Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

Department: Social Sciences Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: A survey of fundamental ideas, theories and approaches that have shaped the intellectual heritage of the social sciences. A foundation course.

Long Title: PROFESSIONAL EXCELENCE FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES MAJORS

Department: Social Sciences Division

Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Course Type: Internship/Practicum

Credit Hours: 1

Description: Guided professional internship course for social sciences majors. Instructor Permission Required.

Long Title: SOCIAL SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY

Department: Social Sciences Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Survey of how different disciplines in the social sciences treat public policy. Includes specific policy questions as a means of highlighting each discipline's approach to the study of public policy.

Long Title: POLICY ANALYSIS

Department: Social Sciences Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Familiarizes students with the analytical tools necessary for evaluating and analyzing public policies. Cross-list: POLI 338, POST 338.

Long Title: CONTEMPORARY PALESTIAN ISSUES: TRANS TOWARDS NATION BUILDING

Department: Social Sciences Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Long Title: SOCIAL SCIENCES UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ENTERPRISE (SSURE)

Department: Social Sciences Division

Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Course Type: Research

Credit Hours: 3

Description: SSURE fosters research partnerships between Rice social sciences majors and faculty, to enhance future employment and educational opportunities for students. The program offers research budget to conduct independent scholarly projects on topics of their choosing with the advice and mentoring of a faculty. Only students with selected research proposals qualify for enrollment. Student presents paper on campus, and possibly nationally. Department Permission Required.

Long Title: GATEWAY STUDY OF LEADERSHIP I

Department: Social Sciences Division

Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Course Type: Research

Credit Hours: 1

Description: The Gateway Study of Leadership is a student-led research cohort based in the School of Social Sciences that focuses on leadership and power dynamics within academia as well as common themes in the professional development of faculty members. Students enrolled in the program will perform qualitative research through conducting and transcribing interviews with faculty members. Students will also develop their own leadership skills by attending breakfasts and lunches with prominent leaders in the Rice community and participating in retreats and workshops. Instructor Permission Required. Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: GATEWAY STUDY OF LEADERSHIP II

Department: Social Sciences Division

Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Course Type: Research

Credit Hours: 1

Description: Continuation of the Gateway of Leadership from the fall semester. Students will continue to develop their own leadership skills by attending breakfasts and lunches with prominent leaders in the Rice community. After having conducted and transcribed interviews in the fall, students will code these interviews for common themes. Compiled research will be published as the "Turning Points" booklet series by the School of Social Sciences. Students will further produce a research paper and a poster to be presented the rice Undergraduate Research Symposium. Instructor Permission Required.

Long Title: HEALTH CARE REFORM IN THE 50 STATES

Department: Social Sciences Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Examination of those states that have undertaken comprehensive health system reform, have carried out more limited revisions, or have failed to even begin the process, assessing successes and failures. Includes general theories of state-federal relationships and the role of the federal government in state health reform.

Long Title: PHARMACEUTICAL POLITICS AND POLICY

Department: Social Sciences Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course will introduce students to pharmacy policy, as essential aspect of public health. The approval of new medications, the differences between brand name drugs, generic, and over-the-counter drugs is considered along with the "shift movement," (prescription to OTC status). The development, distribution, marketing and consumption of pharmaceuticals are influenced by policy. All aspects of these processes are affected by the pharmaceutical industry, government (the FDA), Congress, insurance companies, pharmacists, hospitals, physicians, consumer representatives and patients. Regulatory issues, controlling the costs, state - federal relationships, cross-border purchases, and the global market for medication are discussed. Normative issues and ethical dilemmas will be discussed. Course taught at the School of Public Health medical Center one mile from Rice University campus; attendance required.

Long Title: INTERNSHIP

Department: Social Sciences Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Internship/Practicum

Credit Hours: 1 TO 3

Description: Internship experience for upper-level social sciences majors only. The program allows students to work with companies, organizations, government agencies to apply the knowledge they gain in the classroom to real world problems. Dean's Office permission required. Department Permission Required.

Long Title: SOCIAL SCIENCES INTERNSHIP - ABROAD

Department: Social Sciences Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Internship/Practicum

Credit Hours: 1 TO 3

Description: Internship experience for upper-level social sciences majors only. The program allows students to work with companies, organizations, government agencies while ABROAD to apply the knowledge they gain in the classroom to real world problems. Permission required from the Social Science Dean's office. Department Permission Required.

Long Title: FALL MEDICAL RESEARCH INTERNSHIP

Department: Social Sciences Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Internship/Practicum

Credit Hours: 1 TO 3

Description: Internship with a faculty member at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) centering on a medical research topic involving the Social Sciences. Student-interns will spend up to 10 hours/week at BCM and will be required to submit a written report, evaluations and an example of research products (research posters, abstracts, paper drafts, manuscripts, etc.) both to their supervisor and the Office of the Dean of Social Sciences. Enrollment is limited to Rice undergraduate students who have declared a major within the School of Social Sciences and have been approved for participation in the internship partnership between Rice and BCM. Written approval of the research supervisor and the Dean of Undergraduates must be received by the Office of the Dean of Social Sciences at least 2 weeks prior to the start of classes. Instructor Permission Required.

Long Title: SPRING MEDICAL RESEARCH INTERNSHIP

Department: Social Sciences Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Internship/Practicum

Credit Hours: 1 TO 3

Description: Internship with a faculty member at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) centering on a medical research topic involving the Social Sciences. Student-interns will spend up to 10 hours/week at BCM and will be required to submit a written report, evaluations and an example of research products (research posters, abstracts, paper drafts, manuscripts, etc.) both to their supervisor and the Office of the Dean of Social Sciences. Enrollment is limited to Rice undergraduate students who have declared a major within the School of Social Sciences and have been approved for participation in the internship partnership between Rice and BCM. Written approval of the research supervisor and the Dean of Undergraduates must be received by the Office of the Dean of Social Sciences at least 2 weeks prior to the start of classes. Department Permission Required.

Long Title: THE SHAPING OF HEALTH POLICY

Department: Social Sciences Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Study of how health-care policy decisions are made and implemented, using an interdisciplinary approach involving government, law, ethics, economics, and history. Includes case discussions of major policy problems by faculty experts in these disciplines and guest speakers who are leading national figures in the shaping of public policy. Course is part of the course work required for the M.S. in Bioscience Research and Health Policy housed in the School of Natural Science. Cross-list: POST 430.