From the Rice University course catalog for 2023-24:

CHEM 125 – AFROCHEMISTRY
Long Title: AFROCHEMISTRY: THE STUDY OF BLACK-LIFE MATTER
Department: Chemistry
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate

Description: Students will apply chemical tools and analysis to understand Black life in the U.S. and students will implement African American sensibilities to analyze chemistry. Diverse historical and contemporary scientists, intellectuals, and chemical discoveries will inform personal reflections and proposals for addressing inequities in chemistry and chemical education. This course will be accessible to students from a variety of backgrounds including STEM and non-STEM disciplines. No prior knowledge of chemistry or African American studies is required for engagement in this course.

At Rice U. in the fall semester of 1978, I took Music 101, also known as “Clapping for Credit,” with much of the Rice Owls football team. This was football season and these guys needed an easy class. (For me, the clapping was the hard part: I have almost no sense of rhythm.)

A course in Afrochemistry would have added one win per season to Rice’s football fortunes.

But these days, do football players even have to go to classes? For example, Rice’s quarterback last season was in his sixth year of college and Rice was the 4th team he’d played for after USC, Georgia, and West Virginia.