Interdisciplinary Minors

• American ethnic studies. A study of the interdisciplinary nature of American ethnic studies within the context of the traditional liberal arts curriculum.
• Cultural resource preservation. The Departments of Anthropology, Art, History, and Sociology offer an interdisciplinary minor in cultural resource preservation which gives students preliminary training in the field of historic preservation and cultural resource management aimed at the protection and enhancement of archaeological, historical, and architectural resources.
• Early Christian studies. This minor provides both breadth and depth to students of the world of early Christianity. As they investigate the history, literature, art, philosophy and religious movements of the ancient Mediterranean world, they will develop a clearer understanding of the early church in its time.
• Entrepreneurship and social enterprise. Through this minor, students are encouraged to take advantage of their knowledge, creative skills, and resources to identify and pursue opportunities, initiate change, and create sustainable value in their lives and the lives of others.
• Environmental sciences. This program provides an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the human - environment interaction. The program seeks to identify and apply perspectives from biology, chemistry, physics, geography, English, government, economics, history, law and anthropology to the human impact on the natural environment. Students can chose either of two tracts: an Interdisciplinary Minor in Environmental Science, focusing on the science aspect, or an Interdisciplinary Minor in Environmental Studies, which focuses more on the humanities and economic aspects of the environment.
• Film studies. Film Studies offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of film through a body of courses that expose students to the cultural, political and social implications of this art form. Courses in the minor provide students with the critical tools necessary for both evaluating and producing film texts, and it prepares qualified students to choose critical and/or creative paths for further study or in a profession.
• Global trade and commerce studies. The Global Trade and Commerce Studies minor offers students an opportunity to pursue coursework across disciplines focused on the global environment with an emphasis on economics and/or business. This program of study, with its required study abroad experience, gives students insight into the issues and forces impacting international commerce in today's world.
• Health policy and administration. The Health Policy and Administration Minor is designed to give students a concentration in the area of public health policy and the study of health care delivery.
• Humanities. This minor offers students a forum which encourages the pursuit of ideas across the disciplinary lines of such fields as history, philosophy, literature, politics, religion, and the arts, the minor is offered in Humanities.
• International development and policy
• International studies.
• Linguistics. Linguistics is the science of human language.
• Medieval studies. Medieval Studies involves faculty from the departments of English, history, art history, classics, romance languages, German, philosophy, music and religion. The program integrates practices of thinking across periods, cultures, territories, and disciplines. Medieval Studies at Wake Forest emphasizes the importance of intensive training in disciplinary knowledge and practice.
• Neuroscience. Neuroscience encompasses the study of the nervous system and its role in regulating behavior. This minor provides students with the opportunity to study how we learn, process and remember information from the molecular to the philosophical level. Subjects ranging from the molecular pharmacology of brain function to the mind-body problem are examined.
• Urban studies. The urban studies interdisciplinary minor allows undergraduates to take a number of courses from a variety of disciplines, all focusing on the theme of urbanism, or the city.
• Women’s and gender studies. Women’s and Gender Studies mionr provides an opportunity for study and dialogue on a broad range of topics related not only to feminist contributions to the fundamental fields of human knowledge and achievement, but also to interdisciplinary studies of feminisms, masculinity, sex, gender and sexuality.

Foreign Area Studies and Interdisciplinary Minors

• French studies.
• Italian studies.
• Spanish studies.
• Latin-American studies. The minor in Latin American studies provides an opportunity for students to undertake a multidisciplinary study of the history, geography, economics, politics, and culture of Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Middle East and South Asia Studies. The Middle East and South Asia studies minor provides undergraduate students with an opportunity to engage in a multidisciplinary study of the history, politics, literature, peoples, and cultures of the Middle East and South Asia.
• East Asian studies. The minor in East Asian Studies provides an opportunity for students to undertake a multidisciplinary study of the history, politics, and culture of Asia.
• Russian and East European studies.