | 3 |
| SOC 476 | Medical Sociology | 3 |
Politics and Policy
Course List | Code | Title | Units |
| LTNS 210 | Latina/o/x Health Care Perspectives | 3 |
| PH 450 | Public Health Policy | 3 |
| PLSI/USP 480 | Introduction to Urban Policy and Analysis | 4 |
| S W/USP 456 | Urban Community Organizing and Citizen Action | 3 |
| USP 565 | Social Policy and Family Systems | 4 |
| WGS 611 | Theories of Female Sexuality | 3 |
Final Integrative Project/Internship (3-6 units)
One of the following (3–6 units) in consultation with the advisor:
Course List | Code | Title | Units |
| PH 480 | Fieldwork and Reflective Seminar | 9 |
| PH 699 | Independent Study | 1-3 |
| USP 686 | Field Work in Urban Studies | 1-4 |
| WGS 698 | Feminist Praxis and the Non-Profit Industrial Complex | 3 |