Women's Health

Women’s Health is one of two introductory courses in Women’s and Gender Studies (WGST) at the University of South Carolina. WGST is an interdisciplinary program established at the University in 1974. WGST courses examine gender and its intersections with race, class, sexuality and other important categories of identity to understand people's lives both historically and today. Students may obtain Bachelor of Arts, a Minor, and a Graduate Certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies.

WGST 113 covers sex and gender and culture; reproductive anatomy, menstruation, pregnancy, & childbirth; gender identity and sexual orientation; and explores the effects of society on health and disease. WGST 113 also fulfills the GSS Carolina Core requirement.

Learning Outcomes

All learning outcomes in this Distributed Learning course are equivalent to face-to-face (F2F) version of this course

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will:

• Be able to analyze women’s health issues, such as: Why are rates of unwanted pregnancy higher in the US than in peer nations? Why is the general health of the US population worse than in peer nations? How does the US healthcare system compare to other nations, and how does that affect the health of Americans?
• Analyze how political, economic, legal, and social factors influence women’s healthcare access on topics such as pregnancy, birth and family planning.
• Develop a policy brief based on the assessment of global and local problems such as such as the spread of HIV/AIDS, and other women’s health issues around the world.
• Compare and contrast different cultural and biopsychosocial views on gender and sexuality.