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Biology (MS)

Graduate students in the Wake Forest Department of Biology are our colleagues and partners in innovation at the frontiers of scientific discoveries across the biological sciences. Our program’s students experience training in biology research that is individualized, hands-on, and interdisciplinary.  At Wake Forest, we pride ourselves in a Teacher-Scholar tradition where mentorship, classroom, and research lab all exist as part of a seamless training environment. Our department offers cutting-edge research opportunities in a small-campus community environment. We have over 20 graduate faculty members that represent the breadth of the biological sciences.
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Chemistry (MS)

The Department of Chemistry offers graduate programs of study leading to the Master of Science degree in the fields of analytical, biological, inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry. The emphasis of the program is on close interaction between faculty and students and collaborative research. This ensures that the students develop to their full potential as quickly as possible. Choice of a research adviser is usually completed by the end of the first semester, and students begin their research during the second semester.
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Communication (MA)

The Communication Department houses one of the finest Masters’ programs in the country. We seek to provide our M. A. students with the individual attention and preparation they need to be highly sought after by, and successful in the nation’s best Ph.D. programs,  law schools, and careers ranging from public advocacy to entrepreneurship.

The 4-semester program requires research methods courses in rhetorical theory and criticism and quantitative methods in communication studies. Throughout the program, students at Wake Forest University benefit from a small department, small class sizes, and personal attention that leads to many opportunities for academic, intellectual, and professional development.
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Computer Science (MS)

The Department of Computer Science offers a program of study leading to the Master of Science degree in computer science. The program is designed to accommodate students seeking a terminal MS degree or preparation for entering a PhD program.
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Counseling (MA)

The program consists of a common core of courses to provide knowledge in eight areas: human growth and development, social and cultural foundations, helping relationships, group work, career and lifestyle development, appraisal, research and program evaluation, and professional orientation.

The School Counseling Program and the Clinical Mental Health Program are accredited by CACREP (Council on Accreditation of Counseling and Related Programs).
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Counseling (MA-Online)

We want to make the WFU Counseling Programs accessible to working professionals who desire to complete a master’s degree in counseling or human services but cannot leave work for two years to complete the program on campus.

Online Master of Arts in Counseling — Clinical Mental Health Track
With the Clinical Mental Health track of our online Master of Arts in Counseling program, you can learn to work intimately with individuals who struggle with life and mental health issues — ranging from drug and substance abuse to family and marriage issues — by building therapeutic relationships and specialized clinical skills.

Online Master of Arts in Counseling — School Counseling Track
Prepare to serve the unique needs of the most vulnerable: children and their families. The School Counseling track can prepare you to work in collaboration with educators, supporters and children’s family members to improve quality of life and boost their academic success.
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Documentary Film Program (MA, MFA)

The Documentary Film Program brings together the storytelling passion and experience of three former members of the nationally acclaimed Documentary Institute at the University of Florida and Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Peter Gilbert.

With an established track record of success in documentary film production and education, the Documentary Film Program at Wake Forest University offers you three graduate degree options:

• Two-year Masters in Fine Arts in Documentary Film
• One-year Masters of Arts in Sports Media & Storytelling
• MA in Content Creation and Strategic Storytelling (4+1 Program) (For WFU students only)

Diverse in both content and style, our award-winning student thesis films offer powerful stories on the human experiences at the center of a wide range of social and cultural issues.

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Education (MAEd)

We are a vibrant department where candidates are prepared to
become leaders in 21^st century classrooms.  We offer undergraduate and graduate programs including both coursework and extensive experiences in K-12 schools.

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English (MA)

The Department of English at Wake Forest offers a Masters Program in preparation for doctoral study, for teaching at the advanced secondary level, and for developing advanced writing skills. Generous financial aid packages make a graduate degree in English at Wake Forest more affordable for our top applicants than Masters programs at most public universities. Our faculty consists of over thirty-five members who are actively publishing within and beyond their specialties. The department offers a broad selection of courses in English and American literature.

With small class sizes and an informal professional relationship between students and faculty, we foster many opportunities for intellectual exchange. The department also hosts a robust series of lectures by distinguished scholars and readings by nationally and internationally recognized novelists and poets, sponsored by the department and the Wake Forest University Press, the major publisher of contemporary Irish poetry in the United States.
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Health and Exercise Science (MS)

The Department of Health and Exercise Science (HES) offers a 2-year program leading to a Master of Science degree. The HES department has a research agenda focused on understanding the determinants and prevention of chronic disease and disability across the lifespan. The curriculum is designed to prepare individuals for careers as clinical exercise specialists in preventive and rehabilitative lifestyle programs, positions in clinical research programs, and further study in graduate programs or allied health programs.

Members of the HES faculty are engaged in collaborative research and funded studies with the Departments of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Public Health Sciences, Pediatrics, Geriatrics, and Neurology at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences.
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Mathematics (MS)

The Department of Mathematics offers the degree of Master of Science. The program is designed to accommodate students seeking either a terminal degree or preparation for Ph.D. work at another institution. The degree requirements are flexible and permit both thesis and non-thesis programs of study. Faculty research interests include algebra, number theory, combinatorics, representation theory, topology, differential geometry, differential equations, analysis, modelling of physical and biological phenomena, fluid mechanics, optimization, and dynamical systems.

Students from both our undergraduate and graduate programs have successfully entered many different professional and academic programs and careers. While some have transitioned directly into mathematical Ph.D. programs, others have taken jobs in business (consulting and actuarial), education (both college and secondary education), industry (analysts and various computing activities), or government agencies (National Security Agency).
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Physics (MS)

The Physics Graduate Program offers a comprehensive course of study in classical and modern physics, with intensive training in one of the frontier areas of modern research in biophysics, condensed matter physics, astrophysics, and medical physics and engineering.  Our research facilities are state-of-the-art and Wake Forest Physics Department faculty and staff are committed to developing their students as outstanding scientists and researchers.

Students can begin their research early and receive significant individual guidance from faculty who are nationally and internationally recognized for their research efforts.

We have strong interdisciplinary research efforts with other departments on the Reynolda Campus and at the Wake Forest University Medical School.

Depending on their mentor, students who are U.S. citizens or Permanent Residents may apply for T32 fellowships.
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Psychology (MS)

The faculty of the Department of Psychology at Wake Forest University affirm their commitment to three interrelated goals in their roles as teachers, scholars, and members of the Wake Forest community: excellence in the education of Wake Forest students, an ongoing contribution to the field of psychology, and service to the University and community.  The Department of Psychology stresses both the commitment to classroom teaching characteristics of the liberal arts college and the commitment to scholarship characteristic of the research university.  Such a dual emphasis is consistent both with the University’s identity as a small comprehensive University and with the faculty’s philosophy that education and science are intimately related ventures, each of which benefits from cross-fertilization by the other.

The Department of Psychology offers graduate work leading to a research-oriented general MS degree, not a clinical or counseling degree. The general Master’s program provides a strong basis for selecting a PhD program as well as a strong academic foundation for doctoral work.  Most importantly, it provides considerable research experience – with a high degree of individual attention from graduate faculty. Your personal training will reflect a blend of your interests and the interests of the advisor who you’re paired with. 
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Statistics (MS)

The Department of Statistical Sciences offers the degree of M.S. in Statistics. The program is designed to accommodate both students seeking a terminal degree for work in industry or education, as well as those seeking preparation for Ph.D. in Statistics or Biostatistics at another institution. The degree requirements are flexible and permit both thesis and non-thesis programs of study, with opportunities to engage in research as well as data analysis competitions.
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Other Programs

At this time the Bioethics, Liberal Arts Studies and Sustainability programs are not accepting applications. If you are interested in more information, please contact Associate Director of Graduate Student Services Vicky Zickmund at .