WGS 210 Women’s Health

In WGS210, students explore the nature of optimum physical and emotional health, as well as strategies for achieving and maintaining it. They explore common illnesses and health problems in terms of symptoms and management, and address environmental and societal factors that influence women’s health. The values and assumptions underlying the Western medical paradigm are compared and contrasted with those upon which selected non-Western medical systems are based.

3 credit hours