Faculty Senate Approved
Undergraduate Academic Programs
Procedures for creating academic programs
- Requirements for the Creation, Modification, Oversight, and Elimination of Credentialed Undergraduate Academic Programs at Rice University
- Guidelines for Credit for Study Away from Rice
- Resolution regarding the creation of online degree programs
- Resolution regarding edX
Programs
Program in Writing and Communication (Nov. 30, 2011):
- 2011 Working Group Report and Recommendations
- Proposal from the 2010 Working Group on Communication in the Curriculum
Requirements
- Undergraduate Requirement in Analyzing Diversity (April 21, 2021)
Majors
- Art (separating visual art from dramatic arts) (April 26, 2023)
- Biosciences (January 29, 2020)
- Biosciences BA-MS-PhD name change to BS-MS-PhD (November 20, 2024)
- Business (February 22, 2021)
- Civil and Environmental Engineering (B.A. degree) (Dec. 3, 2008)
- Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (name change from Earth Science) (March 25, 2020)
- Electrical and Computer Engineering (name change from Electrical Engineering) (February 23, 2022)
- Environmental Science (B.A. and B.S. degrees) (April 20, 2016)
- Environmental Engineering (B.S. degree) (January 24, 2024)
- European Studies (March 21, 2018)
- Health Sciences (November 20, 2019)
- Latin American Studies (B.A. degree) (March 28, 2012)
- Latin American and Latinx Studies (name change) (December 1, 2021)
- Managerial Economics and Organizational Sciences (B.A. degree) (April 21, 2021)
- Materials Science and NanoEngineering (BSMSNE degree) (April 23, 2014)
- Mathematics (B.S. degree) (Feb. 26, 2014)
- Medieval and Early Modern Studies (B.A. degree) (Jan. 29, 2014)
- Neuroscience (B.A. degree) (Nov. 15, 2017)
- Neuroscience (B.S. degree) (March 8, 2023)
- Operations Research (change to B.S. degree) (November 29, 2023)
- Operations Research (B.A. degree) (March 27, 2024)
- Operations Research (B.A. degree) (March 24, 2021, changed to B.S. in November 2023)
- Policy Studies Elimination (April 19, 2017)
- Social Policy Analysis (B.A. degree) (April 19, 2017)
- Sport Management (B.A. degree) (May 5, 2008)
- Sport Analytics (B.A. degree) (April 20, 2022)
- Sports Medicine and Exercise Physiology (November 20, 2019)
- Statistics (B.S. degree) (March 25, 2020)
- Resolution on Sport Management and the Department of Kinesiology (May 5, 2008)
Minors
- African and African American Studies (March 25, 2020)
- African Studies (Jan. 27, 2010) (sunsetted in March 2020)
- Anthropology (Jan. 27, 2010)
- Art History (March 24, 2020)
- Astronomy (April 20, 2022)
- Biochemistry and Cell Biology (Jan. 27, 2010)
- Business (May 2, 2007)
- Cinema and Media Studies (Oct. 5, 2016)
- Classical Civilizations (March 24, 2021)
- Computational and Applied Mathematics (Nov. 8, 2008)
- Creative Writing (February 1, 2023)
- Data Science (February 20, 2019)
- Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (March 25, 2020)
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Jan. 27, 2010)
- Energy and Water Sustainability(March 11, 2009)
- Engineering Design (Oct. 5, 2016)
- English (April 26, 2023)
- Entrepreneurship (April 22, 2020)
- Environmental Studies (March 25, 2015)
- Financial Computation and Modeling (Jan.24, 2007)
- French Studies (November 18, 2020)
- German Studies (November 18, 2020)
- Global Health Technologies (Feb. 20, 2008)
- Greek Language and Literature (March 24, 2021)
- History (February 19, 2020)
- Jewish Studies (Feb. 18, 2009)
- Latin American and Latinx Studies (April 20, 2022)
- Latin Language and Literature (March 24, 2021)
- Mathematics(Feb.23, 2011)
- Medical Humanities (April 20, 2016)
- Medieval and Early Modern Studies (November 20, 2019)
- Museums and Cultural Heritage (March 29, 2017)
- Naval Sciences Oct. 16, 2013)
- Neurosciences (Jan.30, 2013)
- Operations Research (March 27, 2024)
- Philosophy (September 28, 2022)
- Physics (April 20, 2016)
- Politics, Law, and Social Thought (Feb. 25, 2015)
- Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities(April 15, 2009)
- Science and Technology Studies (October 26, 2022)
- Sociology (2007)
- Spanish and Portuguese (November 18, 2020)
- Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality (December 1, 2021)
- Religion (March 20, 2019)
- Statistics (Oct. 6, 2010)
- Teaching (November 20, 2024)
- Theatre (November 29, 2023)
- Transnational Asian Studies (November 18, 2020)
Certificates
- Certificates in Languages and Intercultural Communication update (April 17, 2019)
- Certificate in Civic Leadership (April 23, 2014)
- Certificate in Engineering Leadership (RCEL) (Oct. 1, 2014)
- Certificate in Languages and Intercultural Communication (Feb. 24, 2016)
- Elimination of Certificate in Language and Intercultural Communication in Hindi (March 8, 2023)
- Elimination of Certificate in Language and Intercultural Communication in Russian (November 29, 2023)
Major Concentrations
- Asian Studies Major Concentrations (March 27, 2024)
--Asian Studies Major with a Major Concentration in Transnational Asian Studies
--Asian Studies Major with a Major Concentration in Asian Language - English Major Concentration (optional)
--English Major with a Major Concentration in Creative Writing - History Major Concentration (optional)
--History Major with a Major Concentration in International Studies - Sport Management Major Concentrations (selection of one required)
--Sport Management Major with a Major Concentration in Sport Law
--Sport Management Major with a Major Concentration in Sport Analytics (sunsetted April 2022)
--Sport Management Major with a Major Concentration in Sport Leadership