Consists of a total of 15 hours. Candidates for the minor will be required to take:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CGS 260 | Seminar in Global Trade and Commerce Studies | 3 |
| Select 12 additional hours in GTCS * | 12 | |
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Must include a study abroad experience for credit. (International students residing in the US in a non-immigrant visa status are exempt from the study abroad requirement.)
No more than 6 of the 15 hours for the minor may be taken in a single discipline or within the School of Business.
The following list contains courses within Wake Forest University that qualify as a GTCS course. Courses taken during the study abroad experience which may qualify as a GTCS course also will be reviewed and approved by the coordinator of the minor.
Elective Courses for Global Trade and Commerce Studies
Additional elective courses may have been approved since publication of this bulletin. The program coordinator maintains a complete list of all approved elective courses. For course descriptions, see the relevant department’s listings in this publication.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ANT 337 | Economic Anthropology | 3 |
| BEM 315 | Managing in a Global Context | 3 |
| BEM 322 | Global Marketing Strategy | 3 |
| BEM 375 | Contemporary Issues in Business and Foundations of Capitalism | 3 |
| BEM 391 | Global Business Studies (abroad credit only) | 3 |
| CHI 255 | Business Chinese | 3 |
| COM 350 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| COM 351A | Comparative Communication: Japan | 1.5,3 |
| or COM 351B | Comparative Communication: Russia | |
| or COM 351C | Comparative Communication: Great Britain | |
| or COM 351D | Comparative Communications: Multiple Countries | |
| or COM 351E | Comparative Communication: China | |
| COM 354 | International Communication | 3 |
| ECN 351 | International Trade | 3 |
| ECN 352 | International Finance | 3 |
| ECN 358 | Economic Growth and Development | 3 |
| ECN 271 | Selected Areas in Economics (Salamanca, Cambridge, or pre-approved only) | 3 |
| ECN 372 | Selected Areas in Economics (Cambridge, or pre-approved only) | 3 |
| ENT 200 | Foundations of Entrepreneurship: Identifying and Cultivating Valuable Ideas (Barcelona only) | 3 |
| ENT 322 | Religion, Poverty, and Social Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| FIN 234 | International Finance | 3 |
| FRH 329 | French for Business Communication | 3 |
| FRH 330 | French for Management | 3 |
| GER 329 | German for Professional Purposes I | 3 |
| GER 330 | German for Professional Purposes II | 3 |
| HST 105 | Africa in World History | 3 |
| HST 108 | Americas and the World | 3 |
| HST 109 | Asia and the World | 3 |
| HST 224 | Great Britain since 1750 | 3 |
| HST 231 | Russia and Soviet Union: 1865 to Present | 3 |
| HST 243 | Middle East since 1500 | 3 |
| HST 245 | Modern China since 1850 | 3 |
| HST 247 | Japan since 1600 | 3 |
| HST 251 | Modern South Asia | 3 |
| HST 257 | The U.S and the World since 1914 | 3 |
| HST 275 | Modern Latin America | 3 |
| HST 310 | 20th Century Eastern Europe | 3 |
| HST 347 | The Rise of Asian Economic Power since WWII | 3 |
| HST 350 | World Economic History: Globalization, Wealth and Poverty, 1500-Present | 3 |
| CGS 229 | Internship in International Studies | 1-3 |
| ITA 280 | Business Italian | 3 |
| POL 232 | Politics in Russia and Eastern Europe | 3 |
| POL 235 | European Integration | 3 |
| POL 238 | Comparative Economic and Political Development | 3 |
| POL 239 | State, Economy, and International Competitiveness | 3 |
| POL 242 | Topics in Comparative Politics (Cambridge, or pre-approved only) | 3 |
| POL 253 | International Political Economy | 3 |
| POL 256 | International Security | 3 |
| POL 257 | Politics of International Development | 3 |
| POL 260 | United States and East Asia | 3 |
| POL 262 | International Organizations | 3 |
| PSY 357 | Cross-Cultural Psychology | 3 |
| REL 344 | Religion, Poverty, and Social Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| SOC 363 | Global Capitalism | 3 |
| SOC 365 | Technology, Culture, and Change | 3 |
| SPA 195 | Spanish Language and Culture | 1-3 |
| SPA 325 | Spanish for Business I | 3 |
| SPA 326 | International Business: Spain/Latin America (abroad credit only) | 3 |
| SPA 327 | Spanish for Business II | 3 |
| SPA 380 | Spanish for the Professions | 3 |
| SPA 390 | International Business: Spain and Latin America | 3 |
| SPA 391 | Internship in Spanish for Business and the Professions | 1.5-3 |