Rice University

Houston, TX

Rice University says, "The distribution system presupposes that every Rice student should receive a broad education along with training in an academic specialty. This goal is achieved by courses that are broad based, accessible to nonmajors, and representative of the knowledge, intellectual skills, and habits of thought that are most characteristic of a discipline or of inquiry across disciplines." [Source]

General Education Requirements

  • 1. Composition

    NO

    See Note

    No credit given for Composition because only students who do not receive a satisfactory score on a university-administered composition examination must take a writing course.

  • 2. Literature

    NO
  • 3. Foreign Language

    NO
  • 4. U.S. Government or History

    NO
  • 5. Economics

    NO
  • 6. Mathematics

    PARTIAL

    See Note

    One-half credit given for both Mathematics and Natural or Physical Science because math and science are folded into the "Distribution III" requirement, thus students may choose between one or the other.

  • 7. Science

    PARTIAL

    See Note

    One-half credit given for both Mathematics and Natural or Physical Science because math and science are folded into the "Distribution III" requirement, thus students may choose between one or the other.

F

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