A total of 703 undergraduate students were awarded a total of 738 degrees. Schools and Areas of Study Departmental majors listed were available for Fall 2000.
Interdepartmental Majors combine courses that are taught by faculty from more than one department.
In the School of Humanities , interdisciplinary majors are available in Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations, Asian Studies, Medieval Studies, and the Study of Women and Gender, while an interdepartmental major in Policy Studies combines courses from the School of Humanities and the School of Social Sciences. In the School of Social Sciences , both the interdepartmental Policy Studies major and the Cognitive Sciences major incorporate course work in the Schools of Engineering and Management, while the Managerial Studies major incorporates course work in the Schools of Engineering and Management. Students completing the four-year B.A. who have been admitted to the B. Arch program during their senior year spend a fifth year in a working preceptorship with an architectural firm, returning to Rice to complete a final year of architectural study for the degree. Majors include biochemistry, biology, chemical physics, chemistry, geology, geophysics, mathematics, and physics. Students may also elect double majors combining one of the programs in natural sciences with another science, a humanities discipline, or an engineering field.