Engineering Minors
Rice offers a variety of undergraduate minors. The following four programs have significant components in the School of Engineering.
Computational and Applied Mathematics
The departmental minor in Computational and Applied Mathematics (CAAM) develops a range of skills in mathematical modeling, analysis, and scientific computing that complement any major in science, engineering, and economics.
Summary of requirements: CAAM 210, CAAM 335, (CAAM 335 or CAAM 378), three additional CAAM electives, two at or above the 400 level.
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Minor advisor: Mark Embree (embree@rice.edu)
Energy and Water Sustainability
Sustainability encompasses an approach to design and decision-making that takes into account the economic, social and environmental implications of human activities. This interdisciplinary minor studies the design of safe, secure, sustainable energy and water resources.
Summary of requirements: CEVE/ENGI 202, CEVE 307, (CEVE 322/ENGI 303 or ECON 480), three electives, and a 1-credit design practicum.
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Minor Advisor: Jim Blackburn (jbb@blackburncarter.com)
Financial Computation and Modeling
The interdisciplinary minor in Financial Computation and Modeling (FCAM) equips students with the quantitative techniques necessary to analyze and predict the movements of markets and economies, an excellent preparation for a career in the financial sector.
Summary of requirements: Students take three courses each from two groups (“Basic Tools” and “Financial and Computational Modeling”) of economics and statistics courses.
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Minor Advisor: Katherine Ensor (ensor@rice.edu)
Global Health Technologies
The minor in Global Health Technologies (GLHT) offers a unique, multidisciplinary program to educate and train students to reach beyond traditional disciplinary and geographic boundaries to understand, address and solve global health disparities.
Summary of requirements: GLTH 260 (Introduction to Global Health Issues), followed by a series of core and elective courses; there is a Science and Engineering track, as well as a Humanities, Social Science, and Policy track.
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Minor advisor: Yvette Mirabal (ymirabal@rice.edu)