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University of Florida (Gainesville),Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies
Undergraduate Catalog
Courses
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Courses
WST 2322 Introduction to Health Disparities 3 Credits	
Examination of the multifaceted issue of health disparities based upon race and ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, education, sexuality, disability, physical and mental health, geography and other factors. Related issues include social determinants of health, cultural competency, health literacy, advocacy, social justice and health equity.

WST 2611 Humanities Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality 3 Credits	
Close readings of cultural representations (in literature, the visual arts, movies, television, the Internet, etc.) facilitates the understanding of intersecting categories of identity such as gender, sexuality, class and race. Examines how such categories operate in everything from novels to YouTube to the evening news.

WST 2612 Social Science Perspective 3 Credits
The social construction of gender, sexuality, race, class and other identity categories. Readings focus on individuals, families and cultural groups, mainly in the U.S. but with attention to other nations. Subjects as intimate as the body and violence and as pervasive as politics and the law are included. The course emphasizes differences in daily life experiences of health care, education, sports and religion. Finally, it examines the potential of movements for social change.

WST 3015 Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Women's Studies 3 Credits	
Drawing on materials and methodologies from a variety of disciplines, this class explores the diverse experiences of women in past eras and in the present, and in the U.S. and abroad. Required for the women's studies major and minor.

WST 3323 Gender, Bodies, and Health 3 Credits	
Examines how gender is "worn" on the female body. Adopting a feminist interdisciplinary approach, explores three themes: cisgender female biology in social context, bodily practices concerning food and exercise, and disease (i.e., cancer). Examines intersections of gender, race, class, and disability, and role of activism/policy changes in improving people's health.

WST 3325 Violence Against Women 3 Credits	
Approaches all forms of violence against women as a continuum and challenges assumptions regarding violence against women with empirical evidence. Adopts an intersectional approach to fully understand violence against women. Explores the transnational dimensions of violence against women and local specificities.

https://catalog.ufl.edu/UGRD/courses/womens_studies/