Honors College
Love truth, kindle faith, and cultivate virtue in friendship, study, and service to Christ and neighbor.
The Honors College unites two majors and two programs committed to helping 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.
Integrated learning that fulfills most university general ed requirements.
Wisdom through life-changing encounters with foundational works of literature, theology, and philosophy.
Enhanced learning for any major with independent and innovative research.
Freedom to pursue multiple disciplines and high-level research opportunities.
Benefits
The Honors College brings together a community of students and faculty devoted to the love of learning, to the cultivation of wonder, and to pursuing life’s most important questions both within and outside of the classroom. Students engage in rich conversations with prominent faculty through two distinct undergraduate majors, University Scholars and Great Texts, as well as two programs, the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core and the Honors Program.
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.
News
Read More NewsThe Honors College is pleased to announce the appointment of Chad Thompson, M.D., as Clinical Assistant Professor of Pre-Health Education, beginning March 1, 2025. In this new role, Dr. Thompson will mentor Honors College pre-health students and lead courses on population health while bridging Baylor’s long-standing partnership with Waco Family Medicine (WFM).
Eleven Baylor University professors have been honored with Outstanding Faculty Awards for teaching, scholarship and contributions to the academic community for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Nicholas Sparks' Counting Miracles features an epigraph, a line from the book of Job: “He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.” The book reminds us that while we live in a fraught world of calamity, in which war, wildfire, famine, disease, death are present, we also live in a miraculous world, one governed by God’s beneficent providence. May we have eyes to see, ears to hear, and tongues to tell.
The Honors College is excited to announce the launch of a Bachelor of Philosophy (B.Phil.) degree. Designed for students seeking rigorous honors-level study united with deep interdisciplinary learning and meaningful research, the B.Phil. offers a pathway for students to stand out academically while preparing for competitive post-graduate opportunities.