Rice University Courses & Fees

Upon completing the MBA degree, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding and application of the foundational frameworks and tools of all business disciplines, including accounting, finance, marketing, organizational behavior, and strategic management.
2. Develop, evaluate, and implement complex business strategies and operational solutions holistically, integrating management principles across the functional areas.
3. Function effectively in a team setting both as a leader and a contributor.

The major concentration in Energy provides commercial acumen and leadership perspective to students with a technical background and develops their capability for taking additional responsibilities and higher-level management roles at companies in the energy sector. This is accomplished by engaging students in a curriculum that addresses three distinct, but inter-related, career paths which are widely regarded as conduits to leadership positions in energy industry midstream and upstream organizations: finance, operations, and product/customer focus.   

*We are proud to offer application fee waivers to:

• United States military personnel (active duty or veteran)
• Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) MBA Prep Fellows
• Forté Foundation MBALaunch members
• MD/MBA dual degree program applicants
• Rice University alumni
• Prospective students referred to us by alumni through the Build the Class program
• Prospective students who have attended a Recruiting and Admissions event. (Virtual Events, On-Campus Events, MBA Fairs, etc.)

The major concentration in Entrepreneurship provides students a framework for being an entrepreneur. The required courses equip students with the tools and processes for starting a business. The remaining courses allow students to select specific entrepreneurial topics suited to their objectives.  

We are proud to offer application fee waivers to:

• United States military personnel (active duty or veteran)
• Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) MBA Prep Fellows
• Forté Foundation MBA Launch members
• MD/MBA dual degree program applicants
• Rice University alumni
• Prospective students referred to us by alumni through the Build the Class program
• Prospective students who have attended a Recruiting and Admissions event. (Virtual Events, On-Campus Events, MBA Fairs, etc.)
   

Upon completing the MBA degree, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding and application of the foundational frameworks and tools of all business disciplines, including accounting, finance, marketing, organizational behavior, and strategic management.
2. Develop, evaluate, and implement complex business strategies and operational solutions holistically, integrating management principles across the functional areas.
3. Function effectively in a team setting both as a leader and a contributor.

We are proud to offer application fee waivers to:

• United States military personnel (active duty or veteran)
• Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) MBA Prep Fellows
• Forté Foundation MBA Launch members
• MD/MBA dual degree program applicants
• Rice University alumni
• Prospective students referred to us by alumni through the Build the Class program
• Prospective students who have attended a Recruiting and Admissions event. (Virtual Events, On-Campus Events, MBA Fairs, etc.)

Upon completing the MBA degree, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding and application of the foundational frameworks and tools of all business disciplines, including accounting, finance, marketing, organizational behavior, and strategic management.
2. Develop, evaluate, and implement complex business strategies and operational solutions holistically, integrating management principles across the functional areas.
3. Function effectively in a team setting both as a leader and a contributor.

We are proud to offer application fee waivers to:

• United States military personnel (active duty or veteran)
• Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) MBA Prep Fellows
• Forté Foundation MBA Launch members
• MD/MBA dual degree program applicants
• Rice University alumni
• Prospective students referred to us by alumni through the Build the Class program
• Prospective students who have attended a Recruiting and Admissions event. (Virtual Events, On-Campus Events, MBA Fairs, etc.)

The major concentration in Marketing prepares students for careers in strategic marketing across a wide range of organizations, markets and industries. It provides critical knowledge for understanding and analyzing customers, and emphasizes the development of requisite quantitative and conceptual skills to contribute to the firm's overall success. Among the career trajectories for which students will be prepared are product management, customer analytics and customer insights, and management consulting.  

We are proud to offer application fee waivers to:

• United States military personnel (active duty or veteran)
• Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) MBA Prep Fellows
• Forté Foundation MBA Launch members
• MD/MBA dual degree program applicants
• Rice University alumni
• Prospective students referred to us by alumni through the Build the Class program
• Prospective students who have attended a Recruiting and Admissions event. (Virtual Events, On-Campus Events, MBA Fairs, etc.)
   

Upon completing the MBA degree, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding and application of the foundational frameworks and tools of all business disciplines, including accounting, finance, marketing, organizational behavior, and strategic management.
2. Develop, evaluate, and implement complex business strategies and operational solutions holistically, integrating management principles across the functional areas.
3. Function effectively in a team setting both as a leader and a contributor.

We are proud to offer application fee waivers to:

• United States military personnel (active duty or veteran)
• Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) MBA Prep Fellows
• Forté Foundation MBA Launch members
• MD/MBA dual degree program applicants
• Rice University alumni
• Prospective students referred to us by alumni through the Build the Class program
• Prospective students who have attended a Recruiting and Admissions event. (Virtual Events, On-Campus Events, MBA Fairs, etc.)

The major concentration in Real Estate prepares students for a career in the real estate industry. The required course introduces a series of basic business concepts commonly used in the real estate industry, and it covers in detail the application of the discounted cash flow model to real estate decisions. The elective courses provide for both a depth and breadth of understanding of the industry.  

We are proud to offer application fee waivers to:

• United States military personnel (active duty or veteran)
• Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) MBA Prep Fellows
• Forté Foundation MBA Launch members
• MD/MBA dual degree program applicants
• Rice University alumni
• Prospective students referred to us by alumni through the Build the Class program
• Prospective students who have attended a Recruiting and Admissions event. (Virtual Events, On-Campus Events, MBA Fairs, etc.)

The major concentration in Strategic Management prepares students for careers in strategic planning, management consulting, and global business management across a variety of industries such as health care, energy, high technologies, consumer products, and professional services. It provides knowledge and analytic tools for students to understand why some companies are financially much more successful than others and to analyze how executives (at different levels) can devise a set of strategies and design processes that allow companies to achieve competitive advantage.  

 We are proud to offer application fee waivers to:

• United States military personnel (active duty or veteran)
• Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) MBA Prep Fellows
• Forté Foundation MBA Launch members
• MD/MBA dual degree program applicants
• Rice University alumni
• Prospective students referred to us by alumni through the Build the Class program
• Prospective students who have attended a Recruiting and Admissions event. (Virtual Events, On-Campus Events, MBA Fairs, etc.)

Upon completing the MBA/MD dual degree program, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding and application of the foundational frameworks and tools of all business disciplines, including accounting, finance, marketing, organizational behavior, and strategic management. 
2. Develop, evaluate, and implement complex business strategies and operational solutions holistically, integrating management principles across the functional areas. 
3. Function effectively in a team setting both as a leader and contributor. 

Upon completing the MBA degree, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding and application of the foundational frameworks and tools of all business disciplines, including accounting, finance, marketing, organizational behavior, and strategic management.
2. Develop, evaluate, and implement complex business strategies and operational solutions holistically, integrating management principles across the functional areas.
3. Function effectively in a team setting both as a leader and a contributor. 

Upon completing the MChE degree, students will be able to:

1. Identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems that require synthesis of advanced knowledge in chemical engineering fundamentals.
2. Demonstrate broad advanced knowledge in science and math, and depth in one chemical engineering sub-discipline (energy engineering, biomolecular engineering, materials science).
3. Demonstrate knowledge of business policies and practices in the current business environment in identifying, formulating, and solving engineering challenges in a problem/engineering challenge they undertake to solve as part of independent study.
4. Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills.   

Upon completing the MBA degree, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding and application of the foundational frameworks and tools of all business disciplines, including accounting, finance, marketing, organizational behavior, and strategic management.
2. Develop, evaluate, and implement complex business strategies and operational solutions holistically, integrating management principles across the functional areas.
3. Function effectively in a team setting both as a leader and a contributor.

Upon completing the MCAAM degree, students will be able to:

1. Acquire broad, advanced knowledge in Computational and Applied Mathematics that is also deep within a major sub-discipline.
2. Demonstrate an ability to gain employment or advancement in a technical field related to Computational and Applied Mathematics.

Upon completing the MBA degree, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding and application of the foundational frameworks and tools of all business disciplines, including accounting, finance, marketing, organizational behavior, and strategic management.
2. Develop, evaluate, and implement complex business strategies and operational solutions holistically, integrating management principles across the functional areas.
3. Function effectively in a team setting both as a leader and a contributor.

Upon completing the MCS degree, students will be able to:

1. Solve advanced Computer Science problems. Students will acquire and apply a graduate-level understanding of material in sub-areas of Computer Science.
2. Design and implement complex software systems. Students will demonstrate skill in their design and implementation and function effectively in teams.
3. Communicate effectively to a client and user.

Upon completing the MBA degree, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding and application of the foundational frameworks and tools of all business disciplines, including accounting, finance, marketing, organizational behavior, and strategic management.
2. Develop, evaluate, and implement complex business strategies and operational solutions holistically, integrating management principles across the functional areas.
3. Function effectively in a team setting both as a leader and a contributor.

Upon completing the MMSNE degree, students will be able to:

1. Acquire broad, advanced knowledge within either Materials Science or Nano Engineering, which is also in-depth in one major sub-discipline of the field.
2. Conduct research at an advanced level in at least one area of Materials Science and Nanoengineering.
3. Communicate scientific ideas effectively in writing and when speaking.

Upon completing the MBA degree, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding and application of the foundational frameworks and tools of all business disciplines, including accounting, finance, marketing, organizational behavior, and strategic management.
2. Develop, evaluate, and implement complex business strategies and operational solutions holistically, integrating management principles across the functional areas.
3. Function effectively in a team setting both as a leader and a contributor.

Upon completing the MME degree, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an advanced command of Mechanical Engineering fieldwork.
2. Communicate scientific ideas effectively in writing and when speaking.

Upon completing the MBA degree, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding and application of the foundational frameworks and tools of all business disciplines, including accounting, finance, marketing, organizational behavior, and strategic management.
2. Develop, evaluate, and implement complex business strategies and operational solutions holistically, integrating management principles across the functional areas.
3. Function effectively in a team setting both as a leader and a contributor.

Upon completing the MSBHP degree, students will be able to:

1. Become knowledgeable in current advanced bioscience and health policy topics affecting society. 
2. Integrate science knowledge into policies and practices.
3. Demonstrate written, oral, and visual communication strategies required to work effectively across science, business, and government. 

Upon completing the MBA degree, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding and application of the foundational frameworks and tools of all business disciplines, including accounting, finance, marketing, organizational behavior, and strategic management.
2. Develop, evaluate, and implement complex business strategies and operational solutions holistically, integrating management principles across the functional areas.
3. Function effectively in a team setting both as a leader and a contributor.

Upon completing the MSEA Degree, students will be able to:

1. Apply technical and analytical skills and scientific evaluation methods to help solve problems affecting the environment. 
2. Demonstrate written, oral, and visual communication strategies required to work effectively across science, business, and government.
3. Possess business and management skills and professional ethics to be effective in a business environment.

Upon completing the MBA degree, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding and application of the foundational frameworks and tools of all business disciplines, including accounting, finance, marketing, organizational behavior, and strategic management.
2. Develop, evaluate, and implement complex business strategies and operational solutions holistically, integrating management principles across the functional areas.
3. Function effectively in a team setting both as a leader and a contributor.

We are proud to offer application fee waivers to:

• United States military personnel (active duty or veteran)
• Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) MBA Prep Fellows
• Forté Foundation MBA Launch members
• MD/MBA dual degree program applicants
• Rice University alumni
• Prospective students referred to us by alumni through the Build the Class program
• Prospective students who have attended a Recruiting and Admissions event. (Virtual Events, On-Campus Events, MBA Fairs, etc.)

Upon completing the MBA degree, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding and application of the foundational frameworks and tools of all business disciplines, including accounting, finance, marketing, organizational behavior, and strategic management.
2. Develop, evaluate, and implement complex business strategies and operational solutions holistically, integrating management principles across the functional areas.
3. Function effectively in a team setting both as a leader and a contributor.

Upon completing the MBA degree, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding and application of the foundational frameworks and tools of all business disciplines, including accounting, finance, marketing, organizational behavior, and strategic management.
2. Develop, evaluate, and implement complex business strategies and operational solutions holistically, integrating management principles across the functional areas.
3. Function effectively in a team setting both as a leader and a contributor.

Upon completing the MSSpS Degree, students will be able to:

1. Achieve advanced science, engineering, and computational skills and a broad understanding of the methodologies applied in the space industry. 
2. Gain real life experience in solving technical problems in a science and technology environment.
3. Develop business and communication skills to bridge the gap between science and business.