Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: THE SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT

Department: University Courses

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Distribution Group: Distribution Group III

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course is intended as an introduction to environmental studies and the concept of a sustainable environment for students from all divisions on campus. The course will focus on the scientific basis for our current environmental situation, on social and cultural attitudes and values relating to the environment as represented in literature, history, and public policy, and on the constant interaction among these various approaches. Cross-list: ENST 101.

Long Title: THE IDEA OF THE MODERN

Department: University Courses

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This seminar will examine some of the ideas that underlie and constitute the major classification concept of the past century, the modern. We will consider such topics as the triumph of secularism, critique of foundationalism, break with representation along with other experiments in the arts, existentialism and the absurd, changing notions of the family and of human sexuality, and the view from the margins.

Long Title: CENTURY SCHOLARS PROGRAM

Department: University Courses

Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 1

Description:  Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: CREATING AND MANAGING CHANGE

Department: University Courses

Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: UNIV 309 offers an opportunity to understand and grow the capacities associated with leadership. The class combines theory and practice with an emphasis on learning how to build and sustain a powerful team. This class is required for a Leadership Rice Mentorship or the Leadership Certificate.

Long Title: LEADERSHIP RICE SEMINAR

Department: University Courses

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 1 TO 3

Description: This series of seminars explores leadership development in more depth. Students should come away with a better sense of how to impact their communities and construct an authentic life. Open to students accepted into the Leadership Certificate program, as well as those interested in Leadership Rice but unable to take the fall course. Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: CREATIVITY SEMINAR

Department: University Courses

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 1

Description: The purpose of this seminar is to deepen our understanding of the creative process and to explore ways in which individuals can mine their own creative capacity. In addition to weekly assignments (no more than one hour long) participants will design a creative project that grows from one's own interests and develop it during the semester.

Long Title: ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP

Department: University Courses

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 2

Description: An entrepreneur is a person who perceives an opportunity and creates an organization to pursue it. This semester is about attitudes, attributes and skills that contribute to successful entrepreneurship, both in the profit and non-profit realms. Students must have some professional work experience to participate.

Long Title: GENETICS: BIOLOGICAL, CULTURE-HISTORICAL, AND ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES

Department: University Courses

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: The course uses an interdisciplinary perspective to examine the claims and counter-claims made regarding genetics and new technologies for identifying and manipulating genetic material. The course will cover biological basics of genes, DNA, and sequencing techniques; cultural and historical aspects to genetics, including essentialism and eugenics past and present; ethical issues arising from new genetic technologies; and policy issues. Cross-list: ANTH 314, BIOS 307.

Long Title: PRACTICUM IN STATE POLITICS

Department: University Courses

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Independent Study

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Texas Legislative Internship Program- Rodney Ellis Interns Instructor Permission Required.

Long Title: LEADERSHIP PRACTICUM

Department: University Courses

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 1

Description: UNIV 409 is required for students while they are serving as Teaching Assistants for UNIV 309 during the Fall Semester. Instructor Permission Required.