<p>i was just wondering what rice is known for other than architecture and shepherd school of music. how are its depts in social sciences, ie political science, IR, econ?? thanks</p>
<p>engineering! engineering!</p>
<p>It's other programs are gaining recognition. Rice University houses the Baker Institute for Public Policy making great social science programs. It's political science program is good and has talented profs.</p>
<p>How does Rice rank in mathematics (sigh, i'll settle for physics as well I guess;) )</p>
<p>Rice has a fabulous math department. My husband double-majored in math and EE, and he went to US Berkeley for grad school. The economics department is good, too. I took 9 economics courses while I was there and they were all well taught. The Jones School of Business has made it even better. It was just starting up when I was there in the 70's. Political Sci was not good when I was there, but it sounds like it's improving.</p>