Majors with the Highest Percentages of Graduates, 1999-2000
This category listed the nine undergraduate majors with the highest
percentages of graduates at May 2000 graduation
(includes B.A., B.S. and B. Music). A total of 703 undergraduate students
were awarded a total of 738 degrees. Rice has one commencement ceremony
each year in the spring; however, those students who complete all degree
requirements at the end of the fall semester are eligible for mid-year
degree conferral, but diplomas are not issued until the May commencement.
Sources:
The number of graduates in each major was accessed from AIMS (see footnote
1). Data on the
number and percentages
of undergraduate degrees awarded May 13, 2000 were derived from the IPEDS
Completions
Survey 1999-2000.
Schools and Areas of Study
Departmental majors listed were available for Fall 2000.
In addition, Rice prides itself on the numbers of students who earn
multiple degrees and/or pursue interdisciplinary or
interdepartmental majors, which reflect the unique nature not only
of the students, but the faculty as well. Interdepartmental Majors
combine courses that are taught by faculty from more than one department.
In the School of Humanities, interdisciplinary majors are available
in Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations, Asian Studies,
Medieval Studies, and the Study of Women and Gender, while an interdepartmental
major in Policy Studies combines
courses from the School of Humanities and the School of Social Sciences.
In the School of Social Sciences, both the interdepartmental
Policy Studies major and the Cognitive Sciences major
incorporate course work in the Schools of Engineering and Management,
while the Managerial Studies major incorporates course work in the Schools
of Engineering and Management.
In the School of Architecture, students interested in architecture
may choose between the four-year B.A. program or the
six-year Bachelor of Architecture (B. Arch) degree. Students completing
the four-year B.A. who have been admitted to the B. Arch program during
their senior year spend a fifth year in a working preceptorship with an
architectural firm, returning to Rice to complete a final year of architectural
study for the degree.
In the Shepherd School of Music, a music student may opt for either a B.A. in Music or a Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.) degree in Performance, Composition , Music History, or Music Theory. Students who pass the qualifying exam may elect an honors program that leads to the simultaneous awarding of the B.Mus. and the Master of Music (M.Mus.) degrees after 5 years of study, the final two years of which are devoted to the student’s particular specialization.
In the Wiess School of Natural Science, all natural science departments--including Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chemistry, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Earth Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Space Physics and Astronomy, with the single exception of the last--offer programs leading to the B.A. degree. Majors include biochemistry, biology, chemical physics, chemistry, geology, geophysics, mathematics, and physics. Students may also elect double majors combining one of the programs in natural sciences with another science, a humanities discipline, or an engineering field.
In the George R. Brown School of Engineering, students may elect a double major by combining environmental science with another science or engineering field. These programs lead to either the B.A. or B.S. degree and may qualify students for further graduate study.
In the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management, the Masters of Business Administration (M.B.A.) program includes elective offerings in accounting, entrepreneurship, finance, international business, management information systems, marketing, operations management, organizational behavior and human resource management, health-care management, and strategic management and planning. Also, the Jones Graduate School of Business and the George R. Brown School of Engineering offer a joint M.B.A./Masters of Engineering degree.
Sources:
Information on departmental majors, interdisciplinary majors, and interdepartmental
majors can be
found in Rice
University General Announcements 2000-2001 catalog, which is available
from the Office of
Admission, and
can be found on-line at http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~catalog/.
Degrees
The listed degrees were those undergraduate and graduate degrees offered
for Fall 2000. The specific requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree
vary widely. No department may specify more than 80 semester hours (required
courses,
prerequisites and related laboratories included) for the Bachelor of
Arts. As a rule however, the majors leading to the B.A. at Rice are designed
to fit the following parameters. To qualify for a B.A.:
To earn a B.S. degree, students met the following minimum semester
hour requirements in successful course work:
Candidates for master’s degrees completed a minimum 30 hours of
study (including thesis hours), 24 of which must be taken at Rice. Ph.D.
candidates completed 90 hours of advanced study concluding in an approved
thesis.
Sources: More
information on degrees available, required coursework, faculty, and other
requirements can be
found in Rice
University General Announcements 2000-2001 catalog, which is available
from the Office of
Admission, and
can be found on-line at http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~catalog/.
Cooperative Degree Programs
Rice offers cooperative degrees with other institutions throughout the
nation. The University of Houston and Texas Southern University, with Rice,
offer a combined law degree and M.A. in legal and constitutional theory.
The
Accelerated Interdisciplinary Legal Education cooperative degree program
between Columbia University School of Law (Columbia) and Rice is a selective
program which allows Rice students who have completed all their junior
year requirements to apply to Columbia a year early. Baylor College of
Medicine and The University of Texas Health Science Center Medical School,
with Rice, offer a joint M.D., an advanced research degree for careers
in medicine. Additionally, a religious studies degree can be obtained through
a joint Rice and The University of Texas Health Science Center program;
and a doctor of philosophy degree can be attained by study with the Baylor
College of Medicine and Institute of Religion.
Sources:
More information on degrees available, required coursework, and other requirements
can be found in
Rice University
General Announcements 2000-2001 catalog, which is available from the
Office of
Admission, and
can be found on-line at http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~catalog/.
In addition, the Assistant Dean for
Student Judicial
Programs provided information and verification for the Accelerated Interdisciplinary
Legal
Education cooperative
degree program.
Foreign Study and Exchange Programs 2000-2001
Rice students had the opportunity to receive credit studying abroad
in American, Australian, Asian, European, and Latin
American universities through at least ___ programs:
American University
Washington Semester Program
Butler University
Institute for Study Abroad
Beaver College
Center for Study Abroad
Institute for
the International Education of Students
Intercollegiate
Center for Classical Studies in Rome
China Cooperative
Program Language and Study Programs Initiative
C.D. Broad Exchange
Program with Trinity College, Cambridge
Rice Fall Semester
Program in Chile
Rice University
— Gakushuin University Exchange Program
Rice University
— Kyushu University Exchange Program
Rice University
— University of Lancaster Exchange Program
Exchange Programs
with Federation of German-American Clubs
Rice University
— Swarthmore Exchange Program
Sweet Briar
Junior Year in France Program
Denmark’s International
Study Abroad
Sea Association
Education
Sources:
More information on study abroad programs and other requirements can be
found in Rice University
General Announcements
2000-2001 catalog, which is available from the Office of Admission,
and can be
found on-line
at http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~catalog/.
During Fall 2000, __ Rice students participated in various study abroad programs.
Sources:
Data were accessed from Exeter Educational Management Systems.
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Last updated January 11, 2001.