Honors College
Love truth, kindle faith, and cultivate virtue in friendship, study, and service to Christ and neighbor.
The Honors College's diverse academic offerings help undergraduates pursue questions that often fall between the cracks of the specialized disciplines, by exploring the writings of scientists along with the writings of poets, historians, and philosophers.
Designed for ambitious learners, the B.Phil. offers a guided academic framework that combines honors coursework, a second major, and hands-on research.
A transformational major grounded in classical literature, philosophy, and theology, offered through small seminar-style courses with optional pre-professional tracks.
One of a kind opportunity to build your individualized major around your diverse academic interests under the guidance of faculty mentorship.
Well-designed alternative core that fulfills general education requirements for most Baylor majors, in an immersive, globally minded cohort.
Popular, classic form of honors education, with access to enriching courses and a thesis project; enhances any Baylor major.
Honors Residential College
The Honors Residential College (HRC) is an optional multi-year community that fosters intellectual, moral, and spiritual formation through friendship, integrated study, community service, and spiritual engagement. The HRC is home to 330 Baylor students enrolled in one of the Honors College majors or programs above. The HRC is located in Alexander and Memorial Halls.
The Honors College at a Glance
At Baylor University’s Honors College, every number points to a community shaped by curiosity, scholarship, and purpose. With more than 1,400 students across five academic pathways, the Honors College welcomes learners from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds. Small class sizes, experienced faculty, and an active residential community foster close connections and meaningful conversations across fields of study.
From the tradition of the senior thesis to research, internships, and study abroad, Honors College students pursue ideas that matter and engage deeply with the world around them. With over $1 million in scholarships awarded each year, students find the support they need to grow both academically and personally.
News
Read More NewsThe Honors College is excited to name Sarah Walden, Ph.D., as the next Director of the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core (BIC), effective June 1. In addition to her administrative role, Walden will continue to serve on the BIC faculty as an associate professor of rhetorical theory and criticism.
Before she began working with patients as an occupational therapy doctoral candidate, Baylor alumna Ella Pursley, B.A. ’24 was learning how to think deeply about the human condition.
As a student in the Honors College’s Great Texts of the Western Tradition program, Pursley spent her undergraduate years immersed in the writings of Aristotle, Augustine, Boethius, and C.S. Lewis. Today, as she prepares for a career in occupational therapy, she finds herself returning to many of those same ideas in clinical settings centered on healing, suffering, and human flourishing.
Baylor University students and recent graduates continue to be awarded the most prestigious scholarships and fellowships at the national and international levels – winning Fulbright U.S. Student Grants and Rotary Global Grants.
A semester at Baylor’s Honors College is helping Denise Vasiliu, Ph.D., a Fulbright Visiting Scholar from Romania, bring new ideas about interdisciplinary education and Christian scholarship back to students in Eastern Europe.
Vasiliu came to Baylor this spring under the sponsorship of Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives Scott Moore, Ph.D. During her time in Waco, she has spent her days reading, writing and participating in the life of the Great Texts program while researching the thought of Iris Murdoch and the relationship between literature, philosophy, and theology.