Baylor Interdisciplinary Core
The Baylor Interdisciplinary Core is an honors core curriculum that replaces most general education requirements with an integrated, four-year sequence of courses that complements most majors at Baylor. Taught by faculty from multiple disciplines, BIC helps students make connections across science, history, literature, philosophy, and theology as they explore the questions that shape our world. Students graduate not only well prepared for advanced study and professional life, but formed by a way of thinking that stays with them.
Why Choose the BIC
The Baylor Interdisciplinary Core (BIC) is an honors core curriculum that replaces most of Baylor’s general education requirements with a four-year, cohort-based course of study. Through a shared sequence of team-taught courses spanning the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, students engage enduring questions about truth, meaning, culture, and the natural world within a close intellectual community.
The BIC taught me how to study effectively, manage my time, and approach challenges with confidence. I knew I could handle whatever came my way, having already been through such a rigorous undergraduate experience. I'm forever indebted to Baylor and the BIC
BIC News
The 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.
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.
Baylor’s Honors College is pleased to welcome Brittany M. Tausen, Ph.D., assistant professor of social psychology in the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core (BIC) and affiliated professor of psychology and neuroscience.
Baylor University has received a $295,000 implementation grant from the Teagle Foundation’s Knowledge for Freedom initiative to expand the Examined Life Scholars program into a residential experience for high school students from the Waco area.
The multi-year grant will support the program’s next phase by allowing the Honors College to offer a fully immersive, two-week residential experience that introduces students to liberal learning, campus life and the rhythms of college study while continuing to provide mentoring and college-readiness support throughout students’ senior year.