BEGINNING DRAWING (ARTS 225)

This course introduces students to the basic techniques, materials and processes of drawing. Students will explore line, tone, space, form, composition, and content through a variety of drawing assignments in dry and wet media. Students learn how to draw from direct observation. No previous drawing experience is required. This course is available to visiting high school students.

Method of Instruction: FACE TO FACE

Prerequisites for high school students: None

BEGINNING PAINTING (ARTS 301)

This course introduces students to the basic language, tools, and materials of painting. Students will learn painting techniques and concepts, starting with painting from observation and ending with more student-directed projects. Lectures and filed trips will explore painting through an art historical context as well as a contemporary one. This course is available to visiting high school students.

Method of Instruction: FACE TO FACE

Prerequisites for high school students: None

INTRO TO ENG COMPUTATION (CMOR 220)

Modeling, Simulation, and Visualization using Matlab and Python. This project-based course introduces students to engineering computation in Matlab and Python. Computational projects motivated by different science and engineering applications are used to introduce basic numerical methods, and develop computational solutions using Matlab and Python. No programming knowledge is required or expected; students learn how to implement their solutions in Matlab and Python. Lectures are held Mondays and Wednesdays. In a laboratory component held on Fridays, students work in small groups on computational projects led by a Rice Learning Assistant. Fall/Spring semester: meeting 3 times per week (50min each meeting). Summer semester: meeting 5 times per week (65min each meeting) OR refer to the current schedule.

Method of Instruction: ONLINE

DIFF EQUATIONS SCI & ENG (CMOR 304)

Classical and numerical solution techniques for ordinary and partial differential equations. Fourier series and the finite element method for initial and boundary value problems arising in diffusion and wave propagation phenomena.

Method of Instruction: FACE TO FACE

INTRO TO O.R. AND OPTIMIZATION (CMOR 360)

Formulation of mathematical models of complex decisions arising in management, economics, and engineering. Models using linear, nonlinear, stochastic and integer programming, as well as networks. Linear programming duality and its modeling implications. Overview of basic solution methods for these optimization models.

Method of Instruction: FACE TO FACE

BLACK COMICS (ENGL 266)

This course considers the impact and development of graphic novels in the African American literary tradition. It traces the origin story of the genre, examines its evolving relationship to African American biography, history, and fiction, and considers its popularity in contemporary media. This course is available to visiting high school students.

Method of Instruction: ONLINE

Prerequisites for high school students: None

LITERATURE AND MEDICINE (ENGL 272)

Designed for, but not limited to, students interested in the medical profession, this course introduces the study of medicine through reading imaginative literature--novels, plays, essays, poems--by and about doctors and patients, focusing on understanding ethical issues and on developing critical and interpretive skills. This course is available to visiting high school students.

Method of Instruction: ONLINE

Prerequisites for high school students: None

SURVEY OF AMER FILM & CULTURE (ENGL 373)

A course that explores the history of cinema in the U.S. from its origins to the present day. This course will examine the development of narrative, sound, the classical Hollywood form and style; film genres; the emergence of television; the influence of postwar “art cinemas”; the origins of the blockbuster; and the status of Hollywood as “global cinema.” This course is available to visiting high school students.

Method of Instruction: ONLINE

Prerequisites for high school students: None

SURVEY OF AMER FILM & CULTURE (FILM 373)

A course that explores the history of cinema in the U.S. from its origins to the present day. This course will examine the development of narrative, sound, the classical Hollywood form and style; film genres; the emergence of television; the influence of postwar “art cinemas”; the origins of the blockbuster; and the status of Hollywood as “global cinema.” This course is available to visiting high school students.

Method of Instruction: ONLINE

Prerequisites for high school students: None

SURVEY OF AMER FILM & CULTURE (HART 380)

A course that explores the history of cinema in the U.S. from its origins to the present day. This course will examine the development of narrative, sound, the classical Hollywood form and style; film genres; the emergence of television; the influence of postwar “art cinemas”; the origins of the blockbuster; and the status of Hollywood as “global cinema.” This course is available to visiting high school students.

Method of Instruction: ONLINE

Prerequisites for high school students: None

PUBLIC SPEAKING (HUMA 201)

This course is designed to give the student exposure to and experience using basic principles and skills of oral communication in the public context. Emphasis will be on the development of speech organization, support, and delivery. Informative and persuasive speeches will be practiced. An important outcome of the course is that the student better understand and appreciate the important role public speaking plays in modern society. This course is available to visiting high school students.

Method of Instruction: ONLINE

Prerequisites for high school students: None

RHETORIC OF LEADERSHIP (HUMA 318)

This course will examine the relationship between leadership and communication within organizations and explore leadership as a communication phenomenon. Emphasis will be on leadership as a set of relationships that manifest themselves in practices that arise from the implementation of theory. Historical and contemporary leadership and communication theory will be surveyed and students will develop an increased understanding of the relationship between communication and leadership. Previously offered as HUMA 311/LEAD 320. Mutually exclusive; credit cannot be earned for HUMA 318 if the student has previously taken HUMA 311 or LEAD 320 This course is available to visiting high school students.

Method of Instruction: ONLINE

Prerequisites for high school students: None

INTRO TO MEDICAL HUMANITIES (MDHM 201)

Examines the history of medicine, concepts of disease vs illness, narrative medicine, health disparities, religion, spirituality, and the role of science and technology on the practices of healthcare. Students will develop skills in close reading, interpretation, historical contextualization, critical thinking. This course (formerly HURC 201) is required for the minor in Medical Humanities. Mutually Exclusive with HURC 201. Credit cannot be earned for both HURC 201 and MDHM 201. This course is available to visiting high school students.

Method of Instruction: ONLINE

Prerequisites for high school students: None

ELECTRICITY&MAGNETISM W/LAB (PHYS 102)

A calculus-based introduction to electricity and magnetism. Includes classes and lab exercises on electric and magnetic fields, Maxwell's equations in integral form, and AC and DC circuits. Primarily for physical science and engineering students. May receive credit for only one of PHYS 102, 112, 126, AP Physics 2 (PHYS 142) and AP Physics-C E&M. Students must also register for PHYS 104. This course is available to visiting high school students.

Method of Instruction: ONLINE

Prerequisites for high school students: None

ELECTRICITY&MAGNETISM W/LAB (PHYS 102)

A calculus-based introduction to electricity and magnetism. Includes classes and lab exercises on electric and magnetic fields, Maxwell's equations in integral form, and AC and DC circuits. Primarily for physical science and engineering students. May receive credit for only one of PHYS 102, 112, 126, AP Physics 2 (PHYS 142) and AP Physics-C E&M. Students must also register for PHYS 104. This course is available to visiting high school students.

Method of Instruction: FACE TO FACE

Prerequisites for high school students: None

E & M DISCUSSION (PHYS 104)

Small group discussion section to extend and reinforce concepts presented in PHYS 102. Students must also register for PHYS 102. This course is available to visiting high school students.

Method of Instruction: FACE TO FACE

Prerequisites for high school students: None

GENERAL PHYSICS II (WITH LAB) (PHYS 126)

A calculus-based survey of E&M and optics primarily intended for bioscience and premedical students. Includes classes and lab exercises on wave and ray optics, electric field and potential, magnetic fields and induction, and DC circuits. May receive credit for only one of PHYS 102, 112, 126, AP Physics 2 (PHYS 142), and AP Physics-C, E&M. This course is available to visiting high school students.

Method of Instruction: ONLINE

Prerequisites for high school students: None

GENERAL PHYSICS II (WITH LAB) (PHYS 126)

A calculus-based survey of E&M and optics primarily intended for bioscience and premedical students. Includes classes and lab exercises on wave and ray optics, electric field and potential, magnetic fields and induction, and DC circuits. May receive credit for only one of PHYS 102, 112, 126, AP Physics 2 (PHYS 142), and AP Physics-C, E&M. This course is available to visiting high school students.

Method of Instruction: FACE TO FACE

Prerequisites for high school students: None

WHAT IS RELIGION? (RELI 101)

Comparative and interdisciplinary analysis of key elements (including scripture, religious experience, ideas of the divine, religious art and practices) of two Western and two non-Western religions, of the scholarly study of religion, and of the role of religion in the contemporary world. This course is available to visiting high school students.

Method of Instruction: ONLINE

Prerequisites for high school students: None

INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY (SOCI 101)

Introduction to the principal concepts, theories and methods of sociology. Required (normally) for sociology majors and minors. Enrollment in section 003 of this course is reserved for new matriculants only. This course is available to visiting high school students.

Method of Instruction: ONLINE

Prerequisites for high school students: None

RISE (UNIV 106)

Designed for incoming students with expressed interests in the Humanities, Social Sciences, this course uses scholarship on Houston to explore particular issues of race, place, and power in the city, and the relationship between university life and urban life.

Method of Instruction: FACE TO FACE