Latin American and Latinx Studies is an interdisciplinary program offered by the Modern and Classical Literatures and Cultures (MCLC) Department, designed to further understanding of the cultures, histories, and politics of Latin America as well as Latinx communities in the U.S. as viewed from regional and global perspectives.

The Department of Art History offers a wide range of courses in European, American, Latin American, Middle Eastern/Islamic, African/African diaspora and Asian art history. The major in Art History is structured to expose students to the chronological, geographical, and methodological breadth of the field of scholarship. Students in the program may pursue the BA degree with a major in Art History. The department also offers a minor in Art History and houses the minor in Cinema and Media Studies.

Philosophy is best described as the attempt to think clearly and deeply about the fundamental questions that arise for us as human beings. What is the nature of knowledge (epistemology)? How are we to distinguish between what really is and what only seems to be (metaphysics)? What is the right thing to do (ethics)? Is there any meaning to existence? To study the history of philosophy is to study the best, most enduring answers given to these questions in the past. Because every other field of study adopts some stance toward these questions, though often implicitly, philosophical issues arise in the natural and social sciences, history, linguistics, literature, art, and so on. Special courses in philosophy deal with each of these.

Introduction to architectural thought. Lectures and discussions focusing on practice and ideas that have exercised a significant influence on the discourse and production of architecture and urbanism.

Students will learn how to install, configure and operate simple-routed LAN, routed WAN and switched LAN networks to increase bandwidth, improve response times and enhance reliability and quality of service.

This course refers to the components and subcomponents required for cloud computing. These components typically consist of a front-end platform, back-end platforms, a cloud-based delivery, and a network.

The study of history informs students about the many worlds of the past from which our diverse community has come. It provides analytical tools with which to understand the present in terms of the past, and it helps create a knowledgeable citizenry that can confront the challenges of the future with confidence and historical insight. History is at the heart of the Humanities, which provide the core of a liberal arts education.

The Center for Languages and Intercultural Communication (CLIC) focuses on developing Rice students' communicative, interactional, and intercultural abilities and knowledge in non-native and heritage languages. Thus, CLIC seeks to provide a broad and critical educational experience that promotes multilingualism and helps students become culturally competent and interact successfully, appropriately, and respectfully with people from different countries and sociocultural backgrounds.

The Program in Poverty, Justice and Human Capabilities (PJHC) provides students with a multifaceted understanding of human well-being. and enriches their understandings of poverty and inequality in the US and internationally. The minor encourages its students to build lifelong commitments to supporting the well-being of all people and to become leaders in solving local and global problems.

Areas of inquiry include: the history and philosophy of science, changes to science and technology over time, and how science works in contemporary contexts; media, design and communication and their relationship with science, including media representations of science; social studies of science and technology, focusing on the use of qualitative and quantitative methods to examine the practice and impact of science and technology. Students acquire an understanding of how science and technology are shaped by social, cultural and political conditions, both historically and in the present and in turn, how science and technology also affect the social, cultural and political contexts of which they are a part. They gain proficiency in applying quantitative and qualitative methods to the study of science and technology; they compare the uses of science and technology and become conversant in the fundamental debates in science and technology studies.

This course covers the duties of Cybersecurity Analysts, Systems Security Analyst, Threat Analyst, and Vulnerability Assessment Analysts and those who are responsible for monitoring and detecting security incidents in information systems and networks, and for executing a proper response to such incidents.

The MedSURP program is directed at students with a strong interest in pursuing a future career in medicine. Students will have the opportunity to work with researchers and clinicians focusing on research topics with direct relevance to therapeutic approaches and patient care. Students will also have the opportunity in seminars designed to provide exposure to a wide range of biomedical research topics, and to educate students in how to apply to medical school.

The McGovern Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP) is a free, six week academic and summer enrichment program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for college freshman and sophomores interested in medicine, dentistry, nursing, or public health.

The Department of Art welcomes the full spectrum of Rice University undergraduate students. Scientists, architects, historians, engineers and economists, among many others, augment our core of art majors to create a diverse, lively forum of artists and thinkers. We believe this composite community is a vital asset to majors and non-majors alike: art thrives in contact with new and varied perspectives, and the risk-taking and critical thinking necessary to making art are crucial in many other fields. Beyond a dynamic artistic practice, we aim to cultivate an artistic frame of mind.

The Department of Transnational Asian Studies houses the BA degree with a major in Asian Studies, which offers a comprehensive overview of the geography, history, people, movements, and cultures of Asia at the undergraduate level. The program is structured to train its students as strong researchers. Additionally, the department offers a minor in Asian Studies.