Engineering to Highlight Continuing Studies Courses

Engineering to Highlight Continuing Studies Courses
RICE NEWS OFFICE
March 19, 1998

Will new cars, buildings, even clothes soon be endowed with artificial intelligence?
How will nano-engineered materials change your life? How are bioengineers creating
tissue to replace damaged human tissue? If your inquiring mind wants to know
more about such topics, a continuing studies course could be in your future.

"The Dean’s Series: The School of Engineering" is one of many noncredit
courses offered by the School of Continuing Studies in its spring session. Classes
begin in late March and early April. Registrations are being accepted for enrichment,
career development and foreign language classes, and for professional development
programs.

"The Dean’s Series," set for nine Wednesday evenings beginning March
25, will feature Rice professors speaking on promising developments in their
fields, including environmental science and engineering, computational and applied
mathematics, bioengineering, electrical and computer engineering and computer
science. School of Engineering Dean Michael M. Carroll will give an introductory
lecture on "The Nature of Engineering."

Rice employees receive a 50 percent discount on most general lecture courses
and up to a 25 percent discount on limited enrollment courses such as languages,
studio art, creative writing and technical and professional classes. Those interested
in job-related courses should check with a supervisor; reimbursement may be
available for up to 75 percent of the cost of the course. Call Human Resources
for policy details.

Other continuing studies courses available this session include:

"Alternative Medicine: Yesterday’s Folklore or Tomorrow’s Science?":
an examination of alternative treatments for diseases, including acupuncture,
homeopathy, biofeedback and herbal medicine.

"A Sense of Place: Historic Houston Neighborhoods": historians and
preservationists will tell the story of the birth and growth of Houston’s close-in
neighborhoods.

"United States of Mind: A Psychologist’s View of American Culture":
a look at how American belief systems shape our ideas about self-esteem, marriage,
family, social behavior and technology.

Other courses of interest include: "Three Ancient Epics: Iliad, Odyssey,
Aeneid," "Moral Dilemmas: A Philosophical Approach," "America’s
‘Forgotten Wars,’" and "Collecting Antiques in the ’90s: Cautionary
Tales."

The Continuing Studies Foreign Language Program offers noncredit, conversational
classes in Spanish, French, Italian, German, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese
and Russian.

Career development offerings include "Writing on the Job" and "Effective
Public Speaking." Professional courses include computer-aided design and
a series of courses on Microsoft computer network management through the Rice
Technology Education Center.

For a spring catalog or more information call (713) 527-4803 extension 616,
or e-mail scs@rice.edu. Course descriptions are also available at www.rice.edu/scs.