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)
• 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)
• 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, 201
• Neuroscience (B.S. degree) (March 8, 2023)
• Operations Research (change to B.S. degree) (November 29, 2023)
• Operations Research (B.A. degree) (March 24, 2021)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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

• Department of English Major Concentration (optional)
  --English Major with a Major Concentration in Creative Writing
• Department of History Major Concentration (optional)
  --History Major with a Major Concentration in International Studies
• Department of 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