College of Health and Human Services
Dean: Donald P. ZingaleWomen's Health Issues Program
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Director: Mary Beth LoveFaculty
Professors--LeVeen, SchuetzProgram
Minor in Women's Health IssuesProgram Scope
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.Career Outlook
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.MINOR IN WOMEN'S HEALTH ISSUES
Courses for this discipline are listed in alphabetical sequence (consult Index for page reference).Core Courses
Social Determinants
Units
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 Sex Roles 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)
HED 312 Consumer Health
HED 410 Organization and Function of Health Services
HED 430 Foundations of Community Health Education
HED 431 Community Health Education: Planning, Implementation, Evaluation
Politics and Policy
ECON 475 Economics of Health and Medical Care Finances
HED 312 Consumer Health
HED 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
HED 480 Fieldwork in Community Health (3-6)
HED 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