Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2001
University (UNIV)

See also: Building Codes | Registration Information

NOTE: Course web pages are available for some UNIV courses.

UNIV 115   GOOD VIBRATIONS: AN INTRODUCTION TO SOUN Credits 3.00  Spring 01

UNIV 115   GOOD VIBRATIONS: AN INTRODUCTION TO SOUN Credits 3.00  Spring 01
Acoustics is on one level an exact science, to the extent that sound can de
readily meaured, analyzed and objectively understood. At the smae time,
acoustics is a highly subjective field of study, open to an infinite variety of
interpretations when we ourselves are the instrument of measurment. This course
will examine the unambiguous realm of physical acoustics, but it will integrate
that understanding with the particular insights to be derived from studying
wiht the particular insights to be derived from studying acoustics, the
environment, and other fields besides. This course can be taken for Group I or
III distribution credit. Enrollment limited to 15.
001 APB 1705 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:30PM    Carroll, Michael M.       Enr: 11 Max: 15
                                        Gottschalk, Arthur W.

UNIV 116   NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY, SOCIETY, AND CU Credits 2.00  Spring 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I, II
This will be a smalle seminar concentrating on the history and beliefs,
economics, and literature of Native Americans. Meetings will be mostly
discussion with some lectures and guest speakers. This course can be taken for
Group I or II distribution credit. Limited enrollment of 15.
001 DH 1046 - TH 04:00PM - 05:30PM      Gillis, Malcolm           Enr: 13 Max: 15
                                        Isle, Walter W.
                                        Shepard, Terry

UNIV 117   FILM AND AMERICAN CULTURE                Credits 3.00  Spring 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
This course begins with two assumptions: (1) that American-made or sponsored
films play a crucial role in shaping an emerging art form and (2) that in the
process they represent --and imagine resolutionsfor--the cultural conflicts
facing American audiences at particular moments in the tweentieth century. In
order to assess how film enacts and reimagines contemporary cultural debate we
well therefore read films both for their specific artistic properties and for
the ways in which they are representative of historically specific movements
such as film noir, populist cinema, etc. Enrollment is limited to 15. Also
offered as ENGL 102.
001 HZ 117 - TH 02:30PM - 05:30PM
SH 2 Levander, Caroline        Enr: 19 Max: 15

UNIV 309   CREATING & MANAGING CHANGE: PRINCIPLES O Credits 3.00  Spring 01
This course is the first in the current Leadership Rice sequence. Taught by
Rice faculty from across the disciplines and leaders from the Houston business
community, it introduces students to leadership issues and team skills by
drawing on material from each lecture's area of expertise. George Martinez, a
Rice graduate who is Chairman of Sterling Bank and President of Chrysalis
Partners, leads a series of seminars on how to create and sustain a powerful
team, lessons which are put to work as students apply the concepts from the
class to the major class assignment: a team project. Students who prefer to
have their lessons carefully delineated may not find this class satisfying.
Those who are willing to receive highly stimulating material in different
formats and do the work of soritng and sifting its relevance for themselves
will be challenged and, we hope, deeply satisfied by this interdisciplinary
opportunity. Students in this course are guaranteed an interview for the
Leadership Rice Summer Mentorship Experience. Enrollment limited to 50.
001 HB 227 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM      Lieberman, Susan          Enr: 21 Max: NA

UNIV 322   CROSS- CULTURAL AWARENESS: CULTURES OF T Credits 1.00  Spring 01
A team-taught course that addresses important issues in understanding the
difference of other cultures and  looks at the most fundamental of cultral
identity. Examples taken from a variety of the non-U.S. cultures. Emphasis on
experimental learning.
Prereq- UNIV 311 or permission of instructor.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 13 Max: 50