Honors College

Love truth, kindle faith, and cultivate virtue in friendship, study, and service to Christ and neighbor.

The Honors College unites four innovative 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.

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Opportunities Students may participate in one or more of these opportunities in the Honors College and may mix these opportunities with other non-Honors college options offered by the University. Our students often continue their studies in graduate, medical, or law school upon graduation, or land competitive jobs in diverse fields responsive to their vocation.
Majors University Scholars Freedom to pursue multiple disciplines and high-level research opportunities.
University Scholars
Great Texts Wisdom through life-changing encounters with foundational works of literature, theology, and philosophy.
Great Texts
General Education Baylor Interdisciplinary Core Integrated learning that fulfills most university general ed requirements.
Baylor Interdisciplinary Core
Academic Enhancements Honors Program Enhanced learning for any major with independent and innovative research.
Honors Program

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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.

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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.

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Will Sharkey Will Sharkey Student "University Scholars is a wonderful program for students who are interested in taking advanced coursework in multiple subjects." Dr. Jason Whitlark Dr. Jason Whitlark Faculty "I really enjoy the way our students effortlessly move from ancient to Medieval to modern in the ways they think and argue." Jade Connor Jade Connor Alumna "Through my time in the Honors College, I fully appreciate what it means to be called to serve."

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Jun. 1, 2023
Honors College Students Spend Two Weeks Serving in Greece
During the last two weeks of May, 10 Honors College students traveled to Athens for two weeks of ministry, service, and learning. Led by Honors College Dean Douglas Henry, Ph.D. and Classics Lecturer Joe DiLuzio, Ph.D., students served with joy while deepening their own sense of Christian calling, responsiveness to the Lord, usefulness in Christ’s church, and awareness of the challenges for people in Greece, Europe, and the wider world.
May 26, 2023
Newly Minted Alumni Reflect on Experiences as Getterman Scholars
Each year the Honors College awards a select number of full-tuition scholarships through the Getterman Scholars Program. The highly competitive program attracts some of the country’s best and brightest high school seniors to Baylor University. With four Getterman Scholars just completing their time at Baylor, the Honors College asked each of them to reflect on their experience.
May 15, 2023
Dean’s Update - May 15, 2023
Robert Bulwer-Lytton’s poem ‘Athens” evokes a greatness to which humanity aspires, yet which despite high-flown vision, falls short of what’s most desired. That, Plato recognized, is the gift of being united forever to divine beauty, And as St. Paul told the Athenians of his day, human art and imagination cannot achieve this highest good, but must yield to the one in whom we live and move and have our being, the Lord who is hailed and harked by lark and nightingale.
Apr. 28, 2023
Baylor Honors College Hosts Alumnus Samuel Chen for Academic Honors Convocation
Baylor Honors College recently hosted alumnus Samuel Chen (B.A. ’09, M.A. ’11) as the keynote speaker for Academic Honors Convocation. Chen—an award-winning political scientist, consultant, and strategist—gave a powerful address to this year’s honorees in his talk titled, “What Does Washington have to do with Waco?”

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